Issue #714: Iterative design process
Simple design, Fluid headings, Harmonizer, Scandinavian design, CSS Grid, Management values I didn’t expect to learn, and more.
Highlights of the week
- Turn your designs into interactive prototypes in minutes - Figma Make lets you quickly turn your ideas into clickable, on-brand prototypes. Just paste in your current Figma design and see it come to life. - Figma sponsored
- Mastering the iterative design process: A complete guide - What does it take to make the next big idea come to life in a tangible way that truly helps people? - Juan de la Cruz García
- Complex systems emerge from iterations on simple designs - Once you study physics, you’re studying how reality works. - Naval
Read all week, picked once. The best design links — every Tuesday.
Product design, UX/UI and PM
- When QA is kaput - Not so long ago, Apple built its reputation on a simple promise: it just works. - Carl Barenbrug
- Management values I didn’t expect to learn - Design management is harder (and better) than I thought. - Ted Goas
- Henry Ford's horse problem wasn't about imagination - The Henry Ford quote isn’t wrong because users can’t imagine solutions. It’s wrong because it defends lazy research. - Anton Sten
Design engineering
- Fluid headings - Uniformly reducing headings for smaller screens. - Donnie D'Amato
- CSS Grid: A helpful mental model and the power of grid lines - What’s the right mental model for thinking about Grid? - Saron Yitbarek
- CSS :is() :where() the magic happens - Write more flexible, useful, and maybe even a bit magical CSS. - Matthias Ott
Tools and resources
- Harmonizer: Accessible color palettes generator - Harmonizer is a tool for generating accessible, consistent color palettes for user interfaces. - Evil Martians
Inspiration and creativity
- IKEA Museum - Time travelling with IKEA catalogues 1951-2021 - Inter IKEA Systems
- Scandinavian design - Scandinavian design is the minimal, clean approach seeking to have performant functionality yet exquisite. - Brajeshwar Oinam
Last but not least
- Craft, not fame, makes your story worth telling - Everybody has a story to tell. You just need to pick the right ones, and to give it some meaning. - Herbert Lui