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Who will train tomorrow’s designers?
On mentorship, AI, and the uncertain future of entry-level design roles
https://carly.substack.com/p/who-will-train-tomorrows-designers
World in Dots
Create vector dotted maps with custom options and download them as SVG or PNG files
https://www.worldindots.com/
How to Survive a Client Meeting When They Say ‘Make It Pop’!!!!
https://webdesignerdepot.com/how-to-survive-a-client-meeting-when-they-say-make-it-pop/#google_vignette
Make creative borders with background-clip border-area
https://webkit.org/blog/16214/background-clip-border-area/
Design Systems That Spark Joy: Rethinking Layout For Scalability
https://blog.designsystemsforfigma.com/design-systems-that-spark-joy-rethinking-layout-for-scalability-a0015dda4a7a
Make a gradient and export it as a PNG
https://photogradient.com/
UX and CX Merge: The Shift from Products to Journeys
Organizations are starting to merge user experience and customer experience into a single function, setting the foundation for a journey-centric-experience practice.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-and-cx-merge/
The root causes for the dev-design mismatch
Designers use an unconstrained canvas tool to design for rule-based interactive systems, hoping the devs will perfect everything in production. This causes misalignment between designers and devs.
https://erezreznikov.substack.com/p/the-root-causes-for-the-dev-design
What we don't talk about when we talk about quality...
Quality adds value to digital products. It makes them worth using and ultimately, paying more for.
https://jennywen.substack.com/p/were-not-great-at-talking-about-quality
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