The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/12/13

stories.uplabs.com

Introduction to Natural palettes

What is the most beautiful thing we can ever see in our life? For me it is nature. Oceans, rivers, mountains, spring forests, grassy fields, flowers and animals. There are lots of wonderful landscapes on Earth, that are more shocking and awe-inspiring than everything that has ever been created by man.

medium.com

You're a strong, beautiful user and you deserve more

You're sitting cross-legged on a blanket reading John Grisham's The Whistler when I approach you. I'm holding three cell phones and you just made eye contact, unfortunately. You're stuck with me for 10-15 minutes. It's guerrilla user-testing time, baby. I start right into conditional logic and automation, and your eyes glaze over.

blog.prototypr.io

Why Snapchat's Design is Deliberately Confusing

I'm 23, have written for major tech publications, and will freely admit that I find Snapchat 's design confusing. It took me ages to figure it out. The thing is, the interface is not confusing because it's illogical or random. It's not badly designed at all.

bjango.com

Mac external displays for designers and developers

If you're considering an external display for your Mac, there's a few important decisions to make. Apple doesn't sell external displays any more, so you can't just default to their wisdom. That's an issue, because not all displays are well suited for Macs.

uxdesign.cc

A guide to successful Design Handoffs

A good product is a lot about the problem that you pick & the ideas that you implement. But a well-sorted & deliberate design-development process can play more than a handy role; ironing out quite a few wrinkles that can cause unnecessary escalations and ad-hoc duct-taping later during the execution phase.