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The 20 illustrators inspiring us the most in 2025

Creative Boom

He has worked with hundreds of clients, including The New York Times, RCA Records, and Geographic, and has published numerous books with publishers such as teNeues, Walker Books, Comme des Géants, and Hato Press. In 2022, he published a monograph with Phaidon. He then moved to London, where he currently lives and works.

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Stop wireframing (but still start low-fidelity)

UX Collective

This meant that the only place to really design an interface was in tools *not* intended for the taskphoto editing tools like Photoshop or publishing tools like InDesign, but change management was a total nightmare. Selecting a brand color for interactive patterns is no faster or slower as it is the default blue. I certainly am.

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A crisis of meaning in UX Design

UX Collective

In 2004, Bill Breen (employee #1 at Fast Company)wrote: Most companies understand that a product must be more than the sum total of its functioning partsbecause todays customer first experiences a product through its design. Second, there are fields in which the paradigms and patterns are less established.

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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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Design notes on the 2023 Wikipedia redesign

UX Collective

2004–2019 We have to go back in time a little to properly frame this story. Back to 2004, which was the last time Wikipedia’s interface changed significantly. However, the general layout, and specifically the reading experience, stayed largely the same between the 2004 update, and 2019, where this story begins.

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Designing with the brain in mind: a deep dive into neuroaesthetics

UX Collective

Symmetry is a ubiquitous pattern in nature, from the bilateral symmetry of animals to the radial symmetry of flowers. Use consistent patterns and shapes to create symmetry. 2004) Palmer, Stephen E., They are key to creating harmonious and proportionate compositions. But why do our brains find such structures so pleasing?

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

Sale Graphic Design Theory: Readings from the Field Armstrong, Helen (Author) English (Publication Language) 151 Pages – 03/11/2009 (Publication Date) – Princeton Architectural Press (Publisher) −$22.95 $2.00 He examines why some products confuse users while others feel intuitively easy to operate.