Lamenting about good design, invisible leadership, progressive design model

“Better design does not settle but seeks to continue to find ways to further improve itself. It don’t only target the person using the design but caters wholly to the people around it and also to those who don’t have it. Because designing for a better world means going beyond a self-fulfilling desire. It goes into a community-inspired, soul-seeking, and socially conscious effort of making design a little more real each day.”

Lamenting about good design →

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Editor picks

• Bad design is, apparently, hot → Why subways are becoming urban ovens.
• No, design is not “nice to have” → How good design can save you millions.
• Time for a more progressive design model → Breaking the process into manageable steps.

The UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices and helps designers think more critically about their work.

Work: Olimpia Zagnoli →

Make me?think

• AI-powered content organization strategies → “Organizations prioritize building new products and features over keeping older content organized?—?especially now, when many are being cost-conscious. The result is content that isn’t as usable?—?or as useful?—?as it could be.”
• When perfectionism makes you a better creative, and when it doesn’t → “It’s in a creative’s nature to pore over details others don’t see (or pay for), willing to sacrifice money, time, and their own sanity to realise their vision. Since it’s so common, is it possible that creative people are predisposed to perfectionist traits?—?is it part of the package?”
• Are we too impatient to be intelligent? → “Some of you may have noticed this if you’ve got a GPS in your car. You’re driving on the motorway at 60, you realize you’re going to be five minutes late for an appointment, so you welly it. And after driving at an insanely fast and dangerous speed for about eight minutes, you suddenly realize your arrival time has only improved by one minute.”

Little gems this?week

Invisible leadership: dissolve to evolve →

Let’s dive into the sea of rejections →

How to maximize user engagement without exploitation →

Tools and resources

• The State of CSS 2024 → The turning point between CSS Classic and New CSS.
• Level up your user interviews → How to have more valuable conversations with users.
• Tonal color palettes inspired by nature → Creating palettes for your design systems.

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