Issue #749: 16 little UI design tips
Apple reintroduced its design principles, Atlassian’s DESIGN.md is here, Every frame perfect, Haptics design and implementation, and more.
Highlights of the week
- 16 little UI design tips that make a big impact - A step by step case study to quickly fix an example user interface using logic-driven UI design tips. - Adham Dannaway
- Apple reintroduced its design principles - Explore fundamental principles that guide design across Apple platforms. - Apple
- Atlassian’s DESIGN.md is here - What we learned testing portable design context in practice. - Kylor Hall, Andrew Campbell
Read all week, picked once. The best design links — every Tuesday.
Product design, UX/UI and PM
- Every frame perfect - If I take a screenshot of your app at any moment, you should be able to explain what I see. - Nikita Prokopov
- Haptics design and implementation - Haptics add a sense of touch to digital interactions, making experiences feel more responsive and intuitive. - Microsoft Design
Design engineering
- The UI is still not the point - Everyone is asking whether the machine can build their UI. I think that is the wrong question, and the right one is far more interesting. - Marie-Claire Dean
Tools and resources
- Storied Colors - Every pigment in this catalogue has a paper trail: where it was first ground, in whose workshop, on whose canvas it dried, when it was banned, what replaced it. - Vinu
- Makers Manifesto: Principles for making great products - We offer these principles not as a fixed doctrine but as a working position — one we hope will drive better decision making and optimisation at every level: organisation, team and individual, for both humans and agents. - Faith Forster
Last but not least
- How a visual designer became a builder (video) - What does it look like when a designer with zero technical background commits to shipping something real? - Brett Williams, Michael Riddering