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A focused stream of recent stories from the sources curated for this community. Latest: Token Fatigue: When Abstraction Eats Itself, Persuasive Design: Ten Years Later — Smashing Magazine, and Human Strategy In An AI-Accelerated Workflow — Smashing Magazine. Page 57.
Webdesigner Depot
Design tokens were supposed to make our lives easier—but now they’re eating us alive. What started as a way to create harmony between design and code has turned into an endless maze of abstractions, debates, and JSON files nobody understands. This is the...
Topics: Design Systems
Entities: Design Systems
Smashing Magazine
Many product teams still lean on usability improvements and isolated behavioral tweaks to address weak activation, drop-offs, and low retention – only to see results plateau or slip into shallow gamification. Anders Toxboe updates persuasive design for...
Topics: UX Research
Entities: UX Research
Smashing Magazine
UX design is entering a new phase, with designers shifting from makers of outputs to directors of intent. AI can now generate wireframes, prototypes, and even design systems in minutes, but UX has never been only about creating interfaces. It’s about...
Topics: UX ResearchDesign Systems
Entities: UX ResearchDesign Systems
Webdesigner Depot
We’re not getting smarter with AI — we’re just getting better at hoarding prompts and calling it “creativity.” The real danger isn’t AI replacing us. It’s us quietly forgetting how to think.
Smashing Magazine
Our newest Smashing Book, “Accessible UX Research” by Michele Williams, is finally shipping worldwide — and we couldn’t be happier! This book is about research, but you’ll also learn about assistive technology, different types of disability, and how to...
Topics: UX ResearchAccessibility
Entities: UX ResearchAccessibility
Webdesigner Depot
Product thinking shifts your focus from "how it looks" to "why it matters," ensuring every design choice solves a real human problem and hits a business goal. It’s the secret to moving beyond pixel-pushing and becoming a strategic partner who builds...
Topics: Web Interfaces
Entities: Web Interfaces
Smashing Magazine
What happens if you rebuild a single tooltip using the browser’s native model without the aid of a library? The Popover API turns tooltips from something you simulate into something the browser actually understands. Opening and closing, keyboard...
Topics: Accessibility
Entities: Accessibility
Smashing Magazine
Do you need a little inspiration boost? Well, then our new batch of desktop wallpapers is for you. Designed by the community for the community, the wallpapers in this collection are the perfect opportunity to get your desktop ready for spring — and, who...
Smashing Magazine
Meet our brand new conference for designers and UI engineers who love the web. That’s [SmashingConf Amsterdam](https://smashingconf.com/amsterdam-2026), taking place in the legendary Pathé Tuschinski, on April 13–16, 2026.
Topics: Web Interfaces
Entities: Web Interfaces
Smashing Magazine
Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost. Sustainable UX challenges the era of “unlimited pixels” and reframes performance as responsibility. In 2026, truly sophisticated design is defined not by how...
Topics: UX Research
Entities: UX Research
Smashing Magazine
What makes streaks so powerful and addictive? To design them well, you need to understand how they align with human psychology. Victor Ayomipo breaks down the UX and design principles behind effective streak systems.
Topics: UX Research
Entities: UX Research
Smashing Magazine
Designing for mental health means designing for vulnerability. Empathy-Centred UX becomes not a “nice to have” but a fundamental design requirement. Here’s a practical framework for building trust-first mental health products.
Topics: UX Research
Entities: UX Research
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