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Week 13
Best design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Typography in design systems - I’ve never really been happy about the way I’ve worked with typography in design systems before. As I’m… -
UI practices that work all the time - These are my constants when doing User Interface design. Get the perfect line height by multiplying the font-size… -
Design ↘
How to simplify your design - 20+ easy to follow illustrated examples. Companies are in constant pursuit of building simple and usable products. More… -
What you need to know about colors & accessibility - We experience contrast differently in different colors. Because of how our eyes work, blue text on a white… -
3 methods to influence and change users’ behavior - Have you ever thought about why users do what they do when they interact with a product? What… -
The blindspot of design systems - Recently there has been a lot of buzz around design systems because of the value they bring in… -
Development ↘
Things nobody ever taught me about CSS - This post is in no way a criticism of anybody I’ve ever worked with, it is only a… -
▶ The impossible CSS layout: Grid? Flexbox? Floats? Columns? JS! - Adventures is trying to code a seemly simple layout in CSS. Lots of comments trying to solve it… -
Building Better Forms™ by not taking away affordances - Don’t fiddle too much with your forms‘ look and feel. A small innocent-looking piece of CSS, even when… -
An introduction to Web Components - Front-end development moves at a break-neck pace. This is made evident by the myriad articles, tutorials, and Twitter… -
Tools and resources ↘
Humane by design - The expontential growth of mobile technology has ushered in an age where time and attention in an increasingly… -
10 podcasts for every kind of designer - Who doesn’t love a good inspirational podcast? As a creative, there’s nothing quite like putting on a good… -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
11 life lessons from influential product designer Dieter Rams - Dieter Rams is one of the most influential designers alive today. He spent most of his career as… -
Last but not least ↘
I used the web for a day on Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 was released a decade ago today. Chris Ashton tries it out against the modern web, and considers… -
