Issue 511

Articles

Designing for anyone: The power of accessible products
Accessible design isn’t just about adhering to technical guidelines – it’s about creating products that work for anyone, in any situation.

Made in Figma: The National Park Service Goes From Paper to Pixels
How do you design an app for 431 diverse national parks and monuments? By taking a page from iconic NPS park brochures.

Accelerators Maximize Efficiency in User Interfaces
Alternate methods for accomplishing frequent actions in user interfaces support expert users by speeding up their interactions, without hindering novice users.

Designing For Gen Z: Expectations and UX Guidelines
Why it might be a good idea to ignore common design advice and do the opposite of what is usually recommended instead.

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Tools and Resources

Cocolor
Play with colors & try to make the pic blend in

Joel Lewenstein – Pursuing ambitious design ideas (Dive Club)
A chat with the Head of Product Design at Anthropic where he works on cutting edge AI products like Claude.

Bloq
Create, edit, and renew new/existing design systems in Figma.

UX Portfolio

Karina Oh
Katrina is a Senior Product Designer at Walmart.

Last But Not Least

Note to New Design Managers
A few things design managers can benefit from when they take on this new responsibility.

“The function of design is letting design function.”
— Micha Commeren

Thanks to this issue’s sponsor:

Interaction Design Foundation