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Psychological principles every product designer should know
You've probably fallen for these too.
Great userflow and UI aside, the not-so-obvious sauce to any successful UX often comes down to psychology. So here's a couple of cognitive biases we've all fallen for and might come in handy.
The Best of The Rest
![Google Fonts ❤️ Material Icons](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/635348/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_f0c7aca8-173c-4e1a-b503-18cc25683ac7.png)
Google Fonts ❤️ Material Icons
Home to all glyphs alike.
Along with their ever-growing library of open-source typefaces, Google Fonts now welcomes icons to the family + a new logo!
![IBM App Icon Design & Visual Language](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/635922/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_0b06b305-cf1e-469e-b471-d33dd315fddd.png)
IBM App Icon Design & Visual Language
Iconography galore.
Speaking of icons, IBM's underrated in-house icon set manage to balance both simplicity and expression in an rather unique way. Feast your eyes.
![The 4px baseline grid — the present](https://dxj7eshgz03ln.cloudfront.net/production/link/image/635767/twenty_by_nine_extra_large_a228725f-2115-400b-8d4d-66db54b00044.jpeg)
The 4px baseline grid — the present
And oldie, but a goodie.
Designing with [text] bounding boxes results in extra space you secretly dread, but often shrug it off for in favour of smoother hand-offs... But what if there was a layout grid that could satisfy your visual design eye?🤔
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11 Fantastic Benefits of Design Systems
For the sceptics.
From management thinking of it as a waste of 💸, to designers worried it'll stifle creativity, the value of design systems is still debated, but if other articles haven't swayed you yet, this one might hit the mark.
One More Thing
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For International Women’s Day, IKEA launches a game...
Keeping it 50/50 🃏 🎴
To mark International Women's Day, the folks at IKEA have prepped up a game to uncover the unequal division of housework worldwide. Because everyone should do some chores.