UI / UX

Coronavirus and Credibility

April 2020I recently saw a video of TV journalists and politicians confidently saying that the coronavirus would be no worse than the flu. What struck me about it was not just...

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026 — Smashing Magazine

How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow...

When tools pretend to be people

We are building LLMs to sound human. When we add personality and emotional tone, we increase the risk that people will trust them like...

[Podcast] From Kickstarter to Cult Brand with Brandon Kim of Brevitē

In this episode of JUST Branding, we sit down with Debbie Millman, one of the most influential voices in design and brand thinking, to...

Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour — Smashing Magazine

CSS relative colour values are now widely supported. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke shares practical techniques for using them...

Your product is a theme park

A practical way to evaluate what to fix next.We believe (audience segment)will (behavior change)if we (renovation)because (triangulated insight)measured by (KRs across journey + outcomes).A practical...

Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflows — Smashing Magazine

Penpot is experimenting with MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, which could lead to designers and developers being able to perform tasks in Penpot using...

Does this emotional insight UI actually make sense?

I’m designing an Insights dashboard and Growth Map for a reflection app I'm building. The goal is to...

Post‑COVID user research needs a revised safeguarding plan

A story from the field: the day safeguarding became realCapacity checks (use appropriate local framework):Explain in a way the person can understand (visuals/easy read as needed)Check...

Recreating Toon Text With CSS And SVG — Smashing Magazine

In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke shows his techniques for creating Toon Text titles using modern CSS and SVG.After finishing...

Escaping AI sludge: why MVPs should be delightful

Function is the floor, not the ceiling. It’s time to raise the bar and prove that the most viable products are the ones that...

How To Design For (And With) Deaf People — Smashing Magazine

Practical UX guidelines to keep in mind for 466 million people who experience hearing loss. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a...

AI will kill most startups — and that’s a good thing

AI will kill most startups — and that’s a good thingWhen anyone can build the product, only authority differentiates the outcome.Picture an ordinary person working in tech — a designer,...

Giving Users A Voice Through Virtual Personas — Smashing Magazine

Turn scattered user research into AI-powered personas that give anyone consolidated multi-perspective feedback from a single question.In my previous article, I explored how AI...

A sharp tool can still ruin the cut

When AI answers before you understand.I never decided to go all in on AI, it just kept showing up.At first, in small, practical ways. Generating...

[Podcast] From Kickstarter to Cult Brand with Brandon Kim of Brevitē

From Kickstarter to cult brand, Brevitē is a case study in how a challenger wins without a war chest. In this episode of JUST Branding,...

How To Measure The Impact Of Features — Smashing Magazine

Meet TARS — a simple, repeatable, and meaningful UX metric designed specifically to track the performance of product features. Upcoming part of the Measure...