The Designer-Developer Handoff Is Still Broken — why?
Designers think the mockup is the product. Developers know the product lives in code. Until we kill the fantasy of the “handoff” and start building together from day one, we’re jus...
Read MoreAre Closed Ecosystems Like Apple’s a Necessary Evil?
Closed ecosystems like Apple’s are sleek, secure, and utterly addictive—but once you're in, escaping feels impossible. They promise a seamless experience while quietly locking you...
Read MoreThe Death of the Double Click: How UX Finally Buried a Relic of the Desktop Era
Double-clicking is a clunky gesture from the floppy disk era that has no place in modern UX. As interfaces evolve toward AI, touch, and simplicity, it’s time to finally bury the do...
Read MoreIntent-Based UI Is Replacing Navigation—Are We Designing Ourselves Out of the Interface?
Navigation is dying—and it's not by accident. As interfaces shift toward intent-based design, users no longer click; they expect the UI to read their minds. But when software antic...
Read MoreDear Designers: Stop Using System Fonts Like It’s 2005
System fonts once defined the web's visual identity, but today they’re mostly fallback options, lacking the personality and control modern typography demands. In a world of variabl...
Read MoreThe 10 Foundational UX Principles Every Designer Should Know
If your app or website makes people feel confused, lost, or quietly scream into a pillow, your UX needs a reboot. These 10 timeless UX principles are the difference between digital...
Read MoreDesigning for Dribbble Killed Real Web Creativity
Dribbble didn’t inspire a new era of web creativity—it domesticated it. In chasing pretty pixels for clout, we forgot how to design for actual humans. The web is now full of sexy s...
Read MoreWhat Is Web Design in 2025?
Web design in 2025 isn’t about pushing pixels—it’s about creating living, breathing digital spaces that adapt, empathize, and evolve. AI builds the bones, but human designers still...
Read MoreConfessions of a Web Design Generalist (a.k.a. The Person Who Does Literally Everything)
Web design’s real MVPs aren’t specialists—they’re the generalists quietly doing everything. These multitasking heroes hold the internet together with duct tape and Google searches....
Read MoreExciting New Tools for Designers, September 2025
Web design tools that use artificial intelligence are still dominating new and beta launches, while hopefully making your workflows a little bit smoother. One of the most talked ab...
Read MoreSimplicity in Web Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors
Simplicity in web design is often hailed as the ultimate goal, but the truth is that it’s a myth that overlooks the complexity required to create functional, powerful designs. Grea...
Read MoreWhy Algorithms Are Ruining Your Web Experience
Algorithms are restricting our online experience by prioritizing engagement over discovery, creating filter bubbles and homogenizing content. To reclaim the web, we must curate our...
Read MoreThe Evolution of Web Design: From Pixel Art to AI-Generated Experiences
Web design has evolved from pixelated table layouts and Wacom tablet sketches to AI-generated, hyper-personalized experiences. As AI redefines creativity, designers aren’t being re...
Read More20 Footer Design Myths You’re Still Believing (And How to Fix Them
Footers are usually treated like the website’s leftover salad—tossed together with whatever’s left and shoved to the bottom. But here’s the truth: footers can be the secret sauce t...
Read MoreDesigning Travel: The Zürich Card’s Flexible New Visual Identity
Forget boring tourist passes: the new Zürich Card is a masterclass in Swiss design. Clean typography, modular grids, and a shape-shifting card motif make it a pocket-sized identity...
Read MoreAI by the Numbers: How It Took Over Web Design & Development in 2025
In 2025, AI has gone from sidekick to co-creator in web design and development. 93% of designers use it daily, 91% of developers generate code with it, and Big Tech says 30%+ of n...
Read MoreWho Owns the Web Now? Centralization vs. Decentralization in the Age of AI
The web isn’t just centralized—it’s now *thinking* for us. In the age of AI, a handful of companies don’t just own the platforms—they shape reality itself. If we don’t reclaim cont...
Read MoreUX Fatigue: When Your Website Asks for Too Much (and how to fix it)!
Modern websites are exhausting us. Cookie walls, pop-ups, onboarding tours, and constant nags are burning through our patience before we even see the content. UX fatigue isn’t just...
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