Design

The DTCG’s goal is to provide standards upon which products and design tools can rely for sharing stylistic pieces of a design system at scale.

Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler wants creative work to be a financially stable career. His proposal? A new legal structure designed to protect and support artists.

Potential in place of purpose is what separates an iPad from an iPod, blockchains from databases, and generative AI from text editors. The more complex the product, the more potential it has to have potential. The more it can distract from it's own lack of usefulness.

Whether you've got a firm grasp on modern CSS colour capabilities, or you're thinking 'I struggle to understand why I should use modern CSS colours at all', then the first part of this article series, by Kevin Powell, is for you.

A fairly opinionated CSS starter by Chris, following a set of personal principals to guide what is in there and what isn't.

It was interesting to read Chris Coyier’s recent post about Andy Bell’s recent post. It made me think of my personal projects and remembering that I didn’t use a reset for any of them. Well,...

Discover exciting updates to GSAP — supported by Webflow — plus product enhancements and more.

DESIGN INNOVATION 2024: a new era of fonts is upon us! Typography and abstraction became one. Please welcome, Atype.

Toolbelt worthy, powerful, and meaningful CSS you'll need for 2025.

A rant about caring

Design leaders are expected to deliver the impossible. Instead of trying, we need to redefine our role from implementor to enabler.

In most of my work these days I don’t often use an official canvas. I prefer to pick and choose the assumptions that can be found on the…

Visualizing user attitudes and behaviors in an empathy map helps UX teams align on a deep understanding of end users.

Usability refers to the measurement of how easily a user can accomplish their goals when using a service. This is usually measured through established research methodologies under the term “usability testing,” which includes success rates and customer satisfaction. Usability is one part of the larger user experience (UX) umbrella. While UX encompasses designing the overall experience of a product, usability focuses on the mechanics of making sure products work as well as possible for the user.

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Understanding human behaviour is a big part of UX Design. There are many principles we can learn from fields such as psychology and marketing, to better our design thinking and decision making. So let's explore same basic principles and concepts that we as designers can use in our work. These concepts are also great for […]

Discover the best Design KPIs and metrics that you need to understand the health of your business. Learn how to set and measure them.

The sprint is a 5-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing with customers. Learn to run your own sprints, and read about our book on sprints.

Agile and design thinking can help teams create better products and experiences. Here’s how to make both methods work for you.

Human-centered design involves understanding and empathizing with users to create solutions they’ll love. Learn to apply HCD to your design process with Figma.

Design thinking is a non-linear, iterative process that teams use to understand users, challenge assumptions, redefine problems and create innovative solutions.

Describing established patterns for organizing design tokens and practical approaches for automation

To align design and business, visualize the shared narratives

The Government Digital Service style guide covers style, spelling and grammar conventions for all content published on GOV.UK, arranged alphabetically.

Slides + recording of the talk “Supercharge Web UX with View Transitions” I gave at React Brussels 2024

“For all the talk about being human-centered, one very human factor often gets overlooked — a basic understanding of how power operates in…

Some groups of people benefit more from services than others. Some people are harmed. This must be addressed to truly break down barriers to opportunity for everyone. This article talks about what we mean by equity and justice in relation to government digital services, why it’s important and suggests 6 things that leaders and decision makers can start doing about it today.

Exploring the human impact of design systems and how our current definitions overlook this.