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Design Validation Guide: Plan, Process, Examples
Design validation is a comprehensive process of testing and validating a design to ensure that it meets the needs of the user while serving the strategic
How The Guardian designed its thoughtful new long-form mag
The Long Read Magazine manages to live in two worlds: the bookshelf and newsstand.
Businesses don’t hire designers for their good work
They hire designers to grow.
10 Dark Patterns in UX Design and How to Avoid Them | Dodonut
A comprehensive guide for UX designers through deceptive design. Discover common dark patterns in UX design and how to avoid them to create seamless user experiences.
Figma’s State of the Designer Report 2023 | Figma Blog
Explore Figma’s report on job satisfaction among designers in the era of remote work, revealing increased happiness and new challenges.
The science behind inspiration and how to design more of it into your life
Practical ways to nurture creative practices in the everyday.
Exploring shapes, colors, and materials to evoke feelings and experiences
Hailing from Kumamoto, Japan, Takeda Katsuya made a transformative move to Italy in 1998. He is the mind behind his eponymous design studio, based in Milan,
Why are Western apps more minimalistic than Asian apps?
The digital behaviour traits of individualism and collectivism
Why you should *curate*, not create, a design system
An intro to how strategic curation and targeted customization can elevate your software design practice
Pushy checkout screens are helping “tipflation”
Raise your hand if you’ve been asked to tip at a self-service kiosk.
The biggest trends in graphic design for 2024, as predicted by the creative industry
The biggest trends in graphic design for 2024, as predicted by the creative industry.
A Brief Visual Exploration of A Dictionary of Typography
Work: A Brief Visual Exploration of A Dictionary of Typography
Style Manual
50 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2024
We asked, you delivered! Here are 50 fonts that will be popular with designers in 2024.
Visual Vocabulary
How Uber design products (and why)
The story and playbook behind Uber's design for 130 million riders worldwide
Disasters "very rarely not a design failure" says expert Lucy Easthope
Emergency planner Lucy Easthope gets "chills at the back of the neck" when hearing that architects are working pro bono on disaster recovery.
Art Materialism: The Art Movement Happening Right Now
There's an art movement that's been slowly building over the last decade and it finally has a name. Check out the incredible artists behind it.
User research often takes time. How do you make it work in startups?
Three tips for speeding up user research in small organizations
Breaking Down Persuasive Design Principles | Toptal®
When used properly and ethically, persuasive design principles are powerful tools for building meaningful products that help people make better decisions and boost UX. #product #startup #tips #web #app #design #ux #ui
DesignByte: A Cautionary Tale of Deceptive UX Patterns - Beyond UX Design
This week we share a frightening tale of UX dark patterns. Some evil UX designers will use nasty tricks to get you to do their bidding. Don't fall for their traps. Pay attention to this cautionary tale.
Three things I'm doing to improve my design practice
In recent months I upgraded the way I work, which took my design practice to the next level. These are three ways I'm improving it further...
Reality Check #1: Building out a furniture site from Dribbble - Set Studio
We refactor the design of Hrvoje Kraljevic's "Furniture e-commerce website" and build it, step-by-step to show you how we do things in the studio.
Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question: what is beauty?
Swiss sculptor Christian Bolt offers a fresh answer to the age-old question.
5 UX Essentials Design School Won’t Teach You
Most UX newbies only learn these design skills at work.
The Decline of Usability: Revisited | datagubbe.se
The age of UX Design is over. The time for Content Design has come.
The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.
When And How To Redesign — Smart Interface Design Patterns
Good redesigns are evolutions, not revolutions. Useful guidelines on when and how to redesign, how to avoid pitfalls and how to help users embrace the new design.