The Many Faces of Themeable Design Systems | Brad Frost
Very rarely is exactly one design system created to serve exactly one product that expresses exactly one design language. Nearly all the design systems we've worked on require a high degree of flexibility in order to properly serve our clients' needs. Some of this flexibility is achieved by variabil
Figma was the latest company to mishandle AI and design — foreshadowing the loss of a vast array of design jobs. We should demand better from our tools and industry.
Names are complex: Displaying initials for an avatar component in a design system
My first professional/coding related post in a while, this one dives into finding as inclusive a solution as possible for displaying the initials of users on a platform. What follows is not really a s
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**Editor’s Note**: _This article contains many video examples that show functional animation. Therefore, it may take longer to load on slow connections._ A good UX designer can easily explain the logic behind each decision in a [design concept](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/02/27/design-principles-dominance-focal-points-hierarchy/). This includes the [information architecture](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/10/20/improving-information-architecture-card-sorting-beginners-guide/), the [content hierarchy](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/02/27/design-principles-dominance-fo...
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LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.
**Editor's Note**: _Designers could learn how to code, and developers could learn how to design. Sometimes it might not be an option. In this article, the author makes a suggestion to designers without coding skills on how to start crafting code. You might want to take the suggested tool with a grain of salt (or not) but the idea might be worth looking into._ Designers have widely adopted HTML and CSS for a while now. They usually feel comfortable enough to implement their own designs, at least in a static form. However, they’re often intimidated by JavaScript — and rightly so! HTML and CSS...
The Core Model: Designing Inside Out for Better Results
We’ve all fallen into territorial arguments about what content belongs on a site’s homepage. It’s the most important part of your website, after all—or is it? Ida Aalen shows us how to circumvent t…
Web designers and developers are often scared of using the command line, but we don’t need to be. It’s actually a simple—and useful—set of tools that can speed up your work and improve your life. O…