Vol_6.30.25

We curate web design resources.

Gene Crawford
June 30, 2025

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More on What Makes a Good Accessibility Designer
Working in accessibility means you’re diving into one of the most complex, challenging spaces for a designer. Buckle up.
https://davidakennedy.com/blog/more-on-what-makes-a-good-accessibility-designer/

More or less
You must select between three pricing strategies, and fully commit to their implications.
https://longform.asmartbear.com/more-or-less/

Figma’s new grid — you must understand CSS Grid as a designer
At Config 2025, Figma rolled out many exciting updates, including a brand-new layout grid. At first glance, it might seem like just another way to organise your designs, but there’s more to it.
https://uxdesign.cc/figmas-new-grid-you-must-understand-css-grid-as-a-designer-fbb00416e1cc

UX Copy Sizes: Long, Short, and Micro
Better target user needs by understanding the three sizes of copy: long-form, short-form, and microcopy.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ux-copy-sizes/

The Template Trap: How Template Culture Is Dumbing Down UX
Overreliance on frameworks as universal solutions rather than adaptable starting points undermines critical thinking and threatens our field's intellectual rigor.
https://www.nngroup.com/articles/template-trap/

Why do we better remember items at the beginning or end of a list?
The serial position effect describes how our memory is affected by the position of information in a sequence. It suggests that we best remember the first and last items in a series and find it hard to remember the middle items.
https://thedecisionlab.com/biases/serial-position-effect

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