Good design is science, not art
Although it probably helps to be a little artistic.NOTE: This article is for novice designers who want to improve their skills and grow their client base. This article is not meant to disparage art or artists in the slightest. I bear the utmost respect for artists of all kind and couldn’t fathom the..
3,360 Figma variants, is graphic design too trendy, is Framer still alive?
Weekly curated resources for designers who are thinkers as much as they’re makers. Brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.Before the introduction of Variants, it was cumbersome to navigate a Figma asset library for components with multiple states or characteristics. More painful still w..
Create a Tag Cloud with some Simple CSS and even Simpler JavaScript
I’ve always liked tag clouds. I like the UX of seeing what tags are most popular on a website by seeing the relative font size of the tags, popular tags being bigger. They seem to have fallen out of fashion, though you do often see versions of them used in illustrations in tools like Wordle.
How di..
5 observation about UX from 2020
Observations from working in UX from the past year.
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Generating and sharing dynamic images on the web
The Sharing: Part 1.This is Part 1 of a series of posts about generating and sharing dynamic images on the web. Check out Part 2 and Part 3.
I’m currently working on several client projects which generate dynamic images based on a user’s investment into a web campaign and then encourages them to sha..
In defense of design challenges
With specific conditions, of course.
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21 tips for winning the 2021 Worst Site Award
There are 1.8 billion websites worldwide and you still haver a chance to design the worst site ever.
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A framework for product design simplicity
How to focus on what matters.
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How to use clone characters to design better experiences for your users
Clone characters are used in storytelling to reflect aspects of the main characters back at themselves. Here’s how you can use the same…
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Don’t Overthink Your Product Critique Interview
Don’t overthink your product critique interviewIt’s about who you are, not how many things you can say.Design is not art. But sometimes you gonna hold on to your own style like an artist. Photo credit: Alice DietrichThe MythIt’s confusing when people ask how to do a product critique.
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