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Weekly recap #10
Top design and frontend links this week
Highlights of the week ↘
What’s the best first book on visual / graphic design? - I posted on twitter recently asking for recommendations. Specifically for non-designers who need some design literacy, but without… -
The contrast triangle - Let’s say you’re building a site, and you’re working with a designer. They come to you with some… -
Six exercises to overcome skill plateaus as a designer - How to continue to build your technical design skills when you feel stagnant and stop seeing improvement. -
Design ↘
Improve your UIs by applying basic design principles - In this article I’ll be showing you how, by applying basic Design Principles such as Contrast, Space, Repetition,… -
The most important overlooked design skill - After interviewing hundreds of designers, I’m surprised at how few recognize its importance. -
Drag–and–drop: How to design for ease of use - Clear signifiers and clear feedback at all stages of the interaction make drag–and–drop discoverable and easy to use. -
The ultimate Notion template to run efficient usability tests - In a personal attempt to create a go-to spreadsheet to organize our team’s user research, I’ve created this… -
Development ↘
Responsive grid magazine layout in just 20 lines of CSS - I was recently working on a modern take of the blogroll. The idea was to offer readers a… -
When CSS blocks - The other day I was auditing a site and ran into a pattern that I’ve seen with a… -
Why the GOV.UK Design System team changed the input type for numbers - To provide users with a good service, government organisations usually need to collect data. Lots of data. The… -
Accessibility dont’s, learn from basic mistakes in web design - When we have to develop a complex system, we have to pay attention to shockingly many things. Just… -
Tools and resources ↘
Craft: Create amazing documents - A better way to express your thoughts. Allow your audience to quickly understand both the big picture, and… -
Svelte Material UI - Material UI Components for Svelte 3, ready to use in your apps. Use the menu on the left… -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
Why making every day count is key to progress - As Muhammad Ali once said "don't count the days; make the days count". Today's podcast looks at how… -
Last but not least ↘
Undiscoverable UI madness - We have a couple Mac users in the office so I went around and asked them how to… -
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