Pick of The Week
10 mistakes I made starting out as a UI designer
Very relatable mistakes, for the growing UI designers.
You may have started rough, unorganised and clueless about accessibility standards, but here are more common mistakes we've all made - and ways to mature from them.
The Best of The Rest
Google's Paper Phone is an experiment in digital detox
Introducing the Paper Phone - by Google.
The idea of spending an entire day phone-free might sound unreasonable, but what if you had a sheet of paper with all your essentials?
A beginner’s guide to guerrilla research
Guerrilla research 101 - for the agile designers.
Struggling to sell the value of user research in a tight-deadline project to stakeholders? The flexibility and minimal investment of guerrilla research might just be what you need.
The Myths of Color Contrast Accessibility - UX Movement - Medium
Debunking accessibility myths.
With an increased need for accessible UIs, it can seem natural to follow WCAG to the letter, but there may be a few things that can be left to designers' discretion.
From Ideas To Action: How To Turn Post-it Notes Into Trello Cards
Post-it® Notes + Trello = ❤️
Avid user of both Post-it paper notes and Trello? Maybe you don't have to choose between either anymore. The folks behind Trello and the Post-It® Notes mobile app now work more seamlessly together.
One More Thing
Hellvetica.ttf | Kern in hell
Type treatment, straight from Satan himself.
We often pride ourselves in the careful, refined use of typography, but sometimes it can be refreshing to break a few rules, and Hellvetica can assist you with that.