Design System In 90 Days Design System In 90 Days Vitaly Friedman 2025-05-19T10:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:37+00:00 So we want to set up a new design system for your product. How do we get it up and running from scratch? Do we start with key stakeholders, UI audits, or naming conventions? And what are some of the critical…
Building A Practical UX Strategy Framework Building A Practical UX Strategy Framework Paul Boag 2025-05-16T11:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:37+00:00 In my experience, most UX teams find themselves primarily implementing other people’s ideas rather than leading the conversation about user experience. This happens because stakeholders and decision-makers often lack a deep understanding of UX’s capabilities and potential. Without a…
Fewer Ideas: An Unconventional Approach To Creativity Fewer Ideas: An Unconventional Approach To Creativity Eric Olive 2025-05-15T10:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:37+00:00 What do the Suez Canal, the Roman Goddess Libertas, and ancient Egyptian sculptures have in common? The Statue of Liberty. Surprising? Sure, but the connections make sense when you know the story as recounted by Columbia University…
Smashing Animations Part 2: How CSS Masking Can Add An Extra Dimension Smashing Animations Part 2: How CSS Masking Can Add An Extra Dimension Andy Clarke 2025-05-14T13:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:36+00:00 Despite keyframes and scroll-driven events, CSS animations have remained relatively rudimentary. As I wrote in Part 1, they remind me of the 1960s Hanna-Barbera animated series I…
Smashing Animations Part 1: How Classic Cartoons Inspire Modern CSS Smashing Animations Part 1: How Classic Cartoons Inspire Modern CSS Andy Clarke 2025-05-07T08:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:36+00:00 Browser makers didn’t take long to add the movement capabilities to CSS. The simple :hover pseudo-class came first, and a bit later, the transitions between two states. Then came the ability…
Masonry In CSS: Should Grid Evolve Or Stand Aside For A New Module? Masonry In CSS: Should Grid Evolve Or Stand Aside For A New Module? Gabriel Shoyombo 2025-05-06T13:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:36+00:00 You’ve got a Pinterest-style layout to build, but you’re tired of JavaScript. Could CSS finally have the answer? Well, for a beginner, taking a look at the pins on your Pinterest page, you…
How To Launch Big Complex Projects How To Launch Big Complex Projects Vitaly Friedman 2025-05-05T10:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:37+00:00 Think about your past projects. Did they finish on time and on budget? Did they end up getting delivered without cutting corners? Did they get disrupted along the way with a changed scope, conflicted interests, unexpected delays, and surprising…
UX And Design Files Organization Template UX And Design Files Organization Template Vitaly Friedman 2025-04-28T13:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:37+00:00 Are you also getting lost in all the files, deliverables, shared docs, PDFs, and reports related to your UX work? What about decisions scattered everywhere between email, Slack conversations, Dropbox folders, SharePoint, Notion, and Figma? It’s too easy to…
Boosting Up Your Creativity Without Endless Reference Scrolling Boosting Up Your Creativity Without Endless Reference Scrolling Marina Chernyshova 2025-04-24T10:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:37+00:00 The work of a designer largely consists of inventing new things, which requires creativity that is generally believed to depend on inspiration, making it unpredictable and difficult to control. Many designers, as well as those…
Building An Offline-Friendly Image Upload System Building An Offline-Friendly Image Upload System Amejimaobari Ollornwi 2025-04-23T10:00:00+00:00 2025-05-20T14:32:36+00:00 So, you’re filling out an online form, and it asks you to upload a file. You click the input, select a file from your desktop, and are good to go. But something happens. The network drops, the file disappears,…
