Font Bros’ free fonts

A comprehensive collection of free-of-charge display fonts.

The State of User Research 2023

Current research tools, methods, practices, recruiting, salaries, and sentiments.

Refining AI generated QR Code

Anthony’s Toolkit empowers you to craft mind-blowing QR Codes.

Best practices for designing ethical AI user interfaces

Ways to craft AI interfaces that prioritize user trust and confidence.

Avoiding pitfalls in reporting user behavior changes

Ways to better understand the impact of design changes on user behavior.

“Hot take, but Pinterest is several orders of magnitude better than Dribbble for design inspiration.”

TASA Typeface Collection

Taiwan Space Agency’s modern and versatile typefaces are open source.

Invisible details of interaction design

Let’s find out why some interactions just feel amazing!

Making numbers in web content accessible

The problems, who it affects and what we can do about it.

How to write good labels

What to consider when you create labels for your website.

A guide to variables in Figma

What the popular design tool’s much awaited feature has in store.

“There is a designer out there somewhere still trying to perfect every single pixel before they share something for the first time. Don’t let that be you.”

The big problem with variables in Figma

Prototyping with Figma Variables can lead to opaque results.

UX Gears

A huge collection of digital design tools and resources.

Clipdrop launches Stable Doodle

A sketch-to-image tool that converts a simple drawing into an image.

Why design systems fail

None of the issues are related to technical or tooling decisions.

Collletttivo

Open-source typefaces of a small group of Italian designers.

Wix will let you build an entire website using only AI prompts

The website builder is now betting on algorithms over templates.

CaseCo: A case for variable fonts

Variable fonts can make a huge difference on your website.

Loading and progress indicators

Best practices to create user-friendly and effective waiting experiences.

Figma now supports REM units

Why and how to switch from px to rem in Figma’s Dev Mode.

What is the Bento UI trend?

Bento Boxes are perfectly suited for responsive design.

Product design and UX design roles

The differences between product designers and UX designers.

A new vision for data viz accessibility

How you can embrace the winds of change.

Naming components

A guide to developing a taxonomic glossary for design system components.

Icon buddy

100,000+ fully customizable open-source SVG icons.

Using imagery in visual design

Common types of imagery and how they can engage users.

Six useful abstractions

Ways to express your design intent through maps and models.

What is page bloat?

How it hurts our businesses, search ranks, and users.

Think inside the box

How accessibility shapes digital product design.

Web UI design examples

A comprehensive guide to web UI design with inspiring case studies.

The UX Cookbook

Handcrafted recipes to introduce you to UX essentials.

A newsletter manifesto that benefits readers and publishers

Things to keep in mind when you publish a newsletter.

Design good practices

Practical techniques to bring organization to your design documents.

World-wide open map dataset

The Overture Maps Foundation released open data for 60 million places.

Graphite

A powerful open-source vector graphics editor for your browser.

KernType

Learn the art of kerning through an interactive letter spacing game.

Freeflo

Curated AI illustrations and photos with prompts for your own creations.

Vector Illustrations

Minimalistic and customizable illustrations in outline style.

Accordions on desktop

What to consider when you implement expandable/collapsible panels.

In search of a better design system metric

There’s a better leading indicator than adoption.

Mikko’s free fonts

Wide, narrow, bold, curvy, and distinctive open-source fonts.

The ultimate guide to finding great photo composition

Ways to turn so-so images into captivating photographs.

Contrast Checker Bookmarklet

The miniature version of WebAIM’s popular Contrast Checker.

Dear websites, stop asking for ‘ransom’ sign-ups

“It feels like stealing my data and demanding a ransom.”

The 2023 UX Researcher Salary Report

International salaries of designers and specialists doing UX research.

Zero UI

A design approach that can innovate human-tech interaction.

Why I no longer believe in Content Design

Content Design as a profession is facing many challenges.

Realtime Colors

Choose and visualize your color palette on an actual website.

The next generation of web layouts

What’s up in reader-friendly layouts for writer-driven websites?

6.5 of the most popular UI design trends

Discover their origins and learn how to recreate them all.

The top UX and UI design tools for 2023

Tools that shape the future of digital experiences compared.

UX design documentation guide

How documentation can promote teamwork, efficiency, and continuity.

What font is this?

Methods to easily and quickly identify fonts from the web.

Be weird to diversify Midjourney images

One word makes portrait photo creation more interesting.

Your never-fail usability testing checklist

Things to do before, during, and after a usability test.

OddContrast

A color contrast checker for modern CSS color formats.

Variable Font Animator

Craft font animations online and export them as videos.

Immersing in innovation

A thorough introduction to XR user experience design.

The art of the demo

Inspirations to enrich your guides with well-crafted demos.

3 questions to evaluate design patterns

How we can avoid fancy design patterns that degrade UX.

The problem with auto-generated alt texts for images

AI can speed up alt text writing but don’t trust it mindlessly.

Reasons to replace advanced search

“Filters solve every problem that advanced search creates.”

AI Image Statistics 2023

AI already made as many images as photographers in 150 years.

The ideal viewport doesn’t exist

You don’t know how users will visit your website in advance.

The power of color in UX

A deep dive into the color universe of emotional design.

Accessible colors for your design system

How to forge a color palette that unites beauty with inclusivity.

Playbook for Universal Design

Universal design methods for more inclusive solutions.

Improving the Double Diamond design process

We need a better concept that disappoints us less as designers.

Bézier curves

The logic behind Bézier curves interactively explained.

Dark mode

How users think about it and which issues to avoid.

Collected

A web design gallery featuring eight websites per visit.

Letter to a mid level designer

What to do if you are looking for the path to the next level.

60 UX cards to discover cognitive biases

Raise awareness about biases in a design workshop.

How to pick matching color palettes every time

Choose perfectly balanced color palettes using only numbers.

Transhumans

Illustrations of characters transcending their biological barriers.

“‘We asked our most satisfied users how to improve the website’ is such a baffling user research strategy.”

Cosmic Media

Search photos, videos, GIFs, AI images, illustrations, and vector graphics.

Micro tips for remarkably better typography

Ways to enhance your website’s typography in minutes.

Design tool memory usage

Testing Figma, Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Affinity Designer.

Nine essential information architecture practices

Basic practices in researching, modeling, and prototyping.

“Where are the design anarchists? Where are the design rebels? Where are the contrary design thinkers?”

Transitions

What makes a good transition, and which pattern to choose?

Accessibility for designers

How to drive accessibility in the product design phase.

Things that Jakob’s Law is not

“Jakob’s Law of internet UX isn’t an excuse to do poor work.”

The new Google Fonts

Google has redesigned its Google Fonts website.

Design under pressure

Undesired users who may still access your website.

The dangers of deceptive design patterns

See how many of these patterns you recognize.

Squish meets structure

Challenges of designing products with language models.

Is AI better at picking and pairing fonts than you?

The current state of AI’s typographic capability.

We need better hyperlink hygiene

Let’s try to avoid a disgusting web phenomenon: link rot.

Redesigning Design Systems

An inspiring learning space about evolving design systems.

World Illustration Awards 2023

The shortlist and winners of the renowned illustration awards.

Adobe’s Firefly generative AI tools are now widely available

Features like Photoshop’s Generative Fill tool are out of beta.

Some web design styles that are uniquely Japan

Design features that are rarely seen in English websites.

Design for meaningful outcomes

People don’t want outputs; they want outcomes.

Has data storytelling reached its peak?

The present state of data storytelling and its future direction.

The power of heuristic evaluations

It’s a perfect way to kick off any UX redesign project.

Move over Photoshop!

Microsoft Paint now has layers and transparency.

New ideas and unique solutions from Figma on accessibility

How Figma is catching up in the accessibility field.