The root causes for the development-design mismatch

“Product designers will have to give up their beloved free-form canvas.”

Types of disability

Overview of seeing, hearing, moving, and thinking disabilities.

AI’s transformative impact on web design

Supercharging productivity across the industry.

Clashing colors in UI/UX design

How we can use them mindfully and effectively.

Click, type, find

Search bars are far more than icons and inputs.

The future of design

How AI is shifting designers from makers to curators.

The semantic interface palette is simple

How semantic layers enhance color palettes.

Uncomfortable truths of design systems

Design systems are powerful, but not perfect.

Free Mockups

High quality mockups to showcase your products.

Subscriptions are killing creativity in design

“We cannot afford to let subscription models dictate our futures.”

Type scale graphs

Utopia’s fluid-type scale calculator gets a visualizer.

How to use grayscale

A quick way to check accessibility and visual design.

Are icon fonts a bad practice?

What’s certain is that SVG icons are the better choice.

Never trust AI type

AI’s struggle with typography, illustrated by an example.

The sorry state of states

Figma assets need better design-code alignment.

Figma’s first draft AI feature

The design tools’ AI isn’t what you might think.

Authors Together

The new homes of classic A Book Apart books.

Stop wireframing

Why wireframes are outdated and what to use today.

Experience Design: the next iteration of UX?

Why a 20-year-old term could make a comeback.

Beware the ‘early Januaries’ content pattern

User-provided data can be unevenly distributed.

Gauge Generator

An online tool to quickly create beautiful gauges.

Stop saying ‘Learn more’

How to create buttons that convert visitors into patrons.

Sustainable font choices in digital design

“More sustainable fonts are also more legible and accessible.”

The State of UX in 2025

Design control is shifting to stakeholders and algorithms.

The next era of design is intent-driven

How adaptive UIs are transforming user-centered design.

Another year, another Figma pricing update

“They’re forcing you to buy products you probably don’t need.”

Stop building features ‘for exposure’

Great UX design doesn’t ensure valuable outcomes.

How to figure out good color palettes

A guide to color palettes for data visualizations.

‘Experience Design’ is better than ‘Product Design’

“It might be the best term we came up with so far.”

Color Buddy

A phenomenal tool for creating and checking color palettes.

Penpot’s upcoming business model

The approach of the open-source Figma alternative.

Bringing more magic to Bing Image Creator

Bing now lets you make images via the search bar.

Where did all the design grids go?

Modern design tools simplify life but dull the basics.

Why I’m excited about ‘text-box-trim’

How a new CSS capability will boost our designs.

Every design token is a feature

“Like features, tokens can create little piles of technical debt.”

Blog of the .Day

Explore the indie web, one blog at a time.

Geometric patterns

A collection of Xmas, flower, and line patterns.

Starry Sky

Create night sky patterns for social media and websites.

Colorspace

A web tool for generating consistent color swatches.

The design leader dilemma

“We need to redefine our role from implementor to enabler.”

Has ROI killed UX?

Why measuring UX in dollars misses the bigger picture.

What does it mean to have an ‘experience’?

How different definitions of experience shape product perspectives.

Confetti Generator

Create confetti for social media and websites.

EmojiStorm

Let it snow, or bring on the emoji party!

L(O*62).ONG

Why shorten a URL when you can longer it?

Theme Machine 2.0

New options for the versatile color scheme builder.

How to get good at anything creative

What exactly does it mean to develop those skills?

Why UX is more important than UI

“Prioritize UX, and your users will thank you.”

Should AI write your alt text?

Where AI can help and where human touch is needed.

Design trends 2025

A personal take on emerging design movements.

Getty Images and Shutterstock merge

What the visual content giant means for creatives.

Viz Palette

A web tool to pick accessible colors for data visualizations.

Principles of web accessibility

Essential guidelines for approaching accessible web design.

Browser adaptation

Exploring the browser as a storytelling medium.

NeuralSVG

The open-source AI tool reshapes vector graphics workflows.

Making space for a handmade web

Some ideas to inspire a different kind of web.

Pattern Monster

Customizable SVG patterns for your creative projects.

New devices, new opportunities

Designing for the foldable smartphone wave.

The geography of interface

Is there a pattern language for digital spaces?

The UX of login codes

Login UX vs. security is tricky, but effort matters.

Should accordions auto-close sections?

Short answer: no, but the real question is another.

User research myths

The most common myths and how to avoid pitfalls.

Awwward-winning animation techniques

Impressive web animation design patterns in practice.

Dark Patterns Detective

A puzzle game to learn spotting deceptive design.

Illustration styles in visual storytelling

Key qualities of fitting and compelling illustrations.

Please don’t force dark mode

“Reading in dark mode doesn’t just mess with my eyes.”

Should navigation bars be sticky or fixed?

Differences, use cases, and best practices.

Thoughts on visual design trends

Why trends shape, and sometimes limit, visual design.

Review of the best AI image generators

Top cloud-based text-to-image tools compared.

What makes a good accessibility designer?

Essential skills for designers to tackle accessibility daily.

Which icons to not use in 2025

What works, what’s outdated, and what’s next.

Visual design is not the only thing that matters

How to present visually dull work in a portfolio.

Skeuomorph

When new design mimics an earlier one.

Design quotes

A treasure of quotes about all things design.

Chickens to chatbots

Web design’s next evolution toward AI accessibility.

The evolution of content roles

From copywriting to content design and beyond.

Designing for older audiences

Simple steps to improve usability for all generations.

The digital playbook

A crucial counterpart to your design system.

Guiding principles for my website

Towards a more personal, thoughtful digital presence.

Slow Roads 2.0

A browser-based driving game with generated scenery.

UX micro-animations with Phase

The tool feels more like Figma than After Effects.

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.