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The Toptal Design Blog is a hub for advanced design studies by professional designers in the Toptal network on all facets of digital design, ranging from detailed design tutorials to in-depth coverage of new design trends, techniques, and technologies.

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Toptalauthors are vetted experts in their fields and write on topics in which they have demonstrated experience. All of our content is peer reviewed and validated by Toptal experts in the same field.

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.

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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.

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.

UX Research Techniques and Their Applications

UX research techniques and their applications will result in better designs that avoid costly mistakes such as cost overruns, guesswork, following best practices, and reliance on industry knowledge.

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Michael Craig

Michael Craig

Michael is an experienced designer whose research-driven design process has resulted in purposeful user experiences that delight users.

The Dos and Don’ts of a Rebranding Strategy

Rebranding requires a lot of strategy. Some companies have done it well, others have flopped. Learn what works and what doesn’t in this list of lessons gathered from those who have rebranded.

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Jordan DeVos

Jordan DeVos

Jordan is a visual communications designer with a user-centric focus. Her work integrates strategy, brand, and user experience.

Design Talks: Better Designer and Developer Collaboration with Aarron Walter of InVision

Designers often struggle to work with developers and vice versa. In this Design Talk, we explore how designers and developers can collaborate better in order to make them stronger and more capable.

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Miklos Philips

Miklos Philips

Miklos is a lead UX designer and strategist with more than 18 years of experience in a wide variety of projects across multiple industries.

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Paula Barcante

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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