Coming up with strong ideas has never been the problem. The real challenge starts when those ideas need to be shared, discussed, and aligned, long before anything is produced. Today, designers are expected to orchestrate experiences across screens and physical products, balance creative ambition with sustainability goals, and collaborate seamlessly across disciplines that once barely spoke the same language. For many designers, especially those working in branding, packaging, and product…

A comprehensive guide to design system engineering (DSE): when it’s relevant, how AI changes things, and pointers for getting started. From Michael Abernethy, Principal Frontend Engineer at Rubrik

Discover the top 12 web design tools for 2026 – from AI-powered builders to creative resources for designers.

Today, we’re introducing the ability to embed Figma Make prototypes into Figma Design, FigJam, and Figma Slides, along with new editing tools that help you build and share your best ideas.

I was reading Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines from 1992 and found this nice illustration:

Hey there, we’re Ryan, Federico, and Robin, a trio designers who have noticed an undercurrent of change in the design world. AI is taking over software, and as it does, the demands on its designers are changing. AI is squishy and has a mind of its own, so designing AI-first products feels less like designing for print or HTML, and more like working with some kind of alien intelligence that crash-landed on Earth….

Most tools promise speed. The real change is precision — when AI can finally follow your design logic instead of guessing it.

By late 2025, the internet’s greenhouse gas output is projected to surpass the aviation industry. If you are reading this, you likely already know that “sustainable web design” has graduated from a niche ethical preference to a central operational requirement.

Video games have come a long way since 1958, when American physicist William Higinbotham debuted Tennis for Two, a bare-bones tennis game played via aluminum controllers on an oscilloscope—a machine that displays electrical signals—at a public exhibition. Even as games moved into arcades and personal gaming systems, they remained relatively simple. From Pong (1972), to PAC-MAN (1980), to Super Mario Bros (1983), early games didn’t have much of a user interface….

Developing effective agentic AI requires a new research playbook. When systems plan, decide, and act on our behalf, UX moves beyond usability testing into the realm of trust, consent, and accountability. Victor Yocco outlines the research methods needed to design agentic AI systems responsibly.