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The (Developer’s) Growth Model
29.6.2019
I really like the post "The Designer’s Growth Model" by Dennis Hambeukers. Dennis just invented this model, but it's based on some existing ideas and it all rings true for me. Let me try to summarize the five stages as he lays them out for designers.
Producers: You learn how to design. You learn...
Collective #526
20.6.2019
How to Section Your HTML * Darkmode.js * Drop caps & design systems * Servo
Collective #526 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
Drop caps & design systems
19.6.2019
Ethan Marcotte has written up his process for how to make drop caps accessible for screen readers and browsers alike. All of that is very interesting and I’m sure I’ll use a technique like this in the near future, but the part that made me hop out of my seat is where Ethan notes his experience with...
Every Layout
18.6.2019
Every Layout is a new work-in-progress website and book by Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell that explains how to make common layout patterns with CSS. They describe a lot of the issues when it comes to the design of these layouts, such as responsive problems and making sure we all write maintainable...
Bitcoin.com Just Rebranded – Check out Our New Look
17.6.2019
You may have noticed that Bitcoin.com is looking a little different. We’re excited to unveil our new look after six months of hard work. Our domain has a long history, and as a company we’ve grown a great deal. After consideration of the crypto future ahead of us all, we decided...
Dropbox má nový design. Má za cíl sdružovat všechno důležité pro práci
14.6.2019
Dropbox nedávno představil nový ceník, na který nyní navazuje s přepracovaným designem i funkcemi. Již nechce být obyčejným cloudovým diskem, ale vaší branou do pracovního světa a sdružovat tak všechny důležité materiály i aplikace.
Firma nově uvedla desktopovou aplikaci, který umožňuje jak
Design & Data Hackathon: Jak probíhalo navrhování inovací v dopravě a prostředí pro Moravskoslezský kraj
13.6.2019
Vítězný tým Design & Data Hackathonu navrhnul, jak predikovat vývoj městských lesů v závislosti na meteorologických podmínkách a šíření kůrovce. Tyto i další inovace pro Moravskoslezský kraj řešilo na 30 datových analytiků, programátorů, designérů služeb a expertů z celé republiky na hackathonu...
Nejnovější trendy v produktovém managementu: OKR, sprinty a pozice produktového výzkumníka
12.6.2019
Produktový management je obor, který existuje přes 40 let, v digitální ekonomice však prožívá díky zaměření na zákazníka a agilním metodikám svou renesanci. Produktový manažeři a vlastníci hledají stále nové frameworky, procesy a nástroje, které by umožnily jejich firmě přinášet zákazníkům ještě...
Designing with Motifs
10.6.2019
I love the way Erik Kennedy talks about digital design. Very practical and understandable. Have a listen to a chat with him we had on ShopTalk.
One of his latest blog posts is titled "The #1 Way to Spice Up Your Designs (And Create a More Cohesive Brand)" and it's about something he pegs as more...
Using DevTools to Improve the UX Design to Development Process
7.6.2019
I’d like to tell you how I see code and design intersect and support one another. Specifically, I want to cover how designers can use code in their everyday work. I suggest this not because it’s a required skill, but because even a baseline understanding of coding can make designs better and...
Prasárny, kterými vás UX designéři přivádějí k šílenství. Jak fungují dark-patterns?
7.6.2019
Na grafický design moderních webů a mobilních aplikací je kladen neskutečný tlak. Web musí vydělávat a když se nedaří, obvykle vina padá na UX/UI designera bez ohledu na to, jakou práci odvedl. Aby čísla hrála, je až magicky snadné sáhnout do šuplíku s tzv. “Dark Patterns” a přidat se k… Číst...
Snag Resources from An Event Apart Boston 2019 and Save on Washington D.C. Registration
6.6.2019
(This is a sponsored post.)
Hey, so we talked a little bit about An Event Apart Boston 2019 leading up to the event and now there are a ton of resources available from it. I stopped counting the number of links after 50 because there's way more than that. Seriously, there's stuff in there...
A Course About CSS Layout and Animations
6.6.2019
Christina Gorton just released a new course called CSS Layout and Animations as a part of Design+Code, which is a $9/month. That includes a ton of video training on everything from stuff like this to React to Sketch to iOS development... and beyond!
Christina approaches the course with my favorite...
Material Theming: Making Material Your Own!
3.6.2019
The web is a beautiful, expressive medium that’s evolved over time as trends and technology have changed. Moments of delight and flair are what set companies apart from one another. At the same time, today’s top products rely on scalable, component-based design systems to efficiently develop...
Collective #520
30.5.2019
Zdog * xstyled * How !important are we? * Daily Ethical Design * The future is dark * Reducing motion with the picture element
Collective #520 was written by Pedro Botelho and published on Codrops
A Practical Use Case for Vue Render Functions: Building a Design System Typography Grid
30.5.2019
This post covers how I built a typography grid for a design system using Vue render functions. Here’s the demo and the code. I used render functions because they allow you to create HTML with a greater level of control than regular Vue templates, yet surprisingly I couldn’t find very much when...
A Quick Look at the First Public Working Draft for Color Adjust Module 1
29.5.2019
We've been talking a lot about Dark Mode around here ever since Apple released it as a system setting in MacOS 10.14 and subsequently as part of Safari. It's interesting because of both what it opens up as as far as design opportunities as well as tailoring user experience based on actual user...
Color contrast accessibility tools
29.5.2019
Accessibility is all the rage these days, specifically when it comes to color contrast. I’ve stumbled upon a couple of tools this week that I think are pretty nifty for helping make sure that all of the text on our websites is legible regardless of what background color they might have.
First...
10 Web Performance Audit Tips for Your Next Billion Users in 2018: Art Direction
28.5.2019
It is very important not to confuse design with art direction. Design is perfection in technique while art direction is about the important, yet sometimes intangible emotion that powers the design
10 Web Performance Audit Tips for Your Next Billion Users in 2019: Art Direction
28.5.2019
It is very important not to confuse design with art direction. Design is perfection in technique while art direction is about the important, yet sometimes intangible emotion that powers the design