Your Design System Has a New User. It's a Machine
AI tools now read our names, tokens, and docs to generate work. A design system written for humans alone gets misread. Here's how to make yours legible to both.
Design Bytes
Why Product Designers Need Markdown Now
Markdown’s constraint has quietly become strategically more important, because it’s the format AI models read and write natively.
Beyond Craft: The case for craftsmanship
Why craftsmanship matters more than ever in digital product design
From Morris to Material Design
How the Arts and Crafts Movement Shaped Digital Product Design
The Art of Craft in Digital Product Design
Craft is more than a nice to have, it’s the foundation of exceptional design.
The Design Tools Disruption Is Coming
Great design comes from designers, not tools
Designing design systems: How to lay the groundwork that drives decision-making
A collaboration framework for building or evolving a design system.
Figma Branching Best Practices
Happy Figma Friday. Designers often don’t use file branching as part of their version control process. Here are some good branching best practices in Figma.
Content Design Patterns
When information feels intuitive and the layout makes sense on a website or web application, it's probably because of the effective use of content design patterns.
Thinking About Thinking
Designing AI for the Human Mind
Aesthetic Longevity
"Timeless design isn’t just about beauty — it’s rooted in psychology, neuroscience, and cultural perception."
It’s time we expand our definition of design
Expanding the circle of folks involved in the design process benefits the design and usability of a product.
Marie Kondo your designs
Streamlining a design to eliminate any "noise" in a user flow is increasing important.
Psychology principles every UX researcher and designer should know
This week's design inspiration is a Medium post highlighting essential principles Designers should focus on to "create intuitive and impactful user experiences."
Figma Friday - May 17, 2024
Having recenntly switched from Sketch to an all Figma based design workflow I am always on the lookout for good, effecient tip and trick articles. This one is excellent. Learning how to use Figma can be challenging, but it's definitely rewarding. Especially if you are a professional freelancer,