UI / UX

[Podcast] How Koto Rebranded Amazon

How do you reimagine one of the world’s most powerful brands? Over 18 months, across 15 global markets, and with 50+ sub-brands, Koto partnered with Amazon to deliver one of...

Accessible UX Research, eBook Now Available For Download — Smashing Magazine

We’ve got exciting news! eBook versions of “Accessible UX Research,” a new Smashing Book by Michele A. Williams, are now available for download! Which...

Are you designing for the user’s values — or your own?

Are you designing for the user’s values — or your own?The future of design will be the negotiation between multiple moral worlds.Across a group of users, the patterns...

101+ Unique Gift Ideas 🎁 for Graphic Designers (Nov 2025)

Do you know a graphic designer, artist or illustrator? Yes? Ok, how hard is it buying gifts for these creative folk? I know, right? I...

How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy — Smashing Magazine

Lead your organization’s AI strategy before someone else defines it for you. A practical framework for UX professionals to shape AI implementation.Your senior management...

The stories that keep us obedient

James Baldwin on protection, avoidance, and the limits we inherit.What Baldwin sawWhat Baldwin carried out of that childhood was clarity about how authority behaves when it...

39+ Best Christmas Fonts for Festive Holiday Creations (Free & Premium) 🎄

The festive Christmas season is approaching so we wanted to take this time to round up the best Christmas fonts for your branding, packaging...

Things You Won’t Need A Library For Anymore — Smashing Magazine

CSS Masonry is almost here! Patrick Brosset takes a deep dive into what this long-awaited feature means for web developers and how you could...

Design critiques, mandated screen addiction, locksmith stickers, accessibility lessons

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“A critique is not a governance mechanism, nor is it a group brainstorming session. It’s a necessary collision. It’s...

[Podcast] Make Your Brand Famous with Dan Cushing and Diego Borgo

Branding in emerging tech moves fast, breaks things and drags a lot of buzzwords along for the ride. But fame still matters. Trust still...

The Accessibility Problem With Authentication Methods Like CAPTCHA — Smashing Magazine

CAPTCHAs were meant to keep bots out, but too often, they lock people with disabilities out, too. From image classification to click-based tests, many...

Florence Nightingale on vanity metrics

The least useful numbers we take the most seriouslyThe work most people avoidWith every failing system, the explanation stops making sense. There’s a gap between...

2025 Black Friday Deals for Designers (and Cyber Monday)

Welcome to our massive compilation of the best 2025 Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday Sales for graphic designers, web designers, photographers, freelancers and creative professionals. We will...

Standardizing Animation Across Projects — Smashing Magazine

Animations can be one of the most joyful parts of building interfaces, but without structure, they can also become one of the biggest sources...

Jacob Cass Named One of Australia’s Top Branding Experts in 2025

When you spend nearly two decades building brands, shaping identities, and helping businesses stand out with clarity and confidence, recognition is always welcome. This...

Simplifying Server Management With AI And Automation — Smashing Magazine

Server chaos doesn’t have to be the norm. AI-ready infrastructure and automation can bring clarity, performance, and focus back to your web work.If you...

The illusion of unmoderated UX testing | by Sanna Rau | Nov, 2025

I’ve been testing the testing. Unmoderated and moderated UX tests with the same type of people on the same topic generate completely different results....