Pantone selects ‘peach fuzz’ as color of the year 2024
Sweetness and Softness for the New Year Following Viva Magenta for 2023, Veri Peri for 2022, and Ultimate Gray and Illuminating for 2021, Pantone has
A major retrospective celebrates Iris van Herpen’s mesmerizing designs at the intersection of art, fashion, and science
Water, skeletons, and the origins of life usher in a major retrospective of the exquisite, otherworldly garments of Iris van Herpen (previously). On
The future of design systems is accessible
Next Thursday marks the 12th Global Accessibility Awareness Day, so what better topic to dive into for our third part of this series on the future of
Google wants you to forget the 10 blue links
The Search Generative Experience (SGE) is a transformational change to the most visited page on the internet. The single most visited page on the inte
Heuristic evaluation – 5 usability principles to help guide your work
Heuristic evaluation is the review of a user interface based on a set of usability principles. It helps surface usability problems throughout the desi
The misallocation of tech talent
Getting fired sucks. It doesn’t matter how or when. It just sucks. And right now there are an awful lot of people in the tech industry feeling j
Solaris is a bold plan to beam solar energy to Earth from space with lasers
This bold plan by the European Space Agency sounds straight out of science fiction, something you could see opening up a movie set in the 2050s or bey
What is Ashby’s law and how does it relate to UX design?
As a UX/UI designer, staying up-to-date with the latest tools, resources, and design trends is essential for your growth and success in the industry.
Every UX / UI designer should know these 14 websites
As a UX/UI designer, staying up-to-date with the latest tools, resources, and design trends is essential for your growth and success in the industry.
The Washington state dept. of natural resources’ twitter is a gem
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Figma, I love you but you’re bringing me down
When a toy becomes the whole playground Designers are not the tools they use. But designers are constantly learning, and the things we learn are heavi
Accessible design systems: look good while doing good
esign is powerful. We chat with our friends and loved ones halfway across the globe, we can check on our pets while at work, and sync as a team in a p
‘Reinvented’ keyboard could be a game changer
The Flux Keyboard is a crowdfunding smash. This almost doesn’t seem real. Australia-based design and engineering firm Flux has developed the Flu
A wooden artwork miraculously unfurls into a functional desk designed by Robert van Embricqs
The surge in remote work during the last few years prompted Amsterdam-based designer Robert van Embricqs to rethink how conventional desks would impac
Creatures of Hope: cheery illustrated monsters strut through new York city streets
Friendly monsters with enthusiastic grins and pastel fur and feathers have been sauntering through the streets of New York City thanks to Loe Lee. The
Find design inspiration in these websites
As designers, it’s important for us to stay up-to-date with the latest design trends, and ideas. One way we often do this is by finding inspiration
The hibernator’s guide to the galaxy
ONE DAY IN 1992, near the northern pole of a planet hurtling around the Milky Way at roughly 500,000 miles per hour, Kelly Drew was busy examining som
Nissan’s Max-Out concept feels appropriately futuristic and space-age
Nissan’s Max-Out Concept lived in digital form for a while now, part of their grand, $18 billion plan to electrify their lineup. The Max-Out design
Boost your UX writing process with FigGPT, a ChatGPT Figma Plugin
Streamline Your UX Writing with FigGPT, the AI-Powered Figma Plugin Figma plugins increasingly incorporate artificial intelligence to make our design
How design is governance
I’m writing this post from a brand new coffee shop in a busy area of Los Angeles. It seems like it is opening day, or soon after. From a distance, t