Nov 17 2025

Andy Budd - Improving The Double Diamond Design Process

As a designer, you’re no doubt familiar with the concept of the Double Diamond, that super simple graphical representation of the ideal design process. Typically you’ll see two squares rotated 45 d

Process , Evergreen , Design

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 - Integrating Design And Code With Native Design Tokens In Penpot

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 developer

Design Systems , Design , ui

Nov 17 2025

Daniel Yuschick - The Key To Good Component Design Is Selfishness

When developing a new feature, what determines whether an existing component will work or not? And when a component doesn’t work, what exactly does that mean? Does the component functionally not do

react , User Experience , typescript , ui

Nov 17 2025

Paul Boag - Building A Practical UX Strategy Framework

In my experience, most UX teams find themselves primarily implementing other people’s ideas rather than leading the conversation about user experience. This happens because stakeholders and decision

workflow , Frameworks , ux , Business

Nov 17 2025

Frederick O’Brien - An Ode To Side Project Time

There seemed to be a hot minute when the tech industry understood the value of idle tinkering and made a point of providing ‘side project time’ as an explicit working perk. The concept endures — I’m

workflow , Inspiration , Career , Opinion Column

Nov 17 2025

Luis Ouriach - Ten Tips For Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 2)

Since you’re probably coming from Part 1, you may already know that I’ve been living and breathing user interface and product design for just over a decade now and had no one (or to be more exact, v

workflow , Portfolios , Inspiration , Career , Design

Nov 17 2025

Eduard Kuric - What Makes A Great Toggle Button? (Case Study, Part 1)

In this first part of a two-part article, we will analyze the characteristics of effective toggle buttons. These characteristics serve as visual cues for helping users recognize which of the button’

ux , Usability , Case Studies , ui