Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Designers probably remember the headlines and edutech companies in the 2010s practically pleading us to learn to code. Fortunately, that’s over, but it really does help us designers to at least get a feel for coding so we can work more smoothly and empathetically with our engineering teammates. The same…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Look around us. Every business is an app and every app feels the same, because every designer has the same resume, follows the same process, graduates from the same program, uses the same tool, scrolls the same Dribbble feed, reads the same Medium articles, expects the same career outcome, lives…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — The design practice in conjunction with the business context puts us in a particularly interesting position of bringing the customer to the work process, but in an abstract, distant way; identifying pain points, while continuing to build on top of existing paradigms. We start looking at our work, and at…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — The impact of our digital interactions on the environment may be less visible compared to physical products but very real. There are plenty of tools and frameworks to consider the environmental impact during a design process. But they, too, are mostly targeting the industrial design profession. They further largely treat…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Why is it that every time someone is asked “what is the Metaverse” they tell you what it’s not? Metaverse, you’re cringe (right now) → By Emily Kuret The UX Collective is an independent ad-free design publication that elevates unheard design voices, reaching over 500k+ designers every week. Join our…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Inclusivity is at the heart of user-centric design approach, which considers not just the average user, but all users. That said, inclusivity isn’t an on/off switch you can magically flip in an instance. To design for all users, you need to consider their physical abilities, experiences, expectations, values, beliefs, and…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “What do we even mean by web3? We have NFTs (non-fungible tokens), cryptocurrencies, the metaverse, blockchain and DAOs (decentralized autonomous organizations). It’s not just one thing we don’t understand. It’s a lot of things we don’t understand. What’s in? What’s out? And how do all of these pieces fit together? …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Product designers have never had so many tools and techniques at our disposal to help us do our job. Research, journey maps, Figma, code, Keynote, data analysis… the list is huge and keeps growing. With so many options, how do we know which ones to use for our projects and…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — Editors’ picks Principles vs. values → If principles are for designs, values are for designers. By Darren Yeo Cookie consent UX → It’s time we fix the unethical design of cookie consent windows. By Nicat Manafov Freelance pricing → In search of the “double thank you”. By Benek Lisefski A study about…