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Form and Function: A Guide to the Top Wireframe Tools

Wireframes at various fidelities are an important deliverable that facilitate the UX design process as it moves through its phases. This guide provides an overview of the top tools most designers use.

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Shane Ketterman

Shane Ketterman

Shane comes from a background in architecture, information technology, customer experience, and UX design.

Approaching the Website Design Process From the Browser

Some designers are bypassing traditional design tools, going straight to code, building and adjusting designs in-browser, and testing their designs as they would appear to people in real-time.

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Lucijan Blagonic

Lucijan Blagonic

Lucijan has 10+ years of experience planning, prototyping, designing, and coding standards-compliant, responsive websites, and interfaces.

Age Before Beauty – A Guide to Interface Design for Older Adults

As people age, there are certain physiological and cognitive changes that are almost inevitable. Designers need to understand these changes to effectively master interface design for older adults.

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Sergey Polyuk

Sergey Polyuk

Sergey has 4+ years of experience designing for mobile. Staying on top of design trends, he brings a fresh approach to all of his projects.

Exploring Multimodal Design–An Adobe XD Tutorial

Design tools like Adobe XD can be used by designers to prototype multimodal designs that improve the user experience through interaction mechanisms such as voice, touch, and haptic feedback.

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Frederik Goossens

Frederik Goossens

Frederik is a technical and creative thinker with 8+ years of experience in user experience design, user research, and business analysis.

Mini Tutorial: Working with Figma Button Components

In Figma, UI Components are all-powerful and unbelievably versatile, but how do they work? We demonstrate their power by focusing on one of the most common UI elements of all—the button.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.

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Coding for Designers: How Much Should We Know?

Much of the design community is wondering: does graphic design require coding? Some favor seeking out the unicorns who can do both, design and coding, while others claim they don’t exist or only get in the way.

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Jon Vieira

Jon Vieira

Jônatas is a detail-oriented digital art director who uses UI, UX, visual and motion design to make technology simple for everyone.

How to Approach Design for Developers

Developers often think of design as less important than functionality. But time developers spend learning design principles is saved in the future when working with designers or on their own products.

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David Genger

David Genger

David is a passionate front-end web developer who excels at creating pixel-perfect web interfaces.

Design Strategy – A Guide to Tactical Thinking in Design

A strategic mindset helps designers develop a design strategy framework which contributes to improved client relationships and better user experiences, and aligns projects with business results.

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Jahan Hussain

Jahan Hussain

Jahan creates value by employing his problem-solving skills along with a user-centered design process in his work.

Getting Maximum Impact From a Minimum Valuable Product

While MVP methodology has been hailed by many as the “best” way to get a product to market quickly, there’s also been pushback—which is where the concept of a Minimum Valuable Product comes in.

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Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman

Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.

How to Manage a Design Diva (and Not Be One)

The design diva is a disruptive personality type and a destructive force on a design team. How do we deal with this personality trait, and more importantly, how do we avoid becoming one ourselves?

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Andi Omtvedt

Andi Omtvedt

Andi has 20 years of UX and IA expertise leading enterprise clients through complex system overhauls in various industries.

Expert Perspectives on the State of Design Education

Aspiring designers have more educational opportunities than any time in history. Do the available options provide worthwhile design training, or are they simply clever money-making schemes?

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.

Mobile UX Design Principles

Designers only have a few seconds to catch the attention of mobile users before they abandon an app or site. Following established mobile UX design principles creates a better overall user experience.

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Cameron Chapman

Cameron Chapman

Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.

The Value of User Testing With Prototypes

User testing, often confused with usability testing, is an overarching term to describe testing which helps validate the need for a product. When used with prototypes and the right testing tools, it can help save a product from failure.

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Gabriel Kirmaier

Gabriel Kirmaier

Gabriel is a UX/UI designer who creates data-driven solutions for web and mobile platforms. He has worked with companies such as Stripe and Goodleap, and his book UX Bites was named “Best New Release” in the design category on Amazon.

Design Foundations: A Guide to Visual Hierarchy (with Infographic)

Understanding and implementing visual hierarchy principles gives designers an advantage in creating persuasive designs that convey necessary information while creating a delightful user experience.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a senior UI/UX and product designer with more than 20 years of experience in the design field. His past work includes complex data UIs, data visualization, dashboards and reporting, transactional interfaces, design system creation, and product design consulting services for companies like Autodesk and the Financial Times.

Design Tool Showdown: Adobe XD vs. Sketch (2019)

Since its introduction in 2017, Adobe XD has matured when compared to its rival, Sketch. Looking at Adobe XD vs Sketch, is it time for a change?

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Sérgio Estrella

Sérgio Estrella

With over a decade of experience, Sérgio has been working with teams in several areas such as education, enterprise, sports, and more.

Exploring the Reasons for Design Thinking Criticism

Design thinking has become both a buzzword and a useful business tool. It has been hailed as revolutionary while also called a failed experiment as evidenced by increasing criticism.

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Shane Ketterman

Shane Ketterman

Shane comes from a background in architecture and design, information technology, and content marketing, and practices UX research.

Toptal Design Expert

Paula is an award-winning UX/UI designer, advisor, and illustrator with more than six years of hands-on experience in making complex interfaces delightful and user friendly. She has made a significant impact in large corporations, such as Amazon, Zillow, Google, as well as startups. Her mission is to create efficient, beautiful, innovative, and high-quality experiences for the greater good of society.
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