We write a lot about design systems and how they can help guide your product development process. Many people, including experienced designers, don’t understand that developing a design system is a marathon, not a sprint! We want our design system to be as elegant and comprehensive as industry-leading systems like Polaris (Shopify), Carbon (IBM), iOS
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In a competitive user experience design landscape, designers must ensure their UX portfolio stands out from the crowd. For some company’s a UX design portfolio is more important than where you went to school or what degree you hold. User experience is about solving human problems, which employers want to see in a UX portfolio—along
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Parallax scrolling is a creative tool for designers to create 3D experiences on a two-dimensional screen. The parallax scrolling effect can add depth and dimension, giving the user an immersive, engaging experience—something brands constantly strive to achieve! What is Parallax Scrolling? Parallax scrolling is a web design technique where elements appear to be moving at
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Since the very beginning of digital product design, the default way of designing user interfaces has been image-based. Designers have been drawing different states of the mobile app or web designs using graphic design tools – GIMP, Fireworks, Sketch, or now Figma, Invision, Adobe XD (which you can in Adobe Creative Cloud) – and then
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There is an ever-growing hype around no-code and Low-Code Application Platforms (LCAP). It seems like every week a new low-code product hits the market. Some low-code products target a specific niche, while others work on solutions to eliminate the necessity for coding for a broad spectrum of apps, software, and tools. The beautiful thing about
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Love that website you see? Having fun with the links, the buttons, and the colors that mesmerize you? How about the typeface that makes it easy for you to read? That’s all the work of web designers whose work brings you the slick websites you visit every day. How the website behaves, how it scrolls,
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Some sites look good and some sites function well, but there are some interactive websites that do both with an extra sense of magic. These websites engage us on a deeper level, command our attention, and take root in our imagination. They draw us into their world and make us forget our own — if
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When you look around you what do you see? Everywhere you turn people are quite literally immersed in the digital world via their smartphones, iPads, and laptops. This isn’t something that happened by accident. In fact, there’s rather a lot of cutting edge psychology paired up with all the tech stuff that makes it happen.
From layering with interactivity to bright colors, know the trends that will influence 2019… and beyond. Is orange the new black? How much animation is too much animation? Will 2019 be the year of Euclid? Whether you want to follow the trends or stand out in the crowd, this web design eBook will give you
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Just when you thought your prototypes couldn’t gain more superpowers, we added another to your prototyping utility belt: Expressions. Bring the power of JavaScript functions to your designs. Now you can power up your prototype in a programmatic way. Gone are the days of design tools not having math functions! We just leveled up with
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The right data, in the right place, in no time. Surprise! Now you can upload real data into your prototypes with our new Data feature. No more spending hours, even days, mocking up data for your designs. You’re welcome. Boy, are we excited to share this one with you. You should know that this new
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Your prototypes have officially gained superpowers. Now you can store or pass information using variables and add conditional interactions! Prototyping just got a whole lot more interactive. Get much closer to real, coded apps with these new features. They’ll be especially handy for user testing. Fall 2018 has been a crazy time at UXPin for all
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All you need to know for 2018.
A quick guide to a useful trend for 2018.
While it’s not necessarily a visual or interactive trend, design systems undoubtedly influence the look and feel of all the properties they govern. They provide the principles, tools, libraries, and code that create the trends we see on the web today. Design systems are becoming more than a trend—they’re a best practice that will last
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