Design tools are the new deliverables

A fun example of what design deliverables can be today.

Coding agents and the future of design

From responsive design to responsive behavior.

Designing beyond the happy path

Edge cases to anticipate in a design system.

When is a generated UI worth keeping?

How constraints help AI designs outlast the demo.

Dithering (part 2)

A visual exploration of the logic behind ordered dithering.

Documenting design changes with screenshots

“Every screenshot is a frame of reference.”

A no-AI icon for humans to use

An icon as unobtrusive as a copyright symbol.

Values to stress-test interfaces

Break your interface before users do.

The innovation funnel

How modern organizations domesticate wild ideas.

Vibe prototyping solves no problems

“AI created an environment where good design is impossible.”

Figma slots for repeating items

How to convert one of your library’s top patterns.

AI agents are about to change software

“I’d encourage you to give them another look.”

Backseat software

Designing for quiet matters more than ever.

Combobox vs. multiselect vs. listbox

Differences, applications, and recommendations.

Keyboard shortcuts for web apps

What it takes to design accessible keyboard shortcuts.

Front-load key words

Ease skimming of lists and links for online readers.

Morphing icons

Any icon can morph into any other.

Fifteen clocks

Perspectives on time shaped by clocks as interfaces.

Lost for words

Why text in AI images still goes wrong.

“Vibe-coding is fun. You describe what you want, code appears, and building feels like progress. That satisfaction is a trap. You’re accumulating artifacts that may have nothing to do with what anyone needs.”

Why accessibility changes everything

The many ways content can be experienced.

Product discovery changes with AI

From “Can we build it?” to “Should we build it?”

Sweetfont

A fun way to discover Google Fonts.

Better loading and progress UX

Guidelines for designing the waiting experience.

AI’s speed trap in UX copy

Where AI for UX writing shines and stumbles.

The Punch

A curated directory of independent type foundries.

Understandable data visualization

When data visualization becomes a puzzle.

Why your brain rebels against redesigns

Redesigns tested well, yet users still hate them.

The return of the intuitive designer

“Trying to be more like a machine is a losing battle.”

Designing novelty

“Make most things familiar, do something unexpected.”

Design Tokens Links

Guides, videos, and resources on design tokens.

Design is dead, it’s all evolution now

Products evolve by Darwin’s survival rules.

State of the Designer 2026

How designers balance uncertainty with optimism.

Figma’s new AI image editing tool

Vectorize turns raster images into editable vector images.

Did you want that link to be permanent?

How permalinks became commonplace on the web.

OneLook

The timeless multi-dictionary powerhouse.

Design Details

Small details that make a big difference.

sho!io

A quiet place to share your daily designs.

Claude Code for designers

“The future of design isn’t about learning to code.”

Build something silly

"Is there an app for that?” or “What if I just make one?”

Dealing with AI pressure as a designer

“Your job is the same as it’s always been.”

Life after Figma is coming

“We’ll be building our own design tools.”

Regenerative design principles

What if every design made the world thrive?

Find Font

Compare fonts side by side with your own text.

Flickr’s URLs scheme

”It was a beautiful and predictable scheme.”

The interface is content

“User interfaces need to be improved, not removed.”

“Do what’s hard in Figma”

A manifesto for outstanding designs.

Sketching with code

Treating code like a pencil, not a blueprint.

AI didn’t create the craft crisis in design

“AI exposed the technical literacy gap.”

The unique challenge of reading on mobile

How simple should mobile content be?

Gemini 3.1 Pro for designers

Google’s AI model redefines design workflows.

Why generative AI is bad for design

“Use the tools, but don’t let them use you.”

Happy Map

Mapping 100,000 moments of human happiness.

Typography in the era of AI

“It might be the last thing AI can’t fake.”

DJR Glyph Navigator

David Jonathan Ross’ type design, one letter at a time.

Dialed Color Game

How good (or bad) can you recall colors?

Efecto Angles

Generate new views from any image.

Redesigning Turnstile and Challenge Pages

Possibly the most-seen UI on the Internet.

Real-time UI

Why not build a website live as we talk?

The future of AI images

From mimicry to physics in image generation.

The little red dot

A simple design element is hacking our brain.

Claude is an Electron app

How native software lost its edge to web apps.

Supercharging Figma design systems

Tips from early testers of slots.

Motion Folios

Portfolios from top motion designers worldwide.

Using dashes

How to apply them more mindfully than AI.

Menus don’t need the 7±2 rule

“Be suspicious of magical UX laws.”

When anyone can build anything

What’s worth building when building is free?

Managing icon component sizes

“It’s time to retire that icon wrapper component.”

What’s My ΔE(OK) JND?

Test your Just Noticeable Difference in color perception.

“We are no longer designing screens. We are designing the intelligence that designs for us.”

Archive of Archives

A curated collection of digital archives.

Human strategy in AI workflows

“The future of UX is more intentional than ever.”

How fast is fast enough?

Rethinking web performance in pragmagical terms.

ColorFlow

A powerful mesh gradient generator and editor.

Details that make UIs feel better

Great interfaces rarely come from a single thing.

The 49MB web page

“Your frustration is the product.”

Design Systems Report 2026

“The industry is maturing, but so are its growing pains.”

Introducing “vibe design” with Stitch

Google brings ideas to life on an AI design canvas.

The high cost of low usability

How Balsamiq’s redesign broke rapid wireframing.

Adobe Firefly can now learn your style

It imitates your artwork through custom training.

Durable patterns in AI product design

UI models that remain relevant as AI evolves.

Agentic UX

7 principles for designing systems with agents.

Datatype

A variable font that turns text into charts.

Symbl

Preview your logo under visual stress.

theSVG

A vast library of brand icons in vector format.

Why most design principles fail

“The problem is that most design principles don’t work.”

Designing for emergence

When your product starts designing its own future.

Top ten Figma betrayals

”Figma is not exactly conducive to responsive web design.”

What is your site’s AI chatbot for?

Why users have little reason to use it.

Design patterns for building trust

“The goal isn’t maximum trust, it’s calibrated trust.”

Onboarding is a transaction

It’s your peak moment to learn from users.

Who can actually afford AI tools now?

How today’s pricing models shape access to AI.

Vibe design is real

What Google Stitch’s update means for designers.

Don’t design for average users

”The era of the ‘average user’ must end.”

The artisanal web

”Make something weird and wonderful of your own.”

Mockdown

Sketch a UI and export it as Markdown.

Cascade Icons

Hand-crafted icons for CSS properties and their values.

The big box vs. site search paradox

Let’s win users back from global to local search.

I built a design team out of AI agents

A workflow for orchestrating 10 specialized agents.

Design debt is now like technical debt

Rapid AI adoption risks systemic UX failures.