UX / Product Design

Not everyone sees content the same way. Accessible information is grounded in text, and often designed through writing.

Practical guidelines for driving UX impact in organizations with legacy systems and broken processes. Brought to you by Measuring UX Impact, **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

Good product design goes beyond looks. Discover the frameworks and criteria that define real design quality.

Hyperfocus' co-founder discusses pet peeves and the uncertain advent of AI

The redesign tested well. Users hate it anyway. Welcome to the paradox that costs companies millions and leaves everyone baffled.

Before kindergarten was a classroom, it was a design lab for the mind. Froebel built it. We buried it.

Many companies (and design teams) are shrinking back into becoming scaleups. Here’s how to survive

Recognizing signs of UX maturity regression early and addressing them quickly helps organizations sustain momentum and avoid backsliding.

5 frameworks that will save your butt…and help you kick some.

How shared standards and trust help teams collaborate without chaos.

Imagine if Instagram application had been built in Tokyo, rather than Silicon Valley. Would it feel the same? And what if a booking…

Every designer has felt it: that pang of frustration when you’re asked to make a product worse. Maybe it’s hiding a feature behind a…

Enshittification is a choice.

How the internet’s design choices rewired the way we think

After covering in detail the underlying interaction paradigms of TV experiences in [Part 1](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/designing-tv-evergreen-pattern-shapes-tv-experiences/), it’s time to get practical. In the second part of the series, you’ll explore the building blocks of the “10-foot experience” and how to best utilise them in your designs.

The web’s newest users are no longer just people—they’re AI agents navigating, summarizing, and acting on content. This shift introduces Agent Experience (AX), a new layer of UX that ensures sites are legible and actionable for both humans and machines.

Designing with curiosity and criticality for responsible outcomes.

Arbitrary censorship will drive internet traffic underground and pose a cyber-security threat

Three bad UX stories from just one week that brought me close to a complete meltdown

A look at how modern workflows stripped meaning from design, and why getting it back might mean breaking the very systems we built.

#62: How can we change human behavior with behavioral design

Universal Design or Inclusive Design - which is better for Digital Accessibility? That's the wrong question, according to Ricky Onsman.

The design world evolves fast. With trends shifting from flat design to neumorphism, static screens to animated micro-interactions, and…

Charles Peirce named it abduction. UX design and AI prompting depend on it.

If I have to see one more persona named “Emily, 32, loves yoga and oat lattes”, I might just give up and start an AI-powered newsletter, post design inspirational BS on LinkedIn, and call myself a…

Things you need to understand now, and change in your workflows to ensure that you will survive the storm.

In any fast-moving product team, there’s a familiar pattern. A confident roadmap is shared. Timelines are tight but “doable.” Enthusiasm is high. Then, just as the meeting is wrapping up, a designer tentatively raises a hand and asks:“Have we thought about what happens if…?”

Designers, your gorgeous layout might be silently sabotaging your site—**if it shifts mid-scroll, it’s not elegant, it’s broken.** CLS isn’t just a dev metric—it’s the UX red flag your users feel *before* they bounce.

#55: What to do when you can't directly connect your impact with ROI.

As technology moves beyond flat screens into 3D spaces, designers face a new challenge: creating experiences that users don’t just see, but…