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A three-layered approach to accessibility design

As designers, it’s time we take charge of change. We don’t need another discussion on why accessibility matters in product design. The reasons are well-established, from enhancing your design expertise and improving usability to creating a more inclusive world. What’s lacking is how we implement accessibility in a way that genuinely transforms user experiences. With […]

A modern office metaphor mania

Where’s the humanness in workplace interface metaphors? To all the office warriors, this is a short story of your courage and grit, living through the endless mania of metaphors in the digital world, often twisting your senses between pixels and atoms. Base image: Unsplash The workday had gotten busy for Riya, with a whirlwind of […]

Turning an oil tanker, 21 UX strategies, body language in AR, Figma rollbacks

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Just as a tanker cannot make sudden movements without causing disruption, organizations are slow to adapt and change due to their size complexity and established structures. Shifting the course of a company requires careful planning, coordination, and patience. I lead the Momentum Design System team at […]

Component Spec: the design system component delivery

As Pelin Kenez, Co-Founder & CEO at Zeplin, puts it: It’s where the “infinite possibilities” of Design Creation met the “bounded realities” of bringing the design to life. This development cycle presents challenges in all its steps. In this article, I’ll talk about how the design delivery step, specifically in an area of what I […]

Can a simple icon save our democracy?

Free speech is a cornerstone of democracy. In the United States, it’s no coincidence that the First Amendment safeguards the freedom of expression and ideas. Unfortunately, free speech has become a contentious issue in our modern digital culture. The spread of misinformation and disinformation, particularly on social media platforms, has proven harmful and divisive. Even […]

Consensus on opening links in same/new tab?

I'm curious what the current best practices are for handling links—esp internal links w/in a website. Should they open in new tabs, or not? At my last job, our rule was "open in same tab for internal links; open in new tab if linking outside client website." My new job doesn't really have any kind […]