UX design doesn’t exist
I feel very passionate about the misuse of the term UX design, let me tell you why.
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Android: 12 years of design history
Nowadays Android is installed on about 2.5 billion active devices. How did it begin? Let’s test it and figure it out.
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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..
Everything isn’t design, Wikipedia search, type dictionary
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.Aesthetics are an expression of purpose. What we believe, the choices we make, and the products and services we choose to use are bound up in our individual worldview and belief system. Our choices in life are a reflection of how we see th..
How to set up custom design linting in Figma using the Design Lint plugin
A tutorial for creating a design linter specific to your team.https://lintyour.designWhat is Design Lint?Back in 2019, I released a Figma plugin called Design Lint. My goal was to help my team, other designers, and myself to find and fix errors in our work more easily.
Design Lint loops through laye..
New directions: The cover story
New Directions: The Cover StoryPioneer designer Alvin Lustig’s fifty best book covers in one box.Lustig’s first cover design for New Directions, 1941The great graphic designer Milton Glaser once said, “there are three responses to a piece of design — yes, no, and WOW!”
WOW! is what you’ll say to New..
Designing localisation friendly products
Localisation is often perceived as simple text translations across different languages. However, it goes beyond just some alphabets and…
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Maintaining attention in AR
How to direct and maintain attention in augmented reality applications.Co-Authors: Cat Hodges, Hannah Nye, and Kay Stanney
Augmented reality (AR) is a powerful tool that enhances our real world with overlaid virtual information. AR’s use ranges from virtually testing the look of new furniture in our..
More psychological principles for product designers
Source: Kristina Ooo on DribbbleIn our eternal search for more psychological rudiments to keep in mind while designing your products, we came across these few golden rules that can help you on your way to designing a meaningful product.
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Randomness, birthdays pigeons, and twisters
What is Random? with Pseudo-Random Numbers
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