A design system is a collection of principles that govern the design of a brand’s digital experience. It provides a set of guidelines for how your brand should look and feel across all channels and devices. When done correctly, using a design system can have many benefits for your business or organization — from improved communication and efficiency to more consistent branding across all digital channels.
User research is the process of understanding user needs and desires through observation and feedback. It’s one of the most important aspects of UX design, and it’s used to inform all aspects of the design process, from initial sketches to the final product. Through user research, we can answer important questions about our design, such as Who are our users? and What do they need?
Web fonts are an essential aspect of modern web design. They allow for beautiful typography on the web, unique to your product. However, using web fonts can also introduce challenges. If you’re a frequent internet user like most people reading this, chances are that you’ve come cross the following phenomenon…
ExtendImageAI is a website that allows you to extend the borders of your images with artificial intelligence. All you have to do is upload an image and the artificial intelligence does the rest!
This article is based on a talk I gave at the DesignOps 2022 Conference where I discussed 5 levels of design system maturity. I’m here to tell you that building a UI library is a lot like launching and scaling any other product—except this product is internal to your company.
Freeform is an all-new app available starting today, included in the latest versions of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Freeform helps users organize and visually lay out content on a flexible canvas, giving them the ability to see, share, and collaborate all in one place without worrying about layouts or page sizes. Users can add a wide range of files and preview them inline without ever leaving the board. Designed for…
Let us look at the latest email design trends to understand better what will work in 2023 so that you can map effective digital marketing plans and build effective email designs next year and beyond.
The official Twitter Blue account (which features a yellow verification badge, lol) has updated its header photo to the new logo, which can only be described as 1980s meets Microsoft Word Art, plus bad kerning. Yep, like Twitter itself right now, it’s just a bit of a mess
After a little over 5 years, I’m going to be leaving GitLab for my next adventure. It’s not surprise to those of you who have been following me that I have absolutely loved my time there. I’m so proud of what we built—and I’m still proud and awed by the remarkable people there. GitLab’s values are the gold standard for what it means to be a wonderful company—for the team-members,…
Yet newsletters can quickly become overwhelming for users and, as a result, some will simply “unsubscribe” to avoid getting too many emails. However, our large-scale testing revealed that allowing users to specify the frequency with which they receive newsletters can meet the needs of user
