UX bootcamp fail, the genome color tool, 10 commandments in Figma

“Sorry, would-be UX designers, don’t believe the marketing hype, UX bootcamps won’t do it for most of you. The model is broken. At best, you will get an introduction to UX — which is great — but most of these bootcamps won’t prepare you for a real-world job.”

The UX bootcamp model is broken →

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Editors’ picks

• Sustainable future. What stops us from designing a sustainable future?
• Metaverse UX. How do we adapt to designing for the Metaverse?
• Not on the same page?. How the concept of “thought levels” can improve collaboration.

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Seen.space: a collection of personal chats exploring the interplay between race, ethnicity, and creativity.

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Jobs

• Lead Product (UX/UI) designer @ Co:Create. Backed by a16z crypto we are breaking new ground in Web3 tech. As our first product designer you will own and create our design system and help us understand and define our user needs and journey.
• Lead Product Designer @ Riva Health. Riva Health is building a cardiology technology app that measures and manages hypertension. Whatever your skill set or professional background, there’s literally no bigger problem you could apply them toward.

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Little gems this?week

Becoming type-sensitive with font psychology →

In praise of the spreadsheet →

The genome color tool →

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Make me?think

• The nuclear family was a mistake. “The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half-century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.”
• The fight for “Instagram face”. “Meta banned filters that “encourage plastic surgery,” but a massive demand for beauty augmentation on social media is complicating matters.”
• The AI art apocalypse. “Artists will be put out of jobs. This is pretty much inevitable given that work which once took multiple hours will now take seconds, or maybe minutes if it’s difficult to get a good generation.”

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Tools and resources

• Color & contrast. A comprehensive guide on the theory of color.
• 10 commandments in Figma. If an element is used more than once, make it a component.
• hhhue. A curated collection of beautiful color palettes.

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