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11 tips for presenting your UI/UX designs to non‑designers - As a designer, it’s very easy to forget that people do not share your domain knowledge; this is… - Jess Eddy / filed under Presentation, UX Design

Improving readability with bigger fonts and higher contrast - The title of this post should include a “duh”, but hear me out. A few weeks ago, something… - Jonnie Hallman / filed under Typography, UI Design

77 things about Uber design - Last year, Michael Gough had an idea. Actually, he had 77 of them — 77 thoughts and insights… - Braz de Pina / filed under Branding, Product Design

Design systems (Part II: Design language) - A design language is the set of standards which guide the creation of a suite of products underneath… - Emma Wedekind / filed under Design System

Forget the computer — here’s why you should write and design by hand - J.K. Rowling scribbled down the first 40 names of characters that would appear in Harry Potter in a… - Herbert Lui / filed under Product Design

Give them candy: small details make all the difference - When we’re designing digital experiences, we focus on the big stuff - the overall experience. We discuss things… - Anton Sten / filed under UX Design

The optimism of design - I’ve been accused of being optimistic. I say “accused” because the word is often uttered with disdain. It… - Jorge Arango / filed under Product Design, Self Development

Designing button focus states for better usability - Let's say we're making a custom button. The designer hands off the design file, and we write some… - Elizabeth Schafer / filed under Accessibility, HTML & CSS

The HTML handbook - I wrote this book to help you quickly learn HTML and get familiar with the advanced HTML topics.… - Flavio Copes / filed under HTML & CSS

When to break up a component into multiple components - Did you know that you could write any React Application as a single React Component? There's absolutely nothing… - Kent C. Dodds / filed under React.js

Ooops, I guess we’re full-stack developers now - I’ve spent my whole career self-identifying as a front-end developer and trying to help others become better at… - Chris Coyier / filed under Career, Front-end

Components AI: Experimental platform for exploring generative design systems - Explore: Cycle through generated designs one or many at a time until you find something inspiring. Augment: Tweak… - mrmrs / filed under Design System

Figma Plugins are here - Automate work. Bring in real data. Extend what’s possible with Figma Plugins. I’m excited to introduce plugins to… - Sho Kuwamoto / filed under Figma

Introducing Duotone, a beautiful new icon style by Font Awesome - We’re super excited to officially launch Duotone, the newest icon style to join the Font Awesome family. Initially… - Jory Raphael / filed under Icon Set

Jessica Walsh is launching her own creative agency, &Walsh - Sagmeister & Walsh, as we know it, is no more, as founder and partner Jessica Walsh is setting… - Jenny Brewer / filed under Business, Graphic Design

The difference between amateurs and professionals - Amateurs stop when they achieve something. Professionals understand that the initial achievement is just the beginning. Amateurs have… - Shane Parrish / filed under Self Development

The real dark web - Dark matter permeates the universe. In fact it does more than permeate. It is the universe. 85% percent… - Charlie Owen / filed under HTML & CSS