Feedback gift guide, Still duds, Building conscious design systems, Flag icon speedrun

Ship UI faster with Chromatic - Chromatic automates gathering UI feedback, visual testing, and documentation, so developers can iterate faster with less manual work. - Chromatic  Sponsored

Figma's feedback gift guide - With all the ways we communicate in our hybrid work world, it can feel hard to turn conversations and ideas into action, and feedback is a huge part of that. We've pulled together this handy guide to help you get better and giving and receiving feedback. - Rebecca Ackermann / filed under Design Process

We are still duds - Tech product design as a field feels like an intellectual desert these days. No discourse, no research, no dreams. It's just eerily quiet. If I had started my career today, I most likely would have done something else. - Yitong Zhang / filed under Product Design

Building conscious design systems - When we talk about the benefits of design systems, the 3 most common promises are: efficiency, consistency, scale. But here's the thing we rarely ever say: None of this has any inherent value. - Amy Hupe / filed under Design System

Flag icon speedrun - This article aims to be a director's commentary for my flag icon speedrun, noting the techniques used, and why they were chosen. I use Adobe Illustrator for all the icon speedruns, but many of the tips are relevant for other design tools. - Marc Edwards / filed under Icon Design