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Is there such a thing as mindful scrolling?

What happens when you apply mindfulness to a mindless experience? Continue reading on UX Collective »

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Is there such a thing as mindful scrolling?

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FastCompany Design

The safest intersection on Earth (and why half the infrastructure profession hates it)

Planner vs. Engineer is a well-known professional rivalry in the infrastructure world. The arguments are sometimes friendly, sometimes hostile, sometimes about important issues, sometimes insignificant. I’m in a peculiar spot because of my career as a “plangineer.” My parents helped me buy a civil ...

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FastCompany Design

The safest intersection on Earth (and why half the infrastructure profession hates it)

FastCompany Design

These vintage-inspired string lights are here to fix the ‘blue’ Christmas problem

For many who grew up visiting older relatives during the holidays, memories of childhood Christmases are swathed in a warm glow that feels like the calling card of the season: a combination of colorful bulbs, lit candles, and soft lamplight. In recent years, though, it feels like the holiday season ...

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FastCompany Design

These vintage-inspired string lights are here to fix the ‘blue’ Christmas problem

Muzli

The Best Framer Website Templates for 2026

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Muzli

The Best Framer Website Templates for 2026

Muzli

The Best Framer Website Templates for 2026

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Muzli

The Best Framer Website Templates for 2026

UX Collective

Thought-shaped UI, sigma (Σ) shaped designers, Figma’s new DS features

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Thought-shaped UI, sigma (Σ) shaped designers, Figma’s new DS features

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FastCompany Design

Apple’s new holiday ad is a wonderland of puppets and practical effects

In Apple’s new holiday ad, “A Critter Carol,” a group of woodland puppets frolic in a wintery forest to a wildlife-themed parody of the Flight of the Conchords’s song Friends. Every element, from the puppets to the set and even the ad’s typography, was rendered using practical effects. ...

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FastCompany Design

Apple’s new holiday ad is a wonderland of puppets and practical effects

FastCompany Design

How Clove sneakers is winning over healthcare workers with wacky food collabs

At first glance, Clove's collaboration strategy may seem a little wacky. Why, you might ask, is a startup that makes sneakers for healthcare workers partnering with Land O'Lakes butter, Levain cookies, and Olipop prebiotic sodas" It's a good question, but there's method to the madness. Clove's ...

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FastCompany Design

How Clove sneakers is winning over healthcare workers with wacky food collabs

Muzli

Interaction Design as System Design: How Systemic Thinking Changes the Way We Build UI

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Muzli

Interaction Design as System Design: How Systemic Thinking Changes the Way We Build UI

FastCompany Design

Candylab rebranded its retro toy cars to reach kids and ‘kidults’

When Vlad Drǎgușin founded his mid-century inspired toy car company, Candylab, in 2013, he had a Kickstarter page and a dream. His goal was to create wooden model cars inspired by hot rods and classic American car designs; toys that would be both durable enough for play and sleek enough for display. ...

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FastCompany Design

Candylab rebranded its retro toy cars to reach kids and ‘kidults’

smashing magazine

How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy

Lead your organization’s AI strategy before someone else defines it for you. A practical framework for UX professionals to shape AI implementation.

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smashing magazine

How UX Professionals Can Lead AI Strategy

IxDF

How We Use Long-Term Memory and How it Informs Us Who We Are

The sensory, short-term, and long-term components of memory come from the well-established multi-store model of memory, first proposed by Atkinson and Shiffrin in the late 1960s (see below for the original paper). While not without its detractors, it is still the most commonly accepted description of ...

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How We Use Long-Term Memory and How it Informs Us Who We Are

IxDF

What is Sensory Memory and How Does it Work?

Sensory memory isn’t a “true” type of memory because it doesn’t involve the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain where most conscious memory is stored. However, we’d be a bit lost without sensory memory since, without it, we wouldn’t be able to use our senses in a meaningful way.For ...

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IxDF

What is Sensory Memory and How Does it Work?

IxDF

What Types of Memory do we Have?

Our focus here will be on how human memory is organized, along with a brief look at how it works. Our main goal is that you come away with a better understanding of how memory functions and some of its limitations so that we can be more effective as designers.The main topics are:Sensory memoryPerceptionShort-term ...

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What Types of Memory do we Have?

Muzli

Jaguar Fired Him. Now Everyone’s Copying His Design.

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Muzli

Jaguar Fired Him. Now Everyone’s Copying His Design.

Muzli

Digitizing the Trucking Repair and Maintenance Industry: A Case Study

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Muzli

Digitizing the Trucking Repair and Maintenance Industry: A Case Study

Muzli

You Don’t Need a Portfolio — You Need a Point of View

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Muzli

You Don’t Need a Portfolio — You Need a Point of View

IxDF

Start Your UX Journey: Essential Insights for Success

One in three consumers (32%) will abandon a brand they love after a single poor experience—yes, all it takes is just one bad experience. It’s a statistic that drives home the point that designers can’t afford to gamble against user feedback. What users think is a reality that’s total for you ...

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Start Your UX Journey: Essential Insights for Success