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Weekly recap #21
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
The Washington Post design system - A growing library of design tokens and interactive components. -
Systems thinking is what makes designers great - I used to believe that what made great designers so great was their craft; their ability to add polish and style to whatever they touched. -
Product design ↘
On design thinking - Oh… are we still talking about this? -
Design is art after all - In the very same ways that art is not without design, I close by contending that design should not be without art. -
Ideas from developers on handling UX feedback - Further insights from interviews with software engineers about how to tactfully handle their UX feedback. -
Design engineering ↘
Naming colors in design systems - Color naming is an excellent example of how applying a content design practice to a design system works and how language can bring logic to a subtle and often subjective topic. -
The surprising truth about pixels and accessibility - The truth is, if you want to build the most-accessible product possible, you need to use both pixels and ems/rems. -
▶ Bringing page transitions to the web - Native apps often feature transitions between states that both look great and help communicate the type of navigation to the user. -
Tools and resources ↘
Building a design system with Eleventy - One of the standout projects while working at Clearleft was collaborating with Malvern Panalytical to build the foundations of their design system. -
Inspiration ↘
Thoughts on OKRs - OKRs are one of those business ideas that are just simple enough to be dangerous. -
The era of rebellious web design is here - Code and Theory’s approach to editorial web design is equal parts strategy and sprezzatura. -
Last but not least ↘
Reflecting on things I failed to get done at Google - A meditation on corporate frustration and autonomy. -
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