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Why Figma’s acquisition is bad for designers

UX Collective

Figma started in 2011 with the aim of making creative tools for the browser. This was a welcomed contrast to Adobe programs which are notorious for feature bloat and unexpectedly quitting on users at random times. All of the programs added to Adobe’s portfolio from the time are no longer in use.

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The History Books Often Overlook Women in Design. A New One Seeks to Finally Give Them Their Due

Eye on Design

While there has been a consistent stream of study since the 1980s (check out Graphic Design: History in the Writing 1983–2011 to catch up on some important essays), work has often been published in academic journals and books that don’t quite make their way to mass design audiences, aren’t affordably priced, or aren’t written for the non-academic.

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Netflix vs. decision fatigue: How to solve the paradox of choice

UX Collective

The “Play Something” shuffle feature to find something to watch based on previously watched programs to eliminate, or at least reduce, the decision fatigue felt by users. With linear TV, the decision fatigue is reduced : you just turn on your TV and the program is live. The UX Collective donates US$1 for each article we publish.

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How to get started with pair writing

UX Collective

Inspired by my experiences as a journalist and the concept pair programming , used by developers, I started experimenting with pair writing in 2009. 10 years later I heard of a new concept called pair programming. First in a large project for Norwegian telco Telenor.

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15+ Best Design Thinking Books to Read

Inkbot Design

1 The Design Thinking Playbook: Mindful Digital Transformation of Teams, Products, Services, Businesses and Ecosystems (Design Thinking Series) Lewrick, Michael (Author) English (Publication Language) 352 Pages – 05/22/2018 (Publication Date) – Wiley (Publisher) −$11.01 $25.99

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Advent Calendars For Web Designers And Developers (December 2021 Edition)

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JVM Programming Advent Calendar. Created by Eric Wastl, this is an advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. An advent calendar that has been publishing since 2009 is back again. Amy Dutton on Twitter. Lean UXMas.

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Andrew Satake Blauvelt Elevated Graphic Design Far Beyond Notions of “Problem Solving”

Eye on Design

was published in Emigre magazine alongside a body of other writing on the notion of “design authorship.” Catalogue design by Andrew Blauvelt and Emmet Byrne for the Walker Art Center, 2011. His influential essay “Towards Critical Autonomy or Can Graphic Design Save Itself?”