Your past shapes who you are as a designer, no matter where your career began or how unexpected your career path may have been. Stephanie Campbell shows how those lessons can sharpen your instincts, strengthen collaboration, and help you become a better designer today. Learn how the skills you have learned in your previous jobs can be put to work today in meetings, design reviews, and complicated mid-project pivots.
Flexbox is a one-dimensional layout tool, used for arranging elements in a single row or column. It is best suited for simple, one-dimensional layouts and smaller-scale projects.
TLDR: This is the year that AI has taken over UX. In this article, I explain why and give an update on my method of using AI for UX research, focussing on how ChatGPT’s Deep Research functionality can enable a significant acceleration of qualitative research analysis.
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Comic books aren’t just for collectors and cosplay. They’re a valuable design resource. With bold lines, dramatic poses, and larger-than-life characters, comic-inspired visuals instantly grab attention and bring high-energy to any project. Whether you’re building a poster, branding a product, or just looking to add some BAM! and POW! to your next layout, the right illustration makes all the difference.
What separates exceptional web designers from the rest? The answer often lies in their ability to draw inspiration from diverse sources and transform creative ideas into stunning digital experiences. The best web design inspiration sites serve as treasure troves of innovative concepts, cutting-edge trends, and remarkable examples that can spark creativity and elevate design projects to new heights.
Running Linux on your Mac helps make your setup more like the servers where your apps or websites will eventually live, which means fewer surprises when you deploy your work.
We built Figma Draw to give designers powerful tools for vector editing and illustration, so you can bring your creative vision to life without leaving the canvas or breaking your flow. We launched with an array of stretch brushes that render lines inspired by calligraphy, charcoal, and other handdrawn styles. Today, we’re expanding the set with 10 scatter brushes perfect for stippling and shading. “If the stretch brushes are the star of…
What has made Labubu dolls such a viral sensation?
Finding free illustrations for Figma that don’t look like every other generic set online can be tricky. You want assets that feel fresh, match your brand, and don’t eat into your design time. This curated list uses strict criteria: modern style, SVG-first for easy edits, and licenses that won’t sting you later.
