The product design process

Highlights of the week ↘

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The product design process - Product design isn’t just about making things pretty. It’s about making them work well for real people. - Anton Sten

Good design is structure for the work - Good design can mean bringing the structure needed in a given situation. - Ben Holliday

Product design, UX/UI and PM ↘

The battle between shipping and perfection - A designer’s dilemma. - Andy Budd

Building what customers need, not just what they ask for - Steve Jobs famously said customers don’t know what they want until you show it to them. - Sagan Schultz

Design engineering ↘

CSS relative colors - An interactive guide to learn CSS relative colors. - Ahmad Shadeed

Design space - An imagined area holding all possible versions of a design, showing how each version is related and how specified features of the design can change. - Liam Spradlin

Tools and resources ↘

Mesh gradient generator - Create and export mesh gradients as SVG or to Figma. - Erik D. Kennedy

Easing wizard - CSS easing editor and generator. - Matthias Martin

Inspiration and creativity ↘

Using AI to write more realistic prototype copy - While AI isn’t a replacement for professional UX writers/content designers, it can make a big difference to how fast you can create and iterate early stage concepts and designs. - Phil Morton

Last but not least ↘

Work-life balance isn’t for you… - Work-life balance isn’t about escaping a job you don’t like. It’s about making sure the work you love doesn’t take over everything else. - Julie Chabin