Pick of The Week
Forget users; think people – UX Collective
We create for users people
We've called them "users" for years, but if we really want to create meaningful, personalised experiences, we ought to start recognising people for who they are as individuals .
The Best of The Rest
A guide to starting your own design studio from Hawraf
Lessons from a promising design studio
New York-based design studio Hawraf reminds us that nothing lasts forever, but before leaving the scene, the studio shares details about the type of culture, values and numbers needed to run a design studio.
A Day in the Life: Women and Men | FlowingData
Guess who travels more on a weekday?
This bubbly data visualisation shows us a simulated working day of men and women and reveals how the two schedules may differ.
Sketch raises $20m in Series A funding from Benchmark
Sketch is ready to power up
With new funding from Benchmark, the team at Sketch are going to be fighting back against Figma and InVision with a set of new features focused on collaboration. Read on.
Why you should design the content first for better experiences?
Content is still king
In the midst of any design project, defaulting to Lorem Ipsum and stock imagery can be tempting, but taking a step back and designing around real content needs to become ingrained in the process.
One More Thing
Absurd Design - Free Surrealist Illustrations for Landing Pages
Let's get surreal
Clean, minimal illustrations are great and widely used everywhere, but sometimes you just need to express your brand's unconventional, absurd style differently. These surrealist illustrations might be of help.