Nov 17 2025

Andy Budd - How To Become A Better Speaker At Conferences

During my time curating the UX London and Leading Design events, I used to watch a few hundred presentations each year. I’d be looking at a range of things, including the speaker’s domain experience

Guides , Conferences , Career , Events

Nov 17 2025

Victor Yocco - Presenting UX Research And Design To Stakeholders: The Power Of Persuasion

For UX researchers and designers, our journey doesn’t end with meticulously gathered data or well-crafted design concepts saved on our laptops or in the cloud. Our true impact lies in effectively co

ux , UX Research , Communication

Nov 17 2025

Preethi Sam - In Search Of The Ideal Privacy Icon

I’ve been on the lookout for a privacy icon and thought I’d bring you along that journey. This project I’ve been working on calls for one, but, honestly, nothing really screams “this means privacy”

Icons , Design , ui

Nov 17 2025

Mikołaj Dobrucki - Penpot’s CSS Grid Layout: Designing With Superpowers

This article has been kindly supported by our dear friends at Penpot whose mission is to provide an open-source and open-standards platform to bring collaboration between designers and developers

workflow , Graphics , Tools , Apps , ui

Nov 17 2025

Daniel Yuschick - Simplify Your Color Palette With CSS Color-Mix()

There’s a reason for all the new, experimental color features CSS is introducing. And there’s a reason for all the excitement they’re stirring up. Colors are hard. Defining a base color palette can

Techniques , Tools , Css , Design Systems

Nov 17 2025

Paul Boag - So Your Website Or App Is Live… Now What?

Whether you’ve launched a redesign of your website or rolled out a new feature in your app, that is the point where people normally move on to the next project. But, that is a mistake. It’s only on

ux , testing , User Experience

Nov 17 2025

Frederick O’Brien - The Timeless Power Of Spreadsheets

Part of me can’t believe I’m writing this article. Applying the insights of Leonardo da Vinci or Saul Bass to web design is more my groove, but sometimes you simply have to write about spreadsheets.

Tools , Research , Data Visualization

Nov 17 2025

Luis Ouriach - Building Components For Consumption, Not Complexity (Part 2)

Welcome back to my long read about building better components — components that are more likely to be found, understood, modified, and updated in ways that promote adoption rather than abandonment.

Design System , Figma , Design