Design systems for a new era

Figma helps teams scale design systems with AI.

AI image editing showdown

State-of-the-art image editing models compared.

Bad UX World Cup 2025

Who has crafted the most terrifying date picker?

Canva introduces all-in-one Affinity

It unites photo, vector, and layout tools for free.

Design systems don’t kill creativity

“Innovation is stifled when conformity becomes the default.”

To grow, we must forget…

But now AI remembers everything.

The premortem

Your product’s autopsy before launch.

Can a website make you feel safe?

Good design not only works but also feels right.

Good fonts make good UX

“A font is a great tool for a great user experience.”

Figma’s accessibility era?

What to expect from Figma’s accessibility retrofitting.

“Designing for edge cases isn’t a chore; it’s an investment in the integrity of your work. For those of us who care about craft, that’s where the real mastery shows.”

Grayscale testing

The missing step in color accessibility.

Slots in design systems

More flexible components through custom composition.

Synthetic developer

The solo designer’s best friend?

Why you’re addicted to Lovable

The AI site builder’s path to success.

Guiding the future of ethical design

From moral principles to practical design guidance.

UI design with Midjourney

Prompting, techniques, and example outputs.

Animation that fails safely

Principles for inclusive and resilient motion design.

Pricing Pages

Curated pricing page designs to spark your creativity.

The curse of the custom cursor

A look at some of the worst offenders.

In the sea of sameness

Let’s find ways to make designs more authentic!

A guided tour of Copenhagen

Sketch’s latest update features a major redesign.

Generative UI

Google’s AI-driven UIs for each user come to life.

Creativity meets precision

Figma rolls out Google’s cutting-edge AI image generator.

Can AI write accessibility specs?

A journey through hallucinations and reflections.

SVG Converter

Turn your images into vector graphics with color control.

Freesound

A huge library of community-contributed audio clips.

Creating UI assets with ChatGPT

Icons, illustrations, and background patterns.

Introducing the design stroll

An actionable way to capture great ideas.

A new navigation paradigm

How will AI reshape navigation in digital products?

Exposure as a designer

“Designers spend too much time with other designers.”

Designing effective contextual menus

Do’s and don’ts for secondary menu actions.

Disruption, or theft?

”AI might be the grandest heist of them all.”

Serifs are back in fashion

Why is this font suddenly everywhere?

The Rosetta Stone of design engineering

Why design and engineering need a shared language.

Accessibility is about people

“You can’t make something accessible to everyone.”

The only winning move is not to play

“Let’s not debase ourselves as user researchers.”

What Figma’s updates mean for design systems

A shift towards token-first and AI-assisted systems.

The barcode as a design object

The visual language of barcodes and QR codes.

Silicon clay

How AI is reshaping UX design.

Prompt to design interfaces

Why vague prompts fail and how to fix them.

Your perfectionism is lying to you

”Chasing perfectionism leads to imperfection.”

Contrast Plus

A practical APCA and WCAG contrast checker.

The f*** off contact page

When they say contact us but really mean don’t.

Common misconceptions about disability

Understanding disability means understanding real people.

The myth of “no design process”

Why meaningful design starts where ease ends.

Designing decisions

How behavioral psychology moves users.

Design Systems Awards 2025

Zeroheight celebrates this year’s winners.

Measuring the impact of features

Meet a simple, repeatable, meaningful UX metric.

Make it ugly, for clients

“So they know what they’re looking at.”

Designing for users’ values—or yours?

From designing screens to defining moral guardrails.

AI detection tools?

“They cannot prove that text is AI-generated.”

Efecto

Effects for images, videos, and 3D models.

Design your website like a nice restaurant

“Don’t be afraid to leave an impression.”

The new ChatGPT Images is here

It generates faster and more accurate results.

Color contrast mistakes designers still make

“These accessibility gaps aren’t edge cases.”

From MVP to MLP

The rise of the Minimum Lovable Product (MLP).

Are we still practicing UX?

Or are we just producing interfaces?

Typing SVG Generator

A web tool to create tailored typing animations.

The slow death of magic

Innovation often means fewer, not more features.

“When do you really need a system? You need a design system when you start to suffer from its absence.”

Figma Sites template library

The making of Figma’s 50 website builder templates.

Hold the line

Ethical content design in a broken system.

Diagonal billing

A clever solution for giving equal credits.

The year AI changed design

A transformation is underway, but its outline is still fuzzy.

Design wrapped 2025

“This year reminded me why I love being a designer.”

In 2026, AI will outwrite humans

What it means when human content gets scarcer.

Visual design trends defining 2026

“2026 marks the rise of ‘imperfect by design.’”

Absurd Website

A showcase of web projects nobody asked for.

Messenger

Ever dreamt of a job delivering mail on a tiny planet?

PolyTrack

Race your custom car on tracks you design.

Best new icons of 2025

A look at the top news, trends, and icons.

Best data visualization projects 2025

From interactive experiences to thoughtful maps.

User alerts without overwhelm

Informing is easy, getting attention a challenge.

The courage to reset

“Design suffers from a failure to unlearn.”

Google Stitch for UI design

What the AI-powered UI generator delivers.

User research’s most powerful words

“Just say: ‘Tell me more.’ Then shut up and listen.”

Design system accessibility checks

Five key tests to run on every component.

Focus State

A newsletter for digital product designers/builders.

The formula B = f(P, E)

“It changed how I think about design.”

AI Design Field Guide

Conversations and practices from the AI design frontier.

I’ve stopped flattening icon layers

Layered SVG icons with flawless color overrides.

Fonts for a progressive future

Modern-looking, freely available fonts for activists.

Design’s 90% problem

Why designers must master explaining what works.

Why are designers leaving Figma?

The creative industry is changing rapidly.

Cooking with constraints

A designer’s framework for better AI prompts.

Design leadership beliefs I’ve dropped

“What replaced them wasn’t a new framework.”

Apple introduces Creator Studio

A suite with Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, and more.

AI-readable design system documentation

When documentation becomes intelligence.

Friction by design

Where friction becomes a design choice, not a failure.

Hyperlegible Sans

An open-source font for accessible design.

Sounds on the web

“The web has been mute for too long.”

Website Inspo

A curated library of well-crafted UI components.

Practical tips for telling great stories

Creative cues for bringing shape and clarity to ideas.

State of UX 2026

On AI fatigue, cheaper UIs, and the UX job market.

UX as we move into 2026

“Templates and processes won’t cut it anymore.”

Figma Make prompts, with real examples

Three approaches designers already use today.

Design tools are the new deliverables

A fun example of what design deliverables can be today.

Coding agents and the future of design

From responsive design to responsive behavior.

Designing beyond the happy path

Edge cases to anticipate in a design system.