How B2B Sales Help Us Understand Our Role As UX Designers Better How B2B Sales Help Us Understand Our Role As UX Designers Better Paul Boag 2023-01-31T08:30:00+00:002023-02-03T19:33:06+00:00 This article is sponsored by Gong.io Perhaps this is a controversial statement, but I hate it when UI and UX designers are referred to interchangeably. To my mind, at least, they are different roles, with the clue being in the names. User Interface designers design the interface, while User Experience designers are concerned with the entirety of the user’s experience. In most cases, that experience extends ..read more

An Ultimate Guide On Sizing, Spacing, Grids And Layout In Web And UI/UX Design An Ultimate Guide On Sizing, Spacing, Grids And Layout In Web And UI/UX Design Paul Matvienko 2022-12-29T13:00:00+00:002022-12-29T19:32:39+00:00 A spatial system is a set of design guidelines about spacing, sizing, and dimensions of user interface components. It is a mandatory part of any design system, as it helps to create visual rhythm, creates consistent products, and reduces the amount of decisions designers make every day. A spatial system usually consists of four basics: a base unit, a spatial scale, grids, a ..read more

A Five-Step Approach To The Metaverse A Five-Step Approach To The Metaverse Lyndon Cerejo 2022-07-08T10:00:00+00:002022-07-09T03:33:39+00:00 Ask a handful of people about the metaverse, and you’ll get a dozen different responses ranging from a virtual land of opportunity to another avenue of harassment, the new Facebook, or technology jargon like Web3, NFT, blockchain, and VR. Some even call it the future of the internet and predict that’s where we will spend most of our time. What’s clear is that there isn’t a clear definition of the metaverse since it is in very early stages and is still evo ..read more

A Deep CSS Dive Into Radial And Conic Gradients A Deep CSS Dive Into Radial And Conic Gradients Ahmad Shadeed 2022-01-10T12:30:00+00:002022-01-10T14:34:40+00:00 CSS gradients are a useful CSS feature that can be used to create interesting UI effects or even help us in drawing something without the need to create HTML elements for it. Two gradients that I would like to focus on in this article are conic-gradient and radial-gradient. Each one works differently (conic gradients are curved, while radial gradients are a straight line). To follow along, you don’t need to know about either radial-gra ..read more

Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps) Changing A Tire On A Moving Car (Or How To Improve Product Roadmaps) Scott Himmer 2022-01-07T16:00:00+00:002022-01-07T19:06:43+00:00 Companies can often carry their products into the future with a “feed the machine” mentality. To meet customer demands they continually pack more features into a product only to find that it’s making it more and more complicated over time. In the flurry to keep feeding the demand, they side-step prudent measures to help them assess the impact of the changes they’re making. The Maintenance Cycle ..read more

Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1) Ten Tips For The Aspiring Designer Beginners (Part 1) Luis Ouriach 2022-01-05T13:00:00+00:002022-01-05T14:34:08+00:00 I’ve been living and breathing user interface and product design for just over a decade now, and although I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside some incredibly helpful and creative colleagues, my formal guidance (or teaching, as I should probably say) has been rather limited. In this article, I want to share ten tips that helped me grow and become a better designer, and I hope these tips will also help you while you’re ..read more

Composition-Based Design System In Figma Composition-Based Design System In Figma Aleksandra Nagornaia 2022-01-03T13:00:00+00:002022-01-03T13:28:12+00:00 Working as a designer on a design system for a large product has taught me how precious the time you spend on a single task/component is. Things advance fast, and I try to keep up making it work for both designers and developers. It is no easy task. I’ve noticed that a good chunk of team members’ productivity goes into endless conversations such as: “Should this be a separate component?” “Should it be a variant?” “What should the configurat ..read more

New Year, Fresh Desktop (January 2022 Wallpapers Edition) New Year, Fresh Desktop (January 2022 Wallpapers Edition) Cosima Mielke 2021-12-31T09:00:00+00:002021-12-31T12:34:25+00:00 Let’s welcome 2022 with some new wallpapers! After all, the new year is the perfect occasion to tidy up your desktops and home screens and start on a fresh, clean slate — no clutter, just the things you really need and space for what’s about to come. And some inspiration, of course. As every month since more than ten years already, artists and designers from across the globe once again tickled their creative ideas a ..read more

How To Price Projects And Manage Scope Screep How To Price Projects And Manage Scope Screep Paul Boag 2021-12-29T10:30:00+00:002021-12-29T19:34:51+00:00 I am sure you have read unrealistic articles that suggest there is some scientific approach to pricing that will magically allow you to create an accurate quote. You may also have been led to believe that scope creep should be avoided at all costs, but in the real world, it will always happen. It is time for us to stop playing this ridiculous game and start running projects in a way that is less like gambling and more like following a robust a ..read more

Building Gatsby Themes For WordPress-Powered Websites Building Gatsby Themes For WordPress-Powered Websites Paulina Hetman 2021-12-27T10:30:00+00:002021-12-27T15:34:56+00:00 Gatsby is an open-source framework built on top of React. With Gatsby, you can pull data from (almost) anywhere and use it to generate static or dynamic websites. The data can be pulled from a CMS, which definitely brings WordPress to the table. You get the advantages of a static website (speed, security, static hosting) while you continue to manage your content via a WordPress dashboard. One of the particularities of Gats ..read more