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558 bookmarks tagged “design”

How to pick the least wrong colors || Matthew Ström, designer-leader

matthewstrom.com/writing/how-to-pick-the-least-wrong-colors/
An algorithm for creating color palettes for data visualization

Better UI Design

anthonyhobday.com/sideprojects/betterui/

Signs that an organisation values interaction and visual design

anthonyhobday.com/blog/20220521.html

J for Jim Crow - Believer Magazine

believermag.com/logger/written-in-jim-crow/

Brand Site Design

brandsite.design/

Adactio: Journal—Declarative design

adactio.com/journal/18982
Defining the inputs instead of trying to control the outputs.

List of Aesthetics | Aesthetics Wiki | Fandom

aesthetics.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Aesthetics

A Designer’s Guide to Documenting Accessibility & User Interactions by Stéphanie Walter

stephaniewalter.design/blog/a-designers-guide-to-documenting-accessibility-user-interactions/

Please put units in names

ruudvanasseldonk.com/2022/03/20/please-put-units-in-names
Using strong types, or putting units in names, is a small effort that can make a tremendous difference for code readability.

Typography is impossible. The practical guide to why laying out… | by Marcin Wichary | Medium Engineering

medium.engineering/typography-is-impossible-5872b0c7f891
You’re a front-end engineer, building boxes and putting text inside them. A lot of websites, and a lot of native apps, are basically that — text flowing into boxes. It’s a testament to typography…

Readability Guidelines

readabilityguidelines.co.uk/

Google Slides is Actually Hilarious | by Laura Javier | Feb, 2022 | Medium

medium.com/@laurajavier/google-slides-is-actually-hilarious-83c1ced857ee

Building like it's 1984: A comprehensive guide to creating intuitive context menus - Height

height.app/blog/guide-to-build-context-menus

Inclusive Design

nngroup.com/articles/inclusive-design/
Inclusive design describes methodologies to create products that understand and enable people of all backgrounds and abilities. It may address accessibility, age, economic situation, geographic location, language, race, and more.

Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen | Psychology | The Guardian

theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/02/attention-span-focus-screens-apps-smartphones-social-media

Here's Why Movie Dialogue Has Gotten More Difficult To Understand (And Three Ways To Fix It)

slashfilm.com/673162/heres-why-movie-dialogue-has-gotten-more-difficult-to-understand-and-three-ways-to-fix-it/

Language Icon

languageicon.org/

Mechanic - turn your design rules into design tools

mechanic.design/

Revolutionary type: Meet the designer decolonizing Chinese fonts - Rest of World

restofworld.org/2021/the-revolutionary-mission-to-decolonize-chinese-typefaces/

Designing Beautiful Shadows in CSS

joshwcomeau.com/css/designing-shadows/
When I look around the web, most of the shadows I see are fuzzy grey boxes. It doesn't have to be this way, though! CSS gives us the tools to create rich, lush, lifelike shadows. In this tutorial, I'll show you how.