HeyDesigner - The state of UX in 2022

Hi Reader, these are my design and frontend picks this week.

Highlights of the week

Get visual website feedback that’s actually actionable - A simple point-and-click interface will get you screenshots, plus browser and OS information to act upon without the guesswork. - BugHerd  Sponsored

The state of UX in 2022 - From design tools, to our design process, to the user behaviors that will change the way we design. - UX Collective / filed under UX Design

Three phases of life for design systems - When asked in the past how to start a new design system, my response has usually been some variation on “start anywhere”. - Daniel Eden / filed under Design System

Product design

Be usable, not consistent, not uniform - Consistency can be a great thing if it makes a design more usable. - Duncan Stephen / filed under UX Design

Art is not design - Removing the superfluous material. Well said. I wish this were true of digital design but it’s not. - Dave Hoffer / filed under Product Design

Two kinds of usability - You need to get an understanding of the problem you’re solving at the earliest stages, before you’ve built something to test. - Ryan Singer / filed under Usability

Design engineering

4 ways to document your design system with Storybook - How to show UI components, specs, and usage guidelines together. - Varun Vachhar / filed under UI Design

Creating design systems with Figma Tokens - A guide on how to build design systems that scale easily and sync with GitHub, with the help of a plugin called Figma Tokens. - Jan Six / filed under Design token

My custom CSS reset - Whenever I start a new project, the first order of business is to sand down some of the rough edges in the CSS language. - Joshua Comeau / filed under HTML & CSS

Inspiration and creativity

Time with teammates is as important as time with users - Designers need to invest just as much time in getting to know their teammates and cross-functional peers as they do getting to know their customers. - Tanner Christensen / filed under Inspiration

Embracing deep work - For those of you not familiar with the term, “deep work” is focused work without distractions. - David Gasca / filed under Productivity

Last but not least

There is no digital world - Everything digital costs something physical. It’s time for a digital conservation movement. - Christopher Butler / filed under Technology

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Cheers,
— Tamas

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