A practicing Muslim BIPOC Designer feels a sense of belonging and pride showing up unequivocally as herself.

When we think about the most impactful designs, whether in print, web, or user interfaces, we often notice a balance and harmony that makes the design attractive and functional. This balance is rarely achieved by accident. Behind these aesthetically pleasing and functional designs lies a powerful tool: the grid. While grids are merely tools in a designer’s toolkit, their power in creating structured, consistent, and user-friendly layouts cannot be overstated….

The Sonos Ace design story begins with Marcel Breuer’s Wassily Chair. Representing an idealized balance between contrasts – soft with hard, simple and complex, machined versus the human body – the iconic Bauhaus modernist design offered the Sonos design team a perfect aesthetic and functional template for designing what would become the brand’s first headphones.

Hello! This week we’re stepping back to review some of the most interesting ideas about design that we’ve heard over the past few months.

The design purity trap is the belief that as a designer you should always be evaluated on your creative talents and everything else is secondary. A design purist rejects the need for designers to be good communicators or to learn how to sell their ideas as these things are not “pure design.”

Today we evaluate Otilia Oandelea’s portfolio and UX work. Otilia is a UX & product design intern with 2+ years of experience and finished the Google UX Design Professional course in 2022. Despite being entry level designer, the portfolio is presented really well. I will show what UX recruiters and UX hiring managers look for when evaluating such a portfolio using emojis to indicate my emotions.

The last few decades of software have been marked by exponential growth. This trend is far from over. In a world where AI will be able to output fully-functioning interfaces from a simple prompt, design is more important than ever. In fact, design is what will differentiate great products from the obvious solutions, and Figma’s job is to help you explore the option space of possibilities. Today we’re launching many…

An in-depth look at a redesigned Figma—learn more about how the Figma team approached overhauling the design of the editor, from the overarching IA, to a brand new look and feel, to a create more approachable and immersive editing experience.

As AI democratizes product development, design will be the differentiator. But what exactly does “good” look like, and what does it mean for our craft?

Gaining buy-in for accessibility can be challenging due to common myths and misunderstandings. For many, accessibility remains a big mystery. Here are some practical techniques for winning stakeholder support. Part of Smart Interface Design Patterns by yours truly.