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Weekly recap #34
Design and frontend links this week.
Highlights of the week ↘
Product Design Roadmap - A diagram that outlines the main design topics and skills you need to know as a Product designer in 2023. -
3 questions for better UX - 3 questions to evaluate design patterns and avoid unnecessary work that degrades UX. -
Product design ↘
How I think about quality - “The absence of problems” is the best definition I can come up with for quality. -
The reverse double diamond - The reverse double diamond is a far more common situation in reality. Andy Budd provides insight into why it is more common, and why it makes more sense for the business. -
My expert guide to user interviews - User interviews are an important method in our UX researcher toolbox. They help us gain insight about our users and their needs. -
Design engineering ↘
Structuring design system with Figma variables - I will walk you through how I used Figma’s new variables to create smart Design Tokens for a comprehensive design system in just a few days. -
Tools and resources ↘
Free books for interface and UX designers - Useful free eBooks for UX designers, interface designers and product designers — on everything from accessibility and typography to management, IA and content strategy. -
Inspiration and creativity ↘
How I do my to-dos - Every week I create a weekly note, and write my to-dos for the week. I may add more items to it during the week. -
What is simple? - Simplicity is usually the goal of good design. Simplicity is also one of the hardest virtues to inculcate in large product organisations at scale. -
Last but not least ↘
The historical context of UX, UI and Product Design - This morning I found myself writing a long response to a question somebody posted on a design leadership Slack about the difference between UX, UI and Product Design. -
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