Extending the cursor

“The future of cursors holds some exciting possibilities.”

Monospace ASCII art generator

Upload an image and convert it to ASCII art.

The interface is always there

“There’s no such thing as UI-less anything.”

Error message examples

How to craft clear, effective UX messaging.

Badges vs. pills vs. chips vs. tags

How they differ and how to choose the right one.

Colorify Rocks

Generate custom color palettes using themes or keywords.

The best HTML page title separator

Why is the vertical bar the clear winner?

How to test and measure content in UX

Ways to assess user perception of content.

AI transparency framework

When and how to disclose the use of AI-based tools.

Error message usability

“Good design doesn’t just prevent errors; it makes error recovery effortless.”

“The most successful digital products weren’t built by following heat maps. They were built by teams with crystal-clear visions of what they wanted users to achieve.”

Bring back the bezels

Towards more humane and soulful interfaces.

Emojis are the ultimate user interface

Valuable lessons for UX and web designers.

Flower of hearts

Where flowers and love come to life.

How to design complex data tables

Practical techniques and useful Figma toolkits.

Flowbite Icons

A vast collection of open-source SVG icons.

A Fresh Website

Cutting-edge ideas for your next web project.

Rethinking find-in-page accessibility

Let’s make hidden text work for everyone.

The utility-over-usability effect

Why bad UX doesn’t always drive users away.

When AI takes the driver’s seat

OpenAI Operator and the shift to AI-first interfaces.

Flowbite Illustrations

A collection of open-source SVG illustrations.

The web on mobile

Why the mobile web fell behind native apps.

From prompt to product

The rise of AI-powered web app builders.

Page bloat update

What happens to users as page size keeps growing?

Site abandonment in UX design

Users leaving your website doesn’t always mean failure.

Defense against dishonest charts

How not to lie with data visualizations.

Sustainable web design checklist

Techniques and tools to create eco-friendly websites.

Octopus

A sitemap generator, visualizer, and planner.

Mesh Gradient Generator

A superb tool for creating seamless mesh gradients.

UX is dead, long live UX

“The new UX is about making movies, not moments.”

In defense of text labels

Why icons aren’t enough, and text often works better.

Strong opinions on URL design

Well-structured URLs don’t happen by chance.

UI & UX micro-tips

Timeless ways to instantly improve your designs.

How I review design work

Defining what ‘good design’ actually looks like.

Adobe’s new free Photoshop app

Available on iOS now, coming to Android later.

Why I like designing in the browser

Benefits of designing with HTML, CSS, and JS.

Hello AI agents

“Goodbye UI design, RIP accessibility.”

Accessible design checklist

A quick reference checklist and a Penpot plugin.

In praise of off-screen menus

Sometimes it feels right to challenge best practices.

The Accessibility Icon Collection

A new take on inclusion/accessibility iconography.

The case against AI-generated users

”Design research is at an inflection point.”

Illustrating in Figma

How the design tool boosts illustration workflows.

User Interface Elements

An illustrated glossary of UI controls and elements.

Pinterest is being strangled by AI slop

The ‘web’s mood board’ suffers from AI spammers.

Truth, lies, and progress bars

Alternatives to deceptive progress indicators.

“You want ‘100% AI accessibility’? Try the Accessibility Intelligence of actual disabled people.”

The skill they never taught us

The art of navigating office politics in design.

Design Tokens

A glossary of concepts related to design tokens.

Top 5 misconceptions about measuring UX

Evaluating user experience is a tricky business.

Down in front!

What movie poster design can teach web designers.

Accessibility testing methods that work

Practical steps to test your website’s accessibility.

Penpot 2.5

New gems in the web-based design/frontend tool.

Atlas of Type

A directory of independent type design worldwide.

Inclusive Sans

A typeface where legibility meets readability.

T-shaped vs. V-shaped designers

Craft your own UX role when you need one.

Design systems need a color space

Ignoring color spaces is no longer an option.

Why website taxonomies drift

Addressing a website’s categorization deterioration.

Design Systems Report 2025

The nice-to-have era of design systems is over.

Sustainable UX

Can we balance engagement and sustainability?

HiPPO effect in product design

Ways to reduce high-level influence on design.

Our interfaces have lost their senses

Let’s put the you back in UI!

Your life in weeks

Document your life’s journey on your website.

somepx

An excellent set of handcrafted pixel fonts.

PostSpark

Craft impressive screenshots, mockups, and post images.

F-shaped reading

Often applies to content pages on the web.

Figma’s not a design tool

“It’s a Rube Goldberg machine for avoiding code.”

Free and open access in the age of AI

“The real threat isn’t AI using open knowledge.”

GIMP 3.0

The image editor’s latest version, 7 years in the making.

Breadcrumbs are dead in web design

“It’s time to embrace adaptive, user-centric navigations.”

The 3 boring secrets of great UX copy

Great UX copy feels effortless to read.

Penpot’s pricing

The present and future pricing of the Figma alternative.

“Can you simplify this?”

Ways to streamline too much information.

The 14 types of onboarding UX/UI

Powerful onboarding patterns to engage users.

Hyper-personalization

A practical guide to scalable individualized UX design.

Oklchroma

Generate harmonious color scales based on OKLCH.

Triple Threat SVG icons

A set of icons in 3 states (normal, hover, and selected).

Consistent drop shadows across platforms

Matching shadows in CSS, Figma, Sketch, Android, and iOS.

In defense of fluid typography

A discussion on reimagining fluid typography.

Simplification takes courage

“Simplicity isn’t the absence of complexity, but rather complexity resolved.”

AI is the future of accessibility

“Let’s treat AI not as a threat, but as a tool we must shape.”

Can AI write contextual alt text?

Putting the 5 most popular AI models to the test.

Design handoff is broken

Beyond the limitations of traditional design handoff.

Making the move to UI3

Figma’s transition to a redesigned user interface.

Introducing 4o image generation

OpenAI has built its top image generator into ChatGPT.

A visual overview of 70+ UX metrics

The many ways to measure user experience.

The fallacy of optical alignment

“You don’t have to nudge, you can measure instead.”

A/B Test Design

Mobile design successes enabled by A/B testing.

Reve Image

An AI tool built to create beautiful visuals and lettering.

From real to digital

How UI components are inspired by real-world objects.

Symbl

A collection of symbols for designers and developers.

UX guidelines for better URL design

A closer look at what makes an effective URL.

Design is cumulative forward intent

“I don’t want your generative AI for design.”

The art of design tokens

A metaphor for the 3-tier token model.

Midjourney just dropped V7 alpha

The popular AI image generator takes a big step forward.

Make design fun again

“The heart of design is play, and we know it but forget to act on it.”

SnapGrid

An app for collecting and organizing UI screenshots.

Notification Psychology Lab

Learn what makes notifications hard to ignore.

“Love it!”

Our expectations of web page quality drop.

Fancy Components

Design elements and micro-interactions for your inspiration.

‘Your’ vs. ‘My’

What works best to address your users?