Good vs Great design - Good design is good process. Great design is usually messy. -
Weekly recap #34
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Grids - The educational project about grids which Obys uses every day with unusual storytelling. -
Product design ↘
Ideas for better data visualization - Applications we design are becoming increasingly data-driven. -
Twitter’s new font: An accessibility lesson to be learned - How does an accessibility update make the product less accessible for some users? -
10 usability heuristics applied to complex applications - Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics can be used to analyze the UX of applications that support domain-specific, complex workflows. -
Two perspectives on the designer who Steve Jobs could not hire - Richard Sapper isn’t a household name like Jony Ive, Dieter Rams, or Phillipe Stark. -
Design engineering ↘
Sentence forms - Unlike more traditional forms, laid out with simple pairings of labels and fields, these forms are meant to be read in a flow. -
CSS accent-color - Bring your brand color to built-in HTML form inputs with one line of code. -
Testing user flows - To verify the entire flow and catch integration issues, you need end-to-end (E2E) UI tests. -
Accessible design systems - Designing and building accessible components for everyone. -
Tools and resources ↘
Useful Figma plugins and tools - From color management and image assets to SVG shapes and animation. -
A quick guide for setting up a design system: Figma edition - How we approach the basics of building a comprehensive design system. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
How to develop a vision - A vision is critical for any undertaking. It keeps a team working together, in alignment. -
Outcome-focused mindset - A novice product designer will focus on solutions too soon. -
Last but not least ↘
The difference between time and attention - Attention is a far more limited resource than time. -
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