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Weekly recap #11
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Open UI - The purpose of Open UI to the web platform is to allow web developers to style and extend built-in web UI controls. -
The ultimate guide to designing and testing MVPs - In all my time building products and working with startups, I have never found a more powerful, versatile tool than the MVP. -
Product design ↘
Should you ever NOT listen to user feedback? - The difference between user feedback and user insights. -
The craft in design - I spoke to many senior designers in 2022 to learn more about their career motivations. -
Alternatives to pagination on product-listing pages - Infinite loading and Show More buttons can provide smooth interaction when loading products. -
Design engineering ↘
▶ System of systems - This talk (2018) maps the many connections and relationships we face when applying design systems at scale. -
▶ Utopia: An approach to fluid responsive design - Instead of designing for x number of arbitrary breakpoints, we can design a system within which elements scale proportionally and fluidly. -
Say hello to selectmenu, a fully style-able select element - I want to introduce you to a new, experimental form control called selectmenu -
Tools and resources ↘
Gist plugin for Figma - View component docs without leaving your working file. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
The skill learning curve - How I think about learning new skills as an adult, everything from sports to improv to cooking to art. -
First principles: The building blocks of true knowledge - First-principles thinking is one of the best ways to reverse-engineer complicated problems and unleash creative possibility. -
Last but not least ↘
On disruption and complacency in design - A narrative lens towards more ambitious work that drives change where it actually matters. -
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