Why don’t your colleagues approve your mockups? UX office politics explained buff.ly/3yrEafE

💎 Periodic Table of Storytelling (jamesharris.design/periodic/), what an incredible resource, with interactive storylines and "tropes" which repeat across genres and through time — and a few simple story molecules as examples of these elements combined. By James Harris. #ux #design

#FigmaTip: Use Layout Grids paired with Constraints to anchor elements to columns or rows when resizing. Thanks, Ana for the tip!

20 ideas for better data visualization buff.ly/3J9jg9N

A Practical Guide to Information Architecture (PDF, free for a short time, maadmob.com.au/speaking/books…), a comprehensive guide for websites and redesign projects, explaining how to understand content and how to design navigation that works. Generously shared by Donna Spencer. #ux #ia

Business Thinking for Designers (free eBook + audio book) (designbetter.co/business-think…), a wonderful guide to business for designers, with strategies to effectively communicate with your business partners. Written by @ryanrumsey. #ux #design #business

Which of the million UX roles suits you best? A personality type analysis buff.ly/3ZQMWis

🧪 How To Build Up UX Research From Scratch (+ Templates) (uxinsight.org/how-to-build-a…), an honest case study on how to get started, from conducting research to synthesizing data and making research data accessible. Written by Ori Dar. #ux

Our post on #visualhierarchy went viral and we're excited to share what worked 🚀 Visual hierarchy is a critical aspect of design, as it can help direct the viewer's attention and communicate the relative importance of each element.

Principles of design Building blocks of user interface design 📷: Anita Green.

Designing a developer-centric color system buff.ly/3C45ySJ

A Guide To Designing Nested Context Menus (height.app/blog/guide-to-…), a fantastic overview of design considerations to avoid common problems in nested context menus — with a safe triangle technique. For apps and complex drop-down menus. By Michaël Villar. #ux #design

Improve your VS Code Explorer file tree structure. Add these settings in your configuration file for better visibility: ``` "workbench.tree.indent": 15, "workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "always", "workbench.colorCustomizations": { "tree.indentGuidesStroke": "#05ef3c" } ```

New blog post: Shapes in CSS alvaromontoro.com/blog/68042/sha… It shows how to code 16 different shapes, and has explanations about the what/why... instead of just sharing the code and done. It is a complement to the video I published a couple of weeks back. #CSS #HTML #CSSArt

#CSSTip: Create variations of a color before Relative Color Syntax is implemented, with color-mix() and the `none` keyword: codepen.io/leaverou/pen/g… There I only vary (oklch) lightness, but you can do the same thing for any component of any color function — or even alpha.

8 super useful Figma plugins you need to check out 🔥

Developing UX/AI thinking for a new design world buff.ly/45KZ3kL

🎁 User Interface Typography (free eBook), a wonderful guide to designing better typography — from readability and choosing typefaces to modular scale, vertical rhythm, responsive typography and tables. Kindly shared by Alex Baránov. imperavi.com/books/ui-typog… #ux #design

58 rules for beautiful UI design buff.ly/3wfgT2I

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