An Early Look at Full Site Editing in WordPress

Here’s an existential question for web developers: How much separation should there be between a website’s content management system (CMS) and its design? For a lot of the DIY services out there (Wix, Squarespace, etc.), just about every facet of a website can be edited visually. Whether it’s conte..

‘Get a job in UX’ promises are a scam.

No bootcamps or formulas can guarantee what companies will be looking for or how the market will behave. — 100 design lessons for 2021 ‘Get a job in UX’ promises are a scam. was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and respondi..

How to build a solid portfolio system in the age of design trends

The challenge of having a defined identity in the design industry today Continue reading on UX Collective »

Discovery sprints: What they are and why you should run them

Empowering Agile teams to build the right thing.As a Product Designer at an agency, running product discoveries within a project involving a few Agile teams, I’m familiar with the struggle of squeezing discovery work into a busy Agile environment. The team is always rushing to build and release some..

Why product thinking is still missing in journalism

If you want to be successful in the media industry, you cannot avoid the connection between journalism, technology, business and usage… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Popular Design News of the Week: January 4, 2021 – January 10, 2021

Every week users submit a lot of interesting stuff on our sister site Webdesigner News, highlighting great content from around the web that can be of interest to web designers. The best way to keep track of all the great stories and news being posted is simply to check out the Webdesigner News site..

Digital images 101: all you need to know as a designer

Images are also encoded into binary just like text, but instead of characters images are made up of pixels. A pixel is the smallest element in a picture. It is basically a square representing a specific color in an image. To help you remember: picture + element = pixel.Some common terms: Pixel: the ..

The fall of InVision, products with personality, K-pop posters

Your weekly list of curated design resources, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.The results of the UX Tools 2020 survey are in. One of the biggest takeaways? Things aren’t looking great for InVision. Only a few short years ago InVision seemed like it had all the momentum in the wor..

26 questions UX designers need to ask during a kick-off meeting

Start your next project off on the right foot by using these questionsThe secret weapon in a Product Designers toolkit are questions! Especially at the beginning of a project where it is important to fully understand the challenge, the current understanding (biases), and to ensure usability is thoug..

5 reasons why you SHOULD NOT have business logic in your UI layers (Angular/WPF)...

What opportunities are you ignoring by building thick UI clients, heavy on business logic, especially for internal products? Continue reading on UX Collective »