Understanding “Design Systems”

Our 2025 Nominees for Best Emerging Technologies in UX/UI

Games, design, and ourselves… please don’t take it the wrong way

Meeting Figma Slides

The Chicken Sandwich Perspective

The Power of Icebreakers in Meetings: My Approach and Top Tips

My Config 2024 Key Takeaways (Umm… I Hope It’s Not Too Late?)

What It Takes to Be a Good Designer (Before You Open Figma)

15 Research Methods for Graphic Designers, Mapped to the Double Diamond

A Bitten Apple: How Ego Costs Design Teams Progress

A Readable Timeline of Graphic Design History

AI Ethics in the Design Classroom, and How to Write a Course AI Policy

The Anatomy of an Infographic

Uses: The Apps, Sites and Design Games I Recommend

Atomic Design in Figma: Where the Metaphor Helps and Where It Breaks

Your Feed Isn't the World: Cognitive Biases in Trend and Design Research

A Computer Buying Guide for Graphic Designers

Data Visualization Principles You Can Use Tomorrow

Design History in Three Cultural Eras, Part 1: Before Modernism

Design History in Three Cultural Eras, Part 2: Modernism and the Birth of Postmodern Thought

Design History in Three Cultural Eras, Part 3: Postmodern Graphic Design and the Digital Age

How to Write the Problem, Objectives, Scope and Limitations of a Design Thesis

Designing for the Worst Day: Notes on Users in Distress

Designing Icons for Screens: Pixels, Sizes and the Rules Big Systems Follow

Auto Layout in Figma, Explained Properly

Color, Variables and Design Tokens in Figma: Stop Painting by Hand

A Figma Glossary for People Who Just Want the Words to Make Sense

Five Directions in Contemporary Design

Five Years to Get Rich Before AI? A Futures Thinking Reality Check

Futures Thinking for Product Designers: Getting There a Little Earlier

How to Read an Image: A Practical Toolkit for Designers

How to Test Whether an Icon Works

How to Use the Consumer Trend Canvas Without Fooling Yourself

Isotype: What the Neuraths and Gerd Arntz Still Teach Icon Designers

The Three Service Maps: Journey Map, Ecosystem Map and Service Blueprint

Where Your Icon's Numbers Come From: Letters, Grids and Keyshapes

Beyond Grey Pyramids: How Media Stereotypes Mesoamerica, and What Designers Can Do Instead

Motion in Digital Products: Purpose, Timing, Easing and Reduced Motion

PESTEL for Designers: No Trend Floats on Its Own

Practical Prompting for Teachers: A Structure and Five Reusable Templates

Running Your Own AI Locally: A Practical Guide for Designers and Teachers

What The Simpsons' No-No Sheets Teach Us About Design Systems

Standards and Legibility: The Numbers Behind Signs People Can Actually Read

Swiss Style and the New York School: Two Answers to the Same Question

Ten Improv Rules for Better Design Critique and Collaboration

The Avant-Gardes That Still Shape Your Design Work

A Trend Is a Category, Not a Compliment

Trend or Fad? Five Criteria and the Question Everyone Skips

What Is a Sign? A Semiotics Primer for Designers