Creating and Managing Design Systems With Figma and Sympli Handoff
According to the 2021 Design Tools Survey, Figma is the most popular UI design tool. One of the reasons for this is that its style, component and library features are
The Most Common Mistakes When Designing SaaS Products
Designing SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) products is a difficult and delicate task. With there being so many moving parts in the product design process, it’s very easy to lose sight of
UX Design Trends 2022
In recent years, the world has changed significantly in many ways and for many reasons. Specifically, the push to accomplish more tasks digitally without needing to physically interact with other
Version History vs. Version Control
Version history and version control are two DesignOps-related terms often used interchangeably. However, despite sounding similar they don’t actually mean the same thing. Although they’re both features of
5 Apps to Help You Choose Mesmerising Color Schemes
When designing for screens (or designing anything really), there are right colours and then there are wrong colours. Even though the "right" colour for a brand may be…say…red,
Sketch to CSS: What You Should Know
Sketch released an interesting update to their .sketch file format this month. Where it was previously written in binary code, it’s now written in JSON, a coding language that’
CSS Media for Printable Webpages
Webpages can be printed, but you probably knew that already. You probably don't do it very often, because…well, they're often ugly, too long, or a complete mess. But what
What Are Favicons: A Comprehensive Guide
What is a favicon? It is the little icon that appear next to the webpage title in a browser tab. Favicons have long existed on the web, but since many
Emotional Design: How to Persuade Users to Convert
Last week we talked a little bit about branding, and one of the topics discussed was how emotional design is used to make users feel a certain way, in an
A Quick Guide to Branding for UX Designers
Icons by Xinh Studio licensed by Creative Commons (Attribution 3.0 Unported). ——— Branding is half art (visual design) and half science (communication), and represents how a customer/user feels about