UI / UX

How Koto Rebranded Amazon | James Greenfield on Designing at Global Scale

How do you reimagine one of the world’s most powerful brands? Over 18 months, across 15 global markets, and with 50+ sub-brands, Koto partnered with...

Magnificent SVGs With  And CSS Custom Properties — Smashing Magazine

SVG is one of those web technologies that’s both elegant and, at times, infuriating. In this article, pioneering author and web designer Andy Clarke...

Material 3 Expressive: Building on the failures of flat design | by Benjamin C.J. W | Nov, 2025

SourcesBetter, Easier, Emotional UX. (2025, May). Google Design. https://design.google/library/expressive-material-design-google-researchBudiu, R. (2025, October 10). Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26. Nielsen...

Adobe Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sale 2025 — Ultimate Guide

Getting the best deals during the Adobe Black Friday sale can be an excellent way for designers to save a few hundred dollars. Black...

How To Leverage Component Variants In Penpot — Smashing Magazine

With component variants, design systems become more flexible, letting you reuse the same component while adapting its look or state with ease. In this...

How grocery store layouts manipulate your shopping behavior | by Elvis Hsiao | Nov, 2025

Have you ever gone grocery shopping with a grocery list of items to get, but then walked out of the store with more things...

15+ Fonts Similar To Oswald + Best Font Pairings

Are you on the hunt for fonts similar to Oswald or fonts that pair well with it? Whether you’re selecting free typefaces from Google Fonts...

JavaScript For Everyone: Iterators — Smashing Magazine

Here is a lesson on Iterators: iterables implement the iterable iteration interface, and iterators implement the iterator iteration interface. Sounds confusing? Mat breaks it...

Does the design convey meaning and purpose clearly?

Folks i designed a landing page for real estate in Figma. These are some of the sections of...

How Estonia, AI gardens and plywood make designers prolific | by Darren Yeo | Oct, 2025

From Bauhaus flats to digital nations, creativity needs fertile groundPress enter or click to view image in full sizeMore importantly, you’re surrounded by designers...

38+ Best Tattoo Number Fonts for Stylish Tattoos

If you’re in the market for the best tattoo number fonts and looking to create meaningful tattoo typeface designs, this feature is for you! Tattoos never...

Practical Applications (Part 2) — Smashing Magazine

Motion can be tricky: too much distracts, too little feels flat. Ambient animations sit in the middle. They’re subtle, slow-moving details that add atmosphere...

Has anyone ever seen a clock-face where the numerals act as a calculator keypad?

This is more a historical UI query that a practical application. Nowadays it is easy to mockup a...

Making medical appointments this month made me miss phone trees. | by Chris Raymond | Oct, 2025

A tale of UX, AI, and medical practicesThis month, I discovered that two of the medical practices I frequent have taken the “AI” plunge,...

The Strategic Enemy: Why Great Brands Need a Villain with Laura Ries

What if the secret to building a powerful brand isn’t about what you stand for — but what you stand against? In this episode, global...

Achieve More With Less — Smashing Magazine

A simple but powerful mental model for working with AI: treat it like an enthusiastic intern with no real-world experience. Paul Boag shares lessons...