Weekly-ish list of curated design inspiration and resources. The “dark yellow problem” in design system color palettes When defining a proper color palette for the design system I was working on, I came across the “Dark Yellow Problem”, where designers try to strike a balance between “yellow being yellow” and meeting accessibility requirements for color contrasts. What you need to know about Google Web Designer, a primer

Weekly-ish list of curated design inspiration and resources. How We Created More Inclusive and Efficient Design Critiques with Round Robin

Present designs more effectively — Designs Don’t Speak For Themselves When designers master the art of presenting their work, they will be more successful at getting people excited about their ideas. Convey how you addressed business expectations and user needs as you walk them through the design. Ultimately your audience should understand how your design solved the problem. Here’s how…

Weekly-ish list of curated design inspiration and resources. 3 reasons introverts can be good leaders “Our society has a narrow idea of what a leader looks like. But some introverts can be especially effective and compassionate leaders.” Component Properties in Figma

Insights to create a Figma file template for your team — Why Create a Template? A file template will help your team achieve a standardized way of structuring your designs in Figma. Collaborators and viewers of your file should be able to find what they need. Ways of Working In March of 2022, my UX team fully migrated over to Figma, and the opportunity arose to establish a…

Your weekly list of curated design inspiration and resources. Testing Figma Components This article explores when testing occurs, who does it, and how it’s done. Critical to defining an testing approach is knowing what to validate, and what you aren’t validating too. As you ramp up testing, you’ll want to consider how much…

List of my stories — Tips for organizing your text styles in Sketch Organizing sketch library styles in sketch can be overwhelming when you are creating a new Sketch library. Here are…medium.com How to create sketch data sources Create realistic text data sources for your designs.medium.com 5 Sketch tips and tricks Tricks and tips for Sketch version 80+medium.com 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙 💙

Curated list of open design system UI kits on the Figma Community. — Discover Figma community files from major tech and startup companies that have shared their design system. Airtable — Apps UI Kit

Your weekly list of curated design inspiration and resources. I took a job at Amazon, only to leave after 10 months “After working at GoDaddy for 5.5 years I was ready to make a change. I was recruited by Amazon to work in their devices org, and after joining learned that specifically I was joining a centralized UX team with in the…