Issue #710: Design for AI
Design workflows, Usability testing, Auditing design system, Color shifting in CSS, Liquid glass in the browser, From idea to interface, and more.
Highlights of the week
- Ycode AI: Start your website with AI - Build your website in seconds with AI, then take full control of design and content in Ycode. - Ycode promoted
- Design for AI: The invisible features - The design goal is to make the right thing happen so naturally that the user assumes it’s just the normal state of the product. - Brajeshwar Oinam
- Should designers be paid the same as engineers? - Until designers start valuing themselves properly and matching the productivity and business impact of their peers, the industry won’t either. - Andy Budd
Read all week, picked once. The best design links — every Tuesday.
Product design, UX/UI and PM
- Lessons learned in AI and design workflows - Hard truths and hopeful signals from a product designer at Dropbox. - Sara Clayton
- 12 steps for usability testing: Plan, Run, Analyze, Report - User testing is straightforward, but it involves many moving parts, making it best to have a systematic process for planning and executing studies, as well as ensuring follow-up. - Jakob Nielsen
Design engineering
- Auditing your design system for accessibility - Design Systems provide consistency across all product adopters, but this is either a blessing or a curse when it comes to accessibility. - Allie Paschal
- Color shifting in CSS - An exploration of color animation techniques. - Joshua Comeau
- Liquid glass in the browser - Refraction with CSS and SVG. - Chris Feijoo
Artificial intelligence
- Vibe coding 101 - 23 practical tips to build functional prototypes. - Aatir Abdul Rauf
- From idea to interface - A designer’s guide to AI-powered prototyping. - CJ Gammon
Tools and resources
- HDR gradient generator - Wide gamut Color 4 compliant CSS gradient builder. - Adam Argyle
Inspiration and creativity
- Design can't rely on logic: Troy Leinster on type design and human perception - Why learning to make letters makes you a better designer. - Liam Spradlin, Troy Leinster
Last but not least
- Many years on the job and I still don't get it - A lot of the work is immeasurable, but it all counts towards something. - Dave Rupert