Figma Friday
Figma Friday, May 11, 2024
I am beginning a new weekly feature here called Figma Fridays. This is the first one.
Peter Kaizer
Digital product designer with a passion for user focused digital products that are highly functional and beautifully designed.
Byte
Visual Hierarchy
Visual hierarchy is a much overlooked element of good interface design. This piece does a good job laying out the fundamentals. This quote sums up the reason well: "With the correct use of hierarchy, the mind can group and prioritize elements to give them a specific order, which facilitates
Design Systems
Lessons learned from building a design system
Design systems have become a focus of mine over the past several years. Lots has been written but this Medium post about 5 lessons learned struck a note with me. Particularly this bit: Set the right balance between discipline and freedom As designers and developers, it can be appealing to
Design
Veerle Pieters georgeous new blog
Veerle Pieters has been a favorite designer of mine for many years. In this recent post she talks about how the latest version of her georgeous blog came to life. As a designer who is always wanting to do a design overhaul of my site this piece really hits home.
Design
CSS Grid layout best practices
There comes a time when it's time to jump in with both feet on a new technology. For me now is the time with CSS Grid. I this article Rachel Andrew - editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine - describes best practices, and some things that you probably don’t
Design
The Politics of a Presidential Campaign Logo
That loud noise you hear in the background is the collective whining of many critics carping about her campaign logo.
UX
UX Camp DC
Happy New Year! To get the new year off on the right user experience foot the folks at UX Camp DC held their annual UX Bar Camp this past Saturday January 3rd. I had attended their September Mobile UX Camp and enjoyed it so I decided to attend and do