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Patterns are good

UX Collective

Source: Tidbits A design pattern is a document that describes a common solution to a recurring design problem. According to Tibor Kunert (2009), using design patterns allows designers to quickly find solutions to problems using proven designs, rather than starting from scratch each time. Welcome to Design Patterns.

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Unexpected Learnings From Coding Artwork Every Day For Five Years

Smashing Magazine Graphics

Unexpected Learnings From Coding Artwork Every Day For Five Years. Unexpected Learnings From Coding Artwork Every Day For Five Years. For more than five years I have been creating one digital artwork a day, using code to generate patterns, shapes, and animations. Saskia Freeke. 2020-09-24T12:00:00+00:00.

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30 websites with beautifully patterned backgrounds

Canva

These days, patterns are everywhere. If you’ve been poking around online lately, chances are you’ve seen patterns being used in web design as well. Trying to figure out what elements to use to build your website’s pattern? Create a symmetrical pattern. Design a pattern using linework only. It’s delightful.

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New and expanded Malika Favre monograph is a minimalist marvel

Creative Boom

And rather than leaping straight into a third, the publishers decided to satisfy the public's clear demand for Malika's work by putting out an expanded and updated edition that includes many of her new projects. It helped further refine the work into what it would finally become.

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Why LinkedIn Banned These Extensions: Exploring the Reasons

Graphic Design Junction

Browser Requests JavaScript Code Web Workers User-Agent String Behavioral Analysis In a nutshell Why has LinkedIn banned LinkedIn extensions? They might contain malicious code that aims to steal sensitive data, thus jeopardizing the security of your system.

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Optimising your design system with Figma’s variables

UX Collective

Keep in mind the 5 design system principles 5 design system principles Consistency Scalable Maintainable DRY (Don’t Repeat Yourself) Code-friendly Whenever I needed to make a design decision for a design system, I constantly questioned whether my design approach was consistent, scalable, and maintainable and whether it minimized redundancy.

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The 15 Best Web Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Sale Don't Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability (3rd Edition) (Voices That Matter) Krug, Steve (Author) English (Publication Language) 216 Pages – 12/24/2013 (Publication Date) – New Riders (Publisher) −$11.41 $33.59 The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0: