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Top design and frontend links from my weekly curation.

Highlights of the week ↘

There's a smarter way to map user journeys - That's why we built Flows in Zeplin. Easily connect published screens into a Flow, then add important actions, decisions, or branches using Shapes. - Zeplin Sponsored

UX Hints: Product design knowledge - Stay on top of your design process with the bite-sized hints and cheat sheets about UX and Product design. - Paul Capcan / filed under Product Design, UX Design

State of HTML 2023 - While web developers tend to focus on JavaScript and CSS, none of what we do would be possible without HTML acting as the foundation. - Lea Verou, Sacha Greif, Devographics / filed under HTML & CSS

Product design ↘

Rebranding the Wise design system for everyone - There's a misconception that making a product accessible means sacrificing the visual design. - Stephanie Smith / filed under Accessibility, Design System

The power of Brand Archetypes - The personification of the brand allows the public to emotionally connect to it. By using an archetype, the brand humanizes its values, history, and mission. - Myriam Penot / filed under Branding

Aligning your product team with effective calibration - "Calibrating" in the context of team dynamics means aligning a team's understanding, goals, and expectations. - Tanner Christensen / filed under Product Management

Design engineering ↘

The real value of tokens - And why I believe we are on the way toward a completely tokenized design future. - Erez Reznikov / filed under Design System

Writing component specs - Having a standard component spec template for your team can be a huge help in delivering high quality, consistent, and accessible components. - Rob Eisenberg / filed under Design Documentation

The design system ecosystem - Design systems are less about assets and their relationships to one another, but more about people and their relationships to one another. - Brad Frost / filed under Design System

Tools and resources ↘

Iconbundler - Convert and optimize SVG icons to React, Vue, and Svelte components. - Chris Widmaier / filed under Frontend

Inspiration and creativity ↘

Creativity for all - Three core, non-negotiable tenets of the creative process. - Jess Eddy / filed under Creativity

Last but not least ↘

We're still not innovating with AI-generated UI - We continue to not solve the same problems that we largely conjured out of no where. - Heather Buchel / filed under UI Design