Figma Handoff: Why winning teams go beyond the inspect panel - Handing off designs for development can be an awkward ordeal. Learn how to remove the friction with a design delivery tool. - Sponsored
Weekly recap #42
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Nord Design System - Nord Design System provides a set of organized tools, resources, and guidelines that work as the foundation for Nordhealth’s products. -
Holographic chromed logos - The style could be described as an overblown form of neumorphism, which is characterized by its holographic chrome textures. -
Product design ↘
From systems thinking to systems doing - A primer to apply systems thinking in product design. -
Performance design: The illusion of speed - Learn how the labor illusion and benevolent deception works to improve our perception of interface loading times. -
Design engineering ↘
Buttons vs. Links - Should some links look like buttons, or should some buttons look like links? -
How I built a modern website in 2021 - I rewrote kentcdodds.com using the latest technologies and I want to talk about what I did. -
Tools and resources ↘
Huetone: Make colors accessible - Use LCH color space to come up with predictable and accessible color palettes. -
Gradients: Smoother color sampling - By introducing ‘control points’ along the gradient, you can more finely control the interpolation and produce a smoother end result. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
To be creative, practice - Practice is more than just repetition of behavior—it’s a movement of energy that creates a fissure in us to reveal what’s within. -
LoveFrom: Jony Ive’s new website - LoveFrom is a creative collective of designers, architects, musicians, filmmakers, writers, engineers and artists. -
Last but not least ↘
Focus on the what, not the how - Doing an important task badly is better than doing a low value task well. -
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