The Design of Software is a Thing Apart
Why code can't replace design docs: three examples (testing, coupling, intent) of design information that cannot be recovered from code alone.
A Cartography Nerd's Guide to Custom Map-Making
How to one designer used public data to create an interactive map of San Francisco tennis courts
The UX of AI
Explore Google Design’s human-centered approach to UX design for AI. Learn how Google Clips uses ML for user-friendly, private experiences. Discover more.
Middle Earth Map Style
“I wisely started with a map, and made the story fit”-JRR Tolkien The map drawn by Christopher Tolkien for his father’s book is a simple and beautiful reference. Absorbed for hours by curious minds…
The Making Of Dust (2003)
For a long while Dust was the world's most-played Counter-Strike map and it's still the one for which I am best known. Yet few players realise it was the product of thievery and luck...
Plotter Drawings: Five seconds of Donkey Kong
One of my hobbies is using a pen plotter to make computer-generated drawings. If you really like them, you can buy one!
3D Lightning (2013)
Reddit is a great website, where the ability to share and discuss things on the web gives some great little discoveries. Things that would ...
Why Personas Fail
Personas are useful tools for UX work, so why do they often fail? Find out what pitfalls cause personas to fail, and how to avoid and overcome them.
Dark Patterns, the Ratchet
A dark pattern in the design world means something that is purposefully created to mislead users and to get them to perform actions against their own interest.
Creating Windows XP Icons (2001)
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Light Traffic
Slot-based intersections that could replace traditional traffic lights, significantly reducing queues and delays.
Designing an email-only Slack interface
On the design of Stop Slacking , which lets you interact via email with the poor souls trapped in the endless, no-agenda meeting that is Slack.
Designing a 'Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer' from Diamond Age
Designing the Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer — the neuroscience and learning theory behind the Primer, prior art, system requirements and…
Proof That iOS Still Hasn’t Gotten Undo Right
Imagine going back in time to tell a MacPaint user in 1985 that they’d have to learn how to use Undo in an Apple-award-winning paint app in 2018. That’s where we are.
The Ant Design Christmas Egg That Went Wrong
Ant Design is a design language comes with a set of React component open sourced by Alibaba’s Ant Finance. One can assume its popularity by looking at its 38837+ stargazers on Github .
Understanding Image Sharpness (2003)
The sharpness of a photographic imaging system or of a component of the system (lens, film, image sensor, scanner, enlarging lens, etc.) is characterized by a parameter called Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) , also known as spatial frequency response. We present a unique visual explanation of MTF and how it relates…
Designing web page layouts for screen readers
It's easy to think about a layout as being a primarily visual concern. The header goes up top, the sidebar is over here, the call to action…