9 Best Articles in 2021
medium.com
7 Rules for Creating Gorgeous UI (Part 1)
medium.com
20+ min read · From 2014 · A non-artsy primer in digital aesthetics
lawsofux.com
Laws of UX
lawsofux.com
3 min read · From 2018 · 01Users often perceive aesthetically pleasing design as design that’s more usable.Learn More
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Unsplash | Free High-Resolution Photos
Unsplash
2 min read · From 2015 · Do-whatever-you-want high-resolution photos. Download 10 new free photos every 10 days.
medium.com
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
medium.com
~16 min read · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite.
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UX Collective
Design Better Forms
UX Collective
5 min read · From 2016 · Common mistakes designers make and how to fix them
Nielsen Norman Group
UX Mapping Methods Compared: A Cheat Sheet
Nielsen Norman Group
8 min read · From 2017 · Understand similarities and differences among empathy maps, customer journey maps, experience maps, and service blueprints.
medium.com
Why Product Thinking is the next big thing in UX Design
medium.com
7 min read · From 2015 · Life’s too short to build something nobody wants…
GV
The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
GV
5 min read · From 2015 · The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers.
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The case for ugly design
Fast Company
4 min read · Sep 7th · Designers are ditching traditional rules of beauty and “good” design in favor of something more honest and compelling.
design-system.w3.org
Welcome to the W3C design system
design-system.w3.org
3 min read · Sep 10th · This design system documents the styles, components and templates available to use on your website. Find out how to get started. How the front end assets (CSS and JavaScript) are organised and…
CSS-Tricks
Grainy Gradients
CSS-Tricks
6 min read · Sep 13th · Browse through Dribbble or Behance, and you’ll find designers using a simple technique to add texture to an image: noise. Adding noise makes otherwise
UX Collective
How to avoid Twitter’s latest accessibility mistakes
UX Collective
8 min read · Aug 23rd · Good accessibility programs include things that go above and beyond just compliance with the WCAG guidelines
Nielsen Norman Group
Designing for Long Waits and Interruptions: Mitigating Breaks in Workflow in Complex Application Design
Nielsen Norman Group
8 min read · Sep 6th · 5 guidelines help users tolerate the long waits and frequent interruptions that are typical of complex workflows
UX Collective
Perceived brightness: an essential concept for UI design
UX Collective
5 min read · Sep 10th · Look at the image above. Don’t you feel some colors are brighter than others? For example, between the yellow and blue: which is brighter?
