Erika Kim’s path to UX design represents a familiar pandemic-era pivot story, yet one that reveals deeper currents about creative work and economic necessity. Armed with a 2020 film and photography degree from UC Riverside, she found herself working gig photography—graduations, band events—when the creative industries collapsed. The work satisfied her artistic impulses but left her craving what she calls “structure and stability,” leading her to UX design. The field struck…

As software engineers, I think we have a tendency to over-engineer things. If you’ve built web pages recently, you probably used HTML and CSS, but you probably also used a complex framework, over-engineered JavaScript, crazy deployment routines, and more.

The tired old meme that centering in CSS is “impossible” has never been so irrelevant. In fact, I’d argue there’s almost too many options now.

It’s been a long week. You’ve been looking forward to your weekly ride. You sit down on your bike. You turn the key, press the ignition. The engine turns over a few times. Then silence. You try again. Same. One more time. No dice.

I’ve been working as an interaction designer and PM for years. When I first came to the US a decade ago, I wasn’t sure how I’d fit into the job market. I wasn’t from here and didn’t know the playbook. Through trial and error, I eventually found myself in the then-booming role of UX designer — a job that felt relatable, in demand, and easy to explain to others at…

Raycast for designers, Centering in CSS, Performance management, A solopreneur’s guide to pricing yourself, The grug brained designer, and more.

These modular blocks of content make it simple to display images, text, buttons, and links in a way that feels intuitive and responsive across all screen sizes.

To get videos working just right in Figma Buzz, Product Designer Natasha Tenggoro used Figma Make to prototype complex ideas when words alone fell short. We show three of them here, prompts and all.

Rodolpho Henrique guides you through the essential aspects of color in digital design and user experience, from the practical steps of creating effective and scalable color palettes to critical accessibility considerations.

Component-based design (CBD) is a cornerstone in building scalable, maintainable, and efficient modern websites. It’s a transformative methodology that aligns with Drupal’s modular architecture and positions Drupal theming philosophy amongst the most recent best practices in architecting user interfaces.