Good visual design, explained, and more...

Friday | November 14, 2025

Good visual design, explained by Kelley Gordon

I explain visual-design principles that contribute to good-looking designs, with real-site examples.
Design like a strategic PM (video) by Ryan Scott, Michael Riddering

The skills that get designers promoted.
Figma just proved everyone (including me) wrong by Josh Cusick

Figma’s latest design system updates mark a turning point for design systems and a wake-up call for skeptics like me.
Programming principles for self taught front-end developers by Kilian Valkhof

Like many front-end developers, I don’t have a formal computer science background.

Read all week, picked once. The best design links — every Tuesday.

Thursday | November 13, 2025

Animation that fails safely by Stefan Chitu

Defensive design for motion-sensitive users.
Tahoe’s terrible icons by Jim Nielsen

The B-sides
The web animation performance tier list by Matt Perry

Animation performance is one of the topics I'm asked about the most.
Reimagine the date picker by David Bushell

In 2025 if you need a date picker use the native HTML element.
Inactive GUI controls by Jakob Nielsen

Show, disable, or hide?

Wednesday | November 12, 2025

The 5 habits of the worst designers by Scott Berkun

Avoid these mistakes and your career will improve.
What we lose when we lose the creative struggle by Fabrizia Ausiello

How removing friction from creative tools removes the meaning from creative work.
The color reflex by Maxim Shevchenko-Tymchuk

Psychology that fires before you think.
You need to become a full stack person by Den Delimarsky

Treat models as multipliers, not managers.

Tuesday | November 11, 2025

An alternative chat UI layout by Luke Wroblewski

Chat is a pretty simple and widely understood interface pattern... so what's the problem?
Why I don’t test different designs at the same time by Adam Silver

Testing two versions is almost always totally unnecessary.
On creating success without comparing yourself to others by Dylan Ali, Rona Akbari

DJ, model, and actress Dylan Ali discusses how to handle your business every day, owning your authenticityn.
My CSS selector strategy by Andy Clarke

Writing good CSS is all about restraint.

Monday | November 10, 2025

Strategy-to-pixels by David Hoang

Full stack influence in an age of agency.
Slots in design systems by Nathan Curtis

Improving flexibility through custom composition within components.
Bridging product design and AI thinking by Bradly Zavakos

The shift in product design with the advent of AI and a potential generative experiential future.
Design systems as living systems by Emily Strobl

The history and future of the Rocket Design System.
Why are we in this mess? by Dragan Babic

AI didn't devalue technological service work.