Copiloting a perceptual uniform color triad
An adventure in Gen AI design.Continue reading on UX Collective »
Interactivity
Making Micro Interactions is so fun | ADVANCED FIGMA PROTOTYPING & UI DESIGN TACTICS
Creating micro-interactions is one of those things that you always want to do, but never get to make it into the final designs. Micro ...
JavaScript For Everyone: Iterators
Hey, I’m Mat, but “Wilto” works too — I’m here to teach you JavaScript. Well, not here-here; technically, I’m over at Piccalil.li’s JavaScript for Everyone course to teach you JavaScript. The following is an excerpt from the Iterables and Iterators module: the lesson on Iterators. Iterators are one of JavaScript’s more linguistically confusing topics, sailing easily over what is already a pretty high bar. There are iterables — array, Set, Map, and string — all of which follow the iterable protoc
The UX Nightmare: Why Tech Is Becoming Unusable for Everyone Except Cyborgs
Modern tech UX has become so convoluted that even younger users struggle with hidden menus, cryptic gestures, and multi-step processes that make simple tasks frustratingly complex.
Hey designer, do you know what you are doing?
How to build your design competence in the age of AI.Unlocking New Knowledge. Source: Filipe Nzongo (2025)Being a designer has always been synonymous with being creative, transforming abstract and complex ideas into concrete solutions. However, in recent years, many professionals have been losing this creative spark, and with it, the very essence of the profession. We’ve witnessed an exponential growth of artificial intelligence tools within the creative industry. This, in itself, isn’t a proble
AWS outage, writing is designing, the secret life of prototypes
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“AWS, often called the ‘backbone of the internet,’ supports essential tools like Slack, Zoom, and Office 365, as well as popular games like Fortnite and Roblox. It also powers financial services such as Coinbase and Venmo. Even the coffee we order through the Starbucks app relies on AWS technology. (…)Millions of users were locked out, delayed, and frustrated, facing broken workflows and halted transactions. For businesses large and sm
The future of design rests on childlike ignorance
It’s time we stop letting big tech, industry, and cynics control the cultural canvas.Photo by Stephen Andrews on UnsplashWhen I think about the future of design, I can’t help but feel sorrow. It’s as if I’m sitting at the bedside of a dying loved one, dreading the moment they’ll no longer be with us.Design isn’t a person, per se, but for many of us it is — or was — a meaningful part of our lives. And the notion that design, as we know it, may wither feels almost certain.My main prediction has be
Pixels of the Week – October 26, 2025
👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: UX animations done right, common misconceptions about screen readers, niche design magazine, bird migration explorer, bad UX world cup, pictures of polar bears in abandoned station, navbar gallery inspiration, 3D OKLCH volume color tool, the w3c logo refresh, most beautiful places in the world, aria-current for accessible navigation.
The day the “internet crashed”: What the AWS outage teaches us about dependancies
A single fault in the cloud revealed just how connected and dependent we’ve all become and why good UX must plan for failure.Continue reading on UX Collective »
Typography Basics
Typography basicsA practical introduction to typography — from anatomy and spacing to legibility and alignment — for designers who want to create type that reads beautifully and feels intentional.Typography isn’t just about picking a pretty font. It’s the craft of shaping written language into a visual experience — how words look, breathe, and interact on a page or screen. Good typography quietly guides the reader, while poor typography shouts for attention in all the wrong ways. Every detail —
🗞 How To Make Your UX Research Hard To Ignore
✍️ On My Mind This WeekTrust Happens at the Risk LineMost researchers treat stakeholder relationships like a service contract: deliver the insight, stay neutral, avoid discomfort. That’s precisely why they lose influence before the roadmap closes.Real credibility comes from emotional proximity - the willingness to step into the charged space where decisions carry personal cost. When a PM is weighing a feature cut that will anger their VP, or a designer is defending a paradig
Designing the Jarvis moment
Apps SDK, design principles, and the future of contextual UX.Current ChatGPT app integrations like Zillow, Booking.com, and Canva, illustrating seamless in-chat access.Source: OpenAI — Introducing Apps in ChatGPTDo you remember how Tony Stark talked to JARVIS in Iron Man?He simply said what he wanted to do, and JARVIS got it done. There was no need to open menus, switch applications, or decide which interface to use next. Every option that could have slowed him down was already resolved for him,
Spotify has an AI problem
Beneath Spotify’s algorithmic charm lies a growing problem: a platform flooded with songs made by no one.Image of a robot singing and playing GuitarMusic has always been important in my household, I have fond and vivid memories of mornings starting off the day with my dad playing Otis Redding’s Sitting on the Dock of the Bay on the record player. Songs have always been a source of connection for me and my Dad, he’d send me over his recommendations via spotify and I’d happily listen to em, even t
The Layered Aesthetic: Depth, Complexity, and Chaos Done Right
The layered aesthetic is where design stops being flat and starts telling secrets. It’s depth, texture, and meaning stacked so every glance reveals something new—part puzzle, part visual seduction. In an era of quick scrolls, this is the style that makes people stop, stare, and stay.
The User Research Round-Up: CW43
01.Co-Lab Continued (Event) by dscoutIf there’s one event you should actually make time for this year, it’s this one. On November 12-13, dscout is bringing together some of the sharpest minds in research and design—folks from Disney, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Headspace, and more—for two days of no-BS conversations about where UX is headed next. The sessions dig into the stuff we’re all wrestling with right now: how to keep the human side of research alive while AI eats
Making medical appointments this month made me miss phone trees.
A tale of UX, AI, and medical practicesContinue reading on UX Collective »
Right narratives shape lasting products
Prioritise meaning over features.Apple’s Think Different narrative ad, © Apple IncWe, human beings, are fundamentally narrative creatures. We all need a story to live, our brains are wired to make sense of our world and ourselves through stories. Friedrich Nietzsche said, “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how”. Stories attempt to answer our why questions.Earliest cave paintings and the latest Pixar movie are a testament to our enduring fascination with stories. We will continue t
Inside Insight: How I use Userbrain to set up an unmoderated test
In this episode, I cover:My full setup process for running an unmoderated usability test in Userbrain, from goal-setting to test creationHow to write clear, action-based and opinion-based tasks that get useful behavioral dataUsing AI to generate and refine test tasks, plus how to correct vague or over-open questionsTechniques for analyzing unmoderated test data using AI insights, clips, and reportsHow to connect usability findings back to research and business goals to identify real impactKey Ta
Stop Using Boring Buttons: Here are 10 Micro-Interactions That Instantly Upgrade Your UI
🧠 The Power of Micro-Interactions
Purple
No matter what you tell them, LLMs somehow always use the same design choices. Purple–gradient–rounded buttons.Even when you feed them all the guidelines, PRDs, and rules, they still struggle to follow simple instructions consistently, especially when you give them multiple design guidelines at once.You can say plz, make it minimal, brutalist, sharp edges, monochrome, and somehow you still get… more purple. Probably because that’s what they’ve seen a million times in their training data. It seem