Creating Usability with Motion: The UX in Motion Manifesto

When and where to implement motion to support usability.

The Most Exciting Design Systems Are Boring

The job is not to invent, but to curate.

We just sold Crew to Dribbble

The freelance platform has joined forces with Dribbble.

Open Sourcing deck.gl 4.0

A framework for advanced data visualization.

Tippy.js

A lightweight, pure JavaScript tooltip library.

Designing for the Appearance of Speed

How you can change user perceptions.

Where will UX design be in 5 years? 5 Predictions

The trend towards hiring UX expertise will continue.

7 Tips for Presenting Bulleted Lists in Digital Content

Do’s and don’ts.

Future-Friendly Content Roundup

Why we need a new approach to digital content.

Sketch’s Brilliant New Way to Export Borders as SVG

A noteworthy addition to the digital design tool.

Everyone is a designer. Get over it.

Why everyone needs a design mindset.

Shaping Our Design Principles

An exercise for the whole design team.

A Component-based Workflow for Sketch

The way we design is changing, and so are our tools.

16 Pretty Useful Tools & Tricks for Sketch

Ways to improve your design workflow.

Managing Technology-Agnostic Design Systems

Users don’t care about tech stacks.

“Users don’t want our designs to be consistent. Users want our designs to meet their expectations. Only sometimes are those the same.”

9 simple but powerful UX writing tips for designers

Things you can do that will improve your writing.

UX Designers: Do Not Be Scared Of Quantitative Data

The importance of research to the success of a project.

In defense of 'users'

Why we should not use the word ‘person’ instead.

Oops Pages

Showcase of creative error pages on the web.

Are personas ruining your product?

Personas as an excuse to not talk to real users.

The researcher’s journey

Leveling up as a user researcher.

“It’s amazing how much scope you can cut and succeed. It’s amazing how little quality you can cut before failing.”

The UX Designer’s Best Companions For Sketch

A toolbox full of efficiency.

“Writing is hard because it often ends up being the process through which you realize that you don’t actually understand something.”

Super Tiny Social Icons

Scalable icons, under 1kB each.

Stark

Color-blind simulator and contrast checker for Sketch.

Carrd

Platform for building responsive one-page sites for pretty much anything.

Lists

A gallery of real data ready to be placed in your design.

Font Map

Interactive font map organized by artificial intelligence.

“The future of mobile is that you continue making your responsive website and your mobile app less shitty.”

Your Body Text Is Too Small

Why website body text should be bigger, and ways to optimize it.

Confetti Sketch Plugin

The easy way of creating confetti background patterns.

Introducing Sizzy

A tool for developing responsive websites crazy-fast.

How to not suck at design.

A 5 minute guide for the non-designer.

Algorithm-Driven Design

How artificial intelligence is changing design.

Why I left Sketch + Invision like a old sock. (or why I love Figma)

A comparison from personal experience.

Font of the Month Club

A fresh new font delivered to your inbox every month.

The Power of Storytelling

Why storytelling matters and how to get started.

Interface Lovers

Online magazine for creative professionals.

Introducing Lightwell… and the Future of Interactive Apps

“The most powerful tool for interactive app creation.”

User Research When You Can’t Talk to Your Users

Ways to get insights about your users’ wants and needs.

The Real Effects Of Bad Web Design

A web design is far more than a status symbol.

Prototyping: Paper Versus Digital

Is paper prototyping still worth doing?

Design for Fingers, Touch, and People, Part 2

Why people interact with their mobile devices the way they do.

Nick Jones - Interface Prototyper / Designer

A nothing but ordinary portfolio web site.

Swiss in CSS

Posters in swiss design style, recreated and animated with CSS.

Copywriting & UX: Why Copywriters Need Wireframes

How to craft compelling messages.

Google’s 'Fuchsia' smartphone OS dumps Linux, has a wild new UI

A look at Google’s mysterious third operating system.

Women Who Design

A directory of inspiring women in the design industry.

Google Promotes Material Components

Material Components are out of the preview phase.

Design In An Age of Artificial Intelligence

It’s a wild time to be a designer.

Buttons

A comprehensive collection of CSS button styles.

“If you exceed 3 rounds of design, it’s not a design problem. It’s a communication problem.”

Meaningful Motion with Action Driven Animation

A framework for creating more meaningful animations.

Why your design team should hire a writer

A writer who thinks like a designer.

“I know of only one rule that matters in choosing a method, tool, or process: Ignore the critics. Choose the one that works best for you.”

User Research with Prototypes: Asking the Right Questions

A practical guide to prototype testing.

Virtual and Augmented Realities

Asking the right questions and traveling the path ahead.

Prototyping in Sketch is here

InVision introduces Craft Prototype.

Vector icon speed runs

The best way to create some common icons using Illustrator.

Happiness research shows the biggest obstacle to creativity is being too busy

Ways to give your brain a break.

Anchors OK? Re-Assessing In-Page Links

Pros and cons of the still popular design element.

Generation uX

How to make websites age-friendly.

Sketch is not a UX design tool

“The next generation of UX tools can’t be pen-and-paper simulators anymore.”

Redesigning Android Emoji

Google reimagined over 2,000 emoji characters.

“I just saw a loading spinner that wasn’t quite rotating around the centre so my day’s ruined.”

UX Design for the Internet of Things

Principles to think outside the bounds of a screen.

You Are Going to Switch to Figma

Reasons to switch from Sketch to Figma.

Design with a growth mindset

“Talent without hard work and practice won’t amount too much.”

The mistakes we make in making the case for design

How to convince your company to invest in design.

If You Want to Be Creative, Don’t Be Data Driven

Information doesn’t tell you what to do.

Visual Interface of Voice UI

Cases in which visual feedbacks are important.

Notifications: A Tragedy Of the Digital Commons

Smart notifications would make our life and work better.

Fontjoy

Generate font combinations with deep learning.

Find great Google Fonts

Select font families by visual similarity.

Web Design Museum

Trends in web design between 1996 and 2005.

Getting Systematic About Design Systems

How to lay the groundwork for good design decisions.

Design in the Era of the Algorithm

Design principles for AI and data-driven products.

The State Of Advanced Website Builders

“Self-serve website-builder platforms are quietly becoming very powerful.”

2017 Logo Trends

LogoLounge’s 15th annual trend report.

Mirr.io

Turn your Sketch designs into working, shareable prototypes.

Are Float Labels Really That Problematic After All?

A response to Adam Silver’s piece.

What is React?

React terms in plain English and doodles.

The Psychology Principles Every UI/UX Designer Needs to Know

User perception explained.

Web Typography

A handbook for designing beautiful and effective responsive typography.

How to Make Your Website Accessible to People Who Use a Screen Magnifier

Do’s and don’ts.

Voice, Tone & Content Guides

Guidelines from some of the web’s most respected content teams.

The changing culture of web design

How designing for the web has changed over the past 20 years.

The Most Efficient Way to Use Icons If You’re A Designer or Developer

The how and the why.

Looper 2.0 sketch plugin

A new way to build beautiful patterns and illustrations.

How To Give Helpful Product Design Feedback

What we owe our colleagues.

Accessibility according to actual people with disabilities

The hardest things about browsing the web.

Responsive Design in Sketch - Part 1

What you can do with the group resizing feature.

coolHue

Handpicked gradient hues and swatches.

Google Introduces Spectral, a New Web Font

A good choice for long, distraction free reads on screens.

Video: Mobile in The Future

“Natural user interfaces are the new bar.”

7 Questions About User-Research Panels

What to consider for a database of potential research participants.

12 Super Creative QR Code Designs

Chinese businesses jazz up their WeChat QR codes.

“Just because people make fancy websites now doesn’t mean you can’t make plain old websites anymore. Plain old websites are pretty great.”