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UI/UX Design

User research, Figma, wireframing, design systems, prototyping and usability

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UX Research
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Facilitate a usability test session
UI Design
beginner
Create a consistent 8pt spacing grid
Prototyping
intermediate
Build a click-through prototype in Figma
AI Design Tools
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Generate and iterate on UI concepts with AI
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Commuters don’t distrust the city. They distrust the app.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2h ago
Commuters don’t distrust the city. They distrust the app.
A four-week UX/UI case study on designing public transport you can actually rely on. Continue reading on Medium »
A Young Designer’s Question: What Are Companies Actually Hiring For?
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 10h ago
A Young Designer’s Question: What Are Companies Actually Hiring For?
Do they asking for “50 Shades of Designer” ? Continue reading on Medium »
Why Clear Calls-to-Action Are Essential for Business Websites
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 10h ago
Why Clear Calls-to-Action Are Essential for Business Websites
A business website is more than just an online brochure — it’s a tool designed to attract, engage, and convert visitors into customers. Continue reading on Medi
Sheba Manager Mobile Apps: Retail OS in the Palm of a Merchant’s Hand
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 18h ago
Sheba Manager Mobile Apps: Retail OS in the Palm of a Merchant’s Hand
Played my role as a Sr. Product Designer revamping the entire Sheba Manager Mobile app, I transitioned traditional Bangladeshi… Continue reading on Medium »
Vibe Computing: The Moment We Stop Operating Computers
Medium · Machine Learning 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 18h ago
Vibe Computing: The Moment We Stop Operating Computers
For most of my life, using a computer meant learning how the computer wanted to be used. Continue reading on Write A Catalyst »
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 19h ago
Surfacing model uncertainty builds more trust than confidence: Watching Agents by Inithouse
Most prediction tools hide their doubt. They round up probabilities, flatten nuance, and present a single confident number. We used to do… Continue reading on M
Gold SIP Cancellation UX: What Comparing CRED vs Paytm Taught Me About Product Design, Customer…
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 19h ago
Gold SIP Cancellation UX: What Comparing CRED vs Paytm Taught Me About Product Design, Customer…
Every product team spends countless hours improving the onboarding experience. Continue reading on Medium »
Config 2026: What It Feels Like to Be in the Room
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
Config 2026: What It Feels Like to Be in the Room
10,000 designers, developers, and product builders. 89 nationalities. 1,200 people on staff. Streets closed around Moscone Center(SF). Continue reading on Mediu
Designing Momentum: A habit tracker that encourages progress instead of perfection
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
Designing Momentum: A habit tracker that encourages progress instead of perfection
The Problem. Most habit tracking apps are built around one simple idea: never break the streak. At first, this approach appears as… Continue reading on Medium »
Why Every App Feels the Same
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
Why Every App Feels the Same
Has Modern UI Become Too Predictable? Continue reading on Medium »
7 Skills to Get Ahead of 99% of UI/UX Designers
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1d ago
7 Skills to Get Ahead of 99% of UI/UX Designers
The design industry is being restructured. Not by bad designers losing their jobs, but by great designers who refuse to evolve. Continue reading on UX Planet »
Figma Config 2026: What Will You Make If You Can Make Everything?
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
Figma Config 2026: What Will You Make If You Can Make Everything?
Last week at the Config conference that was held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, Dylan Field, co-founder and CEO of… Continue reading on Med
People Don’t Distrust AI. They Distrust How It Behaves.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
People Don’t Distrust AI. They Distrust How It Behaves.
The most successful AI products won’t be the smartest. They’ll be the ones people trust enough to keep using. Continue reading on Medium »
The Empty State Is the First Thing Your User Sees. Most Apps Waste It.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
The Empty State Is the First Thing Your User Sees. Most Apps Waste It.
Part eight of a series on building software people don’t quietly hate. We’ve covered what your app says while it’s thinking, when it’s… Continue reading on Tech
The Canvas Is Becoming the Codebase
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 2d ago
The Canvas Is Becoming the Codebase
For as long as most of us have been building digital products, there’s been an invisible line between design and development. Designers… Continue reading on Med
Free Crazy 8 Ideation — The Fastest Way to Generate 8 Ideas Online
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 3d ago
Free Crazy 8 Ideation — The Fastest Way to Generate 8 Ideas Online
If you’ve ever stared at a blank screen waiting for a good idea to show up, you’ve already lost. Good ideas don’t arrive — they get… Continue reading on Medium
The UI Bug That Vanished When JavaScript Left the Page
Medium · JavaScript 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 3d ago
The UI Bug That Vanished When JavaScript Left the Page
The investigation started as another frontend bug. It ended with us questioning an assumption we’d been carrying for years. There wasn’t a… Continue reading on
Great UX Designers Don’t Fail. Immature Teams Make Them Disappear.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 3d ago
Great UX Designers Don’t Fail. Immature Teams Make Them Disappear.
The Problem Was Never the Tree Continue reading on Medium »
The UX job changed under our feet — and most of us didn’t notice
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 3d ago
The UX job changed under our feet — and most of us didn’t notice
Fifteen years in, some of what changed is gain. Some of it is loss. Both deserve to be named. Continue reading on Medium »
A Small Browser Feature That Could Make the Web Feel More Local
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 3d ago
A Small Browser Feature That Could Make the Web Feel More Local
Showing converted values directly inside the context menu can save users time, reduce friction, and make browsing feel smarter. Continue reading on Medium »
The “Walled Garden”: Why Apple’s Ecosystem is Both a Fortress and a Sanctuary
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
The “Walled Garden”: Why Apple’s Ecosystem is Both a Fortress and a Sanctuary
In the landscape of modern technology, few terms are as polarizing or as descriptive as the “Walled Garden.” When we talk about the Apple… Continue reading on M
We’re Testing the Wrong Thing.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
We’re Testing the Wrong Thing.
Design systems aren’t Figma files. They’re products. Continue reading on Medium »
Designing Update-Aware Pages for Fast-Changing Data
Medium · SEO 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Designing Update-Aware Pages for Fast-Changing Data
A practical pattern for pages where values, rankings, lists, and recommendations can go stale quickly Continue reading on Medium »
The Experience Designer Will Replace the UI Designer
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
The Experience Designer Will Replace the UI Designer
AI can generate beautiful interfaces. The next competitive advantage is designing experiences that people actually remember. Continue reading on Medium »
Habitopia
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Habitopia
Designing a habit system that helps people become who they want to be. Continue reading on Medium »
I Love Figma. Please Don’t Become the Next Adobe.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
I Love Figma. Please Don’t Become the Next Adobe.
What I’m Still Thinking About After Config 2026 Continue reading on Medium »
UX Everyday — 1. Colours
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
UX Everyday — 1. Colours
I absolutely love colours as a designer and an artist. I’ve always surrounded myself with bright colours and colourful clothing. I feel it… Continue reading on
Design taught me more than design
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Design taught me more than design
When people talk about design, they usually talk about creativity, problem-solving, the evolution of technology, or how many designers… Continue reading on Medi
Popular design trends that destroy conversion
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Popular design trends that destroy conversion
Why most sales websites now drift into abstraction and irrelevance and how to avoid it. Continue reading on Medium »
Stratechery 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
An Interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field About Design and AI
An interview with Figma CEO Dylan Field about building Figma, and why he believes AI gives the company a tailwind.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Stop Making Users Hunt for Errors: Auto-Scroll oj-table to the First Problem Row
The small UX touch that turns a frustrating “find the needle in 600 rows” experience into “the app already knows where I need to be.” Continue reading on Medium
Turning a promotional home page into a B2B SaaS Workspace
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 5d ago
Turning a promotional home page into a B2B SaaS Workspace
Case study: redesigning a first-run experience around trust, action, and product discovery Continue reading on Medium »
I Compared Disk Sizes Across 5 Design Systems. The Numbers Didn't Make Sense at First.
Medium · JavaScript 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
I Compared Disk Sizes Across 5 Design Systems. The Numbers Didn't Make Sense at First.
Same dashboard, same API, same chart — built five times. One folder needed 43KB. The others needed up to 246MB. Here's why. Continue reading on Medium »
AI Can’t Know What It Wasn’t Told
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
AI Can’t Know What It Wasn’t Told
That’s Why Designers Need to Stay in the Loop Continue reading on Medium »
Stop Interviewing Your Users. Go Watch Them Work.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Stop Interviewing Your Users. Go Watch Them Work.
A practical guide to Contextual Inquiry: the field-research method that gets you the truth about how people actually work, not the… Continue reading on Design S
Mobile App UI Design in 2026: 9 Principles That Decide If Users Stay or Hit Delete
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Mobile App UI Design in 2026: 9 Principles That Decide If Users Stay or Hit Delete
What is mobile app UI design? Continue reading on Medium »
The Future of UI Is Not One Thing. It’s Three.
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
The Future of UI Is Not One Thing. It’s Three.
Every few years, someone declares that interfaces as we know them are dead. Voice will replace apps. Chat will replace everything. The… Continue reading on Medi
The Million Dollar Button
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Million Dollar Button
Why Primary and Secondary Button Hierarchy Is a Business Decision, Not a Design Detail. Continue reading on Bootcamp »
Why Most Wearable Apps Fail (And How to Build Better Ones)
Hackernoon 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Why Most Wearable Apps Fail (And How to Build Better Ones)
Wearable apps often fail because they focus on data collection rather than meaningful user outcomes. Successful apps improve retention by delivering actionable
InfoQ AI/ML 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Lucide Releases Version 1.0, Removing Brand Icons and Cutting Bundle Size for Millions of Projects
Lucide has released version 1.0 of its open-source icon toolkit, marking its first stable major release. The update features over 1,600 icons and removes tradem
How We’re Building a Tool to Give Designers Back Creative Control in the AI Era — Vibe Kit Dev Log…
Medium · Startup 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
How We’re Building a Tool to Give Designers Back Creative Control in the AI Era — Vibe Kit Dev Log…
By Via Lee|VyntaHQ · The Dev Log Published: June 2026 Continue reading on Medium »
Meccha Chameleon: How our brains fail to spot the differences
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Meccha Chameleon: How our brains fail to spot the differences
Did you used to play “spot the difference” games when you were little? Those were my favorite puzzles in the newspaper inserts. I’ll admit… Continue reading on
The Death of UI Design as We Know It
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Death of UI Design as We Know It
AI can now generate interfaces in seconds. The bottleneck is no longer design. It’s decision-making. Continue reading on Medium »
The Evolving Role of the UI/UX Designer in the Age of AI
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Evolving Role of the UI/UX Designer in the Age of AI
A few months ago, while preparing a presentation on Artificial Intelligence and its impact on design, I found myself revisiting the… Continue reading on Medium
Design Case Study: Activity Tracker
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Design Case Study: Activity Tracker
Preply designers are always looking for ways to improve the learning and tutoring experience. That begins with pinpointing problems and… Continue reading on Pro
Form Follows Function — When the Buyer Has No Eyes
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Form Follows Function — When the Buyer Has No Eyes
What happens to a 120-year-old design law when an AI agent does the shopping Continue reading on Medium »
The Second Reader
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Second Reader
The moment it clicked, I wasn’t thinking about agents at all. I was deep inside a Copilot Studio surface, arranging the things a person… Continue reading on Med
Designing AI-Native User Experiences: A Practical Framework for Designers
Medium · UX Design 🖌️ UI/UX Design ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Designing AI-Native User Experiences: A Practical Framework for Designers
How to move beyond “AI features” and design experiences that reduce effort, build confidence, and keep humans in control Continue reading on Medium »