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Issue 380

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Articles

Design Brainstorming: From ideation to creation
Different types of design brainstorming techniques and how they can help unleash your creativity.

Becoming a Figma ninja with base components
Base components allow you to work faster, more consistently and reduce time spent updating existing designs.

Every Nav I Design Looks the Same
Navigation is already tricky, and conventions shouldn’t be dismissed just for being conventional.

7 things I wish I knew when I was a solo designer
How to be a better solo designer (from a team-player perspective) including plans and tips for the future.

UX Strategy: Definition and Components
A UX strategy is a 3-part plan that fosters shared understanding of direction toward achieving goals before designing and implementing solutions.

How spatial logic can make your product design more intuitive and high-craft
4 reasons why having clear spatial logic between components in design is necessary.

Sponsor

Introducing Flows: A New Way to Communicate Design Intention
Zeplin Flows let designers spend more time on design, less time explaining design files to the rest of the team. Use Flows to effortlessly highlight user journeys with native connectors, groups, and text labels — no more extra layers. Your team will always be on the same page and know exactly what to build.

Tools and Resources

Substratum
An app that helps you collect, organize and share your images and videos.

Let’s lorem ipsum
A tool that generates placeholder texts.

UX Portfolio

Bruno Givotovsky
Bruno is a UX Designer based out of NYC.

UX Jobs

Senior Product / UX Desinger (Remote)
Fluz is aiming to disrupt the mobile payment experience by making it more social and looking for a designer to help drive initiatives.

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Last But Not Least

Good Design Is All About Good Timing
We need to find the time in a user’s journey when we can almost guarantee that users will appreciate the disruption, and will respond positively.

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
— Pablo Picasso

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