UI / UX

Ai2's new Olmo 3.1 extends reinforcement learning training for stronger reasoning benchmarks

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) recently released what it calls its most powerful family of models yet, Olmo 3. But the company kept iterating on the models, expanding...

Practical XAI For UX Practitioners — Smashing Magazine

Explainable AI isn’t just a challenge for data scientists. It’s also a design challenge and a core pillar of trustworthy, effective AI products. Victor...

Designing for signals: how intent & instrumentation shape AI-powered experiences

As AI mirrors how we design and learn, our role evolves from creating interfaces to defining the signals that shape intelligent experiences.A quick note...

101+ Unique Gift Ideas 🎁 for Graphic Designers (Nov 2025)

Do you know a graphic designer, artist or illustrator? Yes? Ok, how hard is it buying gifts for these creative folk? I know, right? I...

A Sparkle Of December Magic (2025 Wallpapers Edition) — Smashing Magazine

With December just around the corner, how about some new desktop wallpapers to welcome the last month of the year — and the holiday...

The internet needs an AI off switch

People want the human internet back.Oftentimes when I tell this to AI boosters there’s this pushback that it’s only getting better and better, and while...

39+ Best Christmas Fonts for Festive Holiday Creations (Free & Premium) 🎄

The festive Christmas season is approaching so we wanted to take this time to round up the best Christmas fonts for your branding, packaging...

What It Is And Why It Matters (Excerpt) — Smashing Magazine

We’re so happy to announce that “Maturing Design Systems”—a Smashing book by Ben Callahan — will soon be joining the Smashing Library! Ben’s insights...

[Podcast] Make Your Brand Famous with Dan Cushing and Diego Borgo

Branding in emerging tech moves fast, breaks things and drags a lot of buzzwords along for the ride. But fame still matters. Trust still...

Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automation — Smashing Magazine

Server chaos doesn’t have to be the norm. AI-ready infrastructure and automation can bring clarity, performance, and focus back to your web work.If you...

Cultivating the human capabilities that matter most | by Gale Robins | Nov, 2025

“Psychological safety isn’t about being nice — it’s about being real.”— Amy Edmondson, The Fearless Organization (2019)The Human Side of DiscoveryHere’s the thing most...

2025 Black Friday + Cyber Monday Deals for Designers

Welcome to our massive compilation of the best 2025 Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday Sales for graphic designers, web designers, photographers, freelancers and creative professionals. We will...

CSS Gamepad API Visual Debugging With CSS Layers — Smashing Magazine

Debugging controllers can be a real pain. Here’s a deep dive into how CSS helps clean it up and how to build a reusable...

What designers can learn from Zohran Mamdani’s historical campaign | by Merilin Ekzarkova | Nov, 2025

How user-centered design principles transformed a grassroots political movement into a viral phenomenon and what it means for design practice.Press enter or click to...

How Koto Rebranded Amazon | James Greenfield on Designing at Global Scale

How do you reimagine one of the world’s most powerful brands? Over 18 months, across 15 global markets, and with 50+ sub-brands, Koto partnered with...

Magnificent SVGs With  And CSS Custom Properties — Smashing Magazine

SVG is one of those web technologies that’s both elegant and, at times, infuriating. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke...

The invisible gap: Designing for users who reconstruct, not just read | by Lisa Vorobeva | Nov, 2025

About 1.19 billion people use English as an additional language, compared with 390 million native speakers — leaving 810 million non-native English users worldwide.Since...