DesignSamples
How deceptive design is used to compromise your privacy
Top ten dark patterns and how to fight back (PDF).
DesignSamples
404 creatives
A showcase of the artistic design of ‘not found’ pages.
DesignTools
Color.io
An image editor for natural color grading and film emulation.
DesignResources
Figma components checklist
Standards to level up your Figma components quality.
DesignResources
The optimal user onboarding zone
In onboarding design, balancing extremes is key.
DesignResources
A practical guide to designing for colorblind people
Designing for color blindness/weakness in a nutshell.
DesignOpinions
UI=f(org)
“Designing UI is designing an organization.”
DesignTrends
In praise of buttons (part 2)
Buttons work, not only in the physical world.
DesignTools
Interaction Footprint
A new tool for measuring design.
DesignOpinions
Ethical crossroads
Is your UX design helping or hurting?
DesignTools
Stable Diffusion 3
Stability AI’s model boosts image and in-picture text quality.
DesignResources
UX Language
Copywriting and style guidelines for product designers.
DesignSkills
What’s wrong with this picture?
A quiz on the WCAG success criteria ‘1.4.5 Images of text’.
DesignOpinions
Why Markdown is a great design tool
“Almost everything I write digitally starts in Markdown.”
DesignOpinions
Designing for privacy in an increasingly public world
Ways to address the rising privacy concerns in UX design.
DesignOpinions
Creepy boring remixed
“AI videos will be as obvious, creepy, and boring as AI images.”
DesignSamples
Dead Simple Sites
Minimalist websites and blogs for your inspiration.
DesignResources
Layers
A community platform by designers for designers.
DesignSamples
AI and design systems
How AI can enhance your design system efforts.
DesignSamples
How design agencies are actually using AI in 2024
A survey of over 25 creative agencies of all sizes.
DesignOpinions
The Linear look
Ingredients of a popular design style in the tech space.
DesignSamples
10 of our favorite login screen examples
Inspirations for crafting engaging login pages.
DesignTools
Terms & conditions of generative AI tools
The ethical and legal implications of AI in design.
DesignResources
Making the most of ligatures
How CSS ‘font-variant-ligatures’ can enhance readability.
DesignOpinions
Accessibility has failed
“AI will soon generate a different UI for every user.”
DesignOpinions
On Nielsen’s generative UI ideas for resolving accessibility
“The post is misleading, self-contradictory and underhanded.”
DesignOpinions
Jakob Nielsen’s bad ideas about accessibility
A reply to his call for AI to fix ‘accessibility fail.’
DesignFun
Figma Shortcut Master
A fun way to learn the shortcuts of the design tool.
DesignSamples
Retrofitting fluid typography
How to evolve web typography from responsive to fluid.
DesignOpinions
Range sliders degrade UX
What looks cool must not be the best option.
DesignResources
SVG Flag Icons
Over 200 SVG country flag icons at your fingertips.
DesignSamples
Drams
Design assets inspired by Dieter Rams that sprinkle joy.
DesignOpinions
90% of designers are unhirable?
“Designers think that case studies need to be linear and perfect.”
DesignSamples
Open Graph Examples
Ways to make your Open Graph social cards stand out.
DesignOpinions
How information architecture makes us smarter
“Ultimately, IA isn’t about navigation bars, search engines, and site maps.”
DesignSamples
Beautiful ugly websites
A journey through unconventional website designs.
DesignSamples
Navbar Gallery
A collection of navigation designs for your inspiration.
DesignResources
How to test 2.5.8 Target Size (Minimum)
Can targets be easily hit by pointer users?
DesignSamples
Niche product design
In search of uniqueness where design flourishes.
DesignOpinions
Pinball user interface
A confusing design layout finally gets a name.
DesignSamples
404s
A place to find all those lost pages worthing finding.
DesignOpinions
What’s next for a global design system
Web creators debate adopting a worldwide design system.
DesignJobs
A collection of design engineers
When professions blend design and engineering.
DesignTools
How to use Adobe Firefly in UI design
Where Firefly’s interface surpasses other AI tools.
DesignSamples
Color is a four letter word
“An interface that relies on color to work is an interface that doesn’t work.”
DesignResources
Niche product design
Inspiring, authentic web designs from niche places.
DesignSamples
Is this image AI-generated?
Telltale signs to help you spot AI creations.
DesignResources
Why UI designers should understand CSS Grid/Flexbox
Modern CSS layout techniques visually explained.
DesignTools
Trangram
A platform to create, animate and share motion graphics.
DesignOpinions
Why UX design principles will forever be relevant
Usability is about human psychology, not technology.
DesignSamples
Don’t use Paracetamol to fix bad UX
It doesn’t make you better; it only makes you feel better.
DesignResources
Designing command palettes
An increasingly adopted pattern in task-based designs.
DesignResources
Apple Style Guide (March 2024)
Apple’s policy to maintain a consistent voice in its products.
DesignSamples
Browsing Mode
An online space for showcasing outstanding web designs.
DesignSkills
WCAG 2.2 detective skills
Sharpen your accessible design skills while having fun.
DesignTools
Early access to Penpot 2.0 unlocked
The next level of the design/development tool is near.
DesignSamples
Hold on, but should design managers design…?
Types of design managers and how to identify yours.
DesignOpinions
No one actually wants accessibility
Why do basic accessibility errors still litter the web?
DesignSamples
Can AI replace human content designers?
Let’s create an AI model for content design to find out.
DesignTools
Welcome to Canva, Affinity
Canva acquires Serif’s popular photo, design, and layout software.
DesignTalks
Wireframe
A podcast about transparent digital design/development.
DesignOpinions
Top AI tools used by UX professionals
Respondents of the survey use 2–3 AI tools.
DesignSamples
Down the rabbithole
An intro to making photorealistic AI photos in 2024.
DesignOpinions
Be flexible about what people need
Wrong assumptions about disability facilitation and accommodation.
DesignResources
Honk variable font
A fun color font with countless options for text effects.
DesignSamples
Iteration makes all the difference
A great icon for your app can be a process.
DesignTools
Upscayl
An open-source desktop app for upscaling images.
DesignTools
DALL-E now lets you edit images in ChatGPT
Tweak your AI creations without leaving the chat.
DesignSamples
Disney’s 12 principles of animation, exemplified in UX design
How motion helps to solve UX challenges.
DesignSamples
Simple steps to turn icons into mini illustrations
How to visualize your content with a special touch.
DesignSamples
The things users would appreciate in mobile apps
Let’s fight desktop patterns in mobile design.
DesignOpinions
The basics of legibility
Why some typefaces are better suited for user interfaces.
DesignResources
Curation of curations
The curated collection of curated design collections.
DesignTools
BentoGrid
Craft responsive Bento layouts without coding.
DesignResources
The design philosophy of great tables
Principles and guidelines for designing impactful tables.
DesignTools
The impact of AI on front-end information architecture
Can AI amplify the work of information architects?
DesignOpinions
Why it seems like the sky is falling for digital design
The digital design industry evolves, but we can adapt.
DesignSamples
LogoFav
A searchable and filterable collection of company logos.
DesignTools
Penpot 2.0 is now yours to explore and enjoy
The next level of the design/development tool is here.
DesignOpinions
Figma prototypes vs. HTML prototypes
“Do the cheapest thing to test your idea.”
DesignResources
Open Fonts NoirBlancRouge
The open-source fonts of the Paris-based type foundry.
DesignSamples
Making version noir
A responsive homepage which takes the form of a comic.
DesignResources
Writing a great UX/UI portfolio case study
How do you stand out from the crowd?
DesignTools
Minipic
Quickly convert and compress your images locally.
DesignSamples
Some of the best free fonts
“They can help your content land the way it deserves to.”
DesignResources
WordPress Patterns
A collection of block patterns for your WordPress site.
DesignOpinions
AI UX-design tools are not ready for primetime
“AI tools won’t be replacing UX designers any time soon.”
DesignResources
Ethics in times of growth design
The challenge of aligning user and business needs.
DesignTools
Deblank Colors
Inspirational color palettes tailored to your vision.
DesignOpinions
Don’t use ‘maxlength’ to restrict user input
Let users fix a mistake they aren’t aware of.
DesignOpinions
UX design is rapidly changing
“It is frightening and exciting at the same time.”
DesignSamples
Invisible success
Showcasing a well-designed, accessible table component.
DesignResources
Are web-safe fonts still relevant in 2024?
“Web-safe fonts are not web-safe anymore.”
DesignSamples
How to test your UX content for inclusivity
Checking your content’s resonance with diverse users.
DesignResources
Super~Goods
Inspiring links on digital culture, communication, and design.
DesignSamples
Moving away from primary, secondary and tertiary buttons
Benefits of favoring emphasis over hierarchy in button design.
DesignResources
The art of design system recipes
How recipes enhance the ecosystem of your design system.
DesignResources
F-shape pattern and how users read
Design techniques to prevent harmful scanning patterns.
DesignTools
Adobe makes it easier to use Photoshop’s AI tools
Photoshop now runs a more powerful Firefly model.
DesignResources
How the meaning of color varies per culture
Think twice before randomly picking nice colors for your UI.