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FastCompany Design

Why X changed its Iranian flag emoji

Iran hasn't changed its flag, but the emoji for it has changed on X, the social network previously known as Twitter. Iran's tricolor flag features green, white, and red horizontal stripes, with the country's national emblem displayed in its center white stripe. But some opposition groups use a ...

12 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Why X changed its Iranian flag emoji

UX Collective

Your product is a theme park

13 hours ago

UX Collective

Your product is a theme park

UX Collective

From playwright to stage manager

13 hours ago

UX Collective

From playwright to stage manager

FastCompany Design

How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers

Imagine you are searching for a new mattress online and find something surprising. The retailer displays an ad featuring a “Mattress Comfort Scale” running from 1 (soft) to 10 (firm), followed by the message that if your firmness preference is at either end, this mattress is not for you. Wait . ...

15 hours ago

FastCompany Design

How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers

Muzli

10 Best AI Tools for UX Designers in 2026

18 hours ago

Muzli

10 Best AI Tools for UX Designers in 2026

Muzli

When “Good Design” Wasn’t Enough and What Finally Changed Everything

18 hours ago

Muzli

When “Good Design” Wasn’t Enough and What Finally Changed Everything

FastCompany Design

Mattel’s latest Barbie to celebrate diversity has autism

Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a Ken with vitiligo, and other models the toymaker added to make its fashion dolls ...

18 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Mattel’s latest Barbie to celebrate diversity has autism

FastCompany Design

Nearly lost, this famed sculpture gets a new life inside GM’s headquarters

Almost lost and nearly forgotten, a sculpture by one of the most noted mid-century modernist designers has been given a meticulous restoration and a starring place in the new headquarters of General Motors in downtown Detroit. Designed by artist Harry Bertoia and first installed in 1970, the sculpture ...

20 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Nearly lost, this famed sculpture gets a new life inside GM’s headquarters

UX Collective

Escaping AI sludge, Figma Make prompts, UX for board games

21 hours ago

UX Collective

Escaping AI sludge, Figma Make prompts, UX for board games

FastCompany Design

What 11 top designers want to redesign in 2026

Yes, there are the New Year’s traditions of setting ambitious goals and ditching bad habits, but one evergreen resolution that ought to top lists is to banish bad design. Why endure something that simply doesn’t work (or is an affront to aesthetics) any longer than we have to" In the spirit ...

22 hours ago

FastCompany Design

What 11 top designers want to redesign in 2026

FastCompany Design

These $1,000 bamboo homes survived a major earthquake

When a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar last year, roads buckled and thousands of buildings collapsed. But a group of small, ultra-low-cost homes made from bamboo survived without any damage. Finished just days before the quake, the houses are emergency shelters for some of the millions of ...

23 hours ago

FastCompany Design

These $1,000 bamboo homes survived a major earthquake

smashing magazine

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

23 hours ago

smashing magazine

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

IxDF

8 Best Prototyping Tools for UX Designers in 2026

Prototyping is the bridge that carries you, as a designer, between a concept and the first attempts to get it into some concrete form in UX design (User Experience). It allows you to move ideas from your mind into hands-on experiences for others to see, test, and critique, and for you to iterate on and ...

1 day ago

IxDF

8 Best Prototyping Tools for UX Designers in 2026

IxDF

Complementary Colors: The Ultimate Guide in 2026

Part of the magic of how colors work together in impressive designs lies in the art of color selection. Designers often use complementary colors to craft visually appealing and efficient UX (User Experience). Complementary colors sit on the opposite ends of the color wheel, such as orange and blue, red ...

1 day ago

IxDF

Complementary Colors: The Ultimate Guide in 2026

UX Collective

A Green Book for AI Apps

1 day ago

UX Collective

A Green Book for AI Apps

UX Collective

Who’s Spotting You When You Automate

1 day ago

UX Collective

Who’s Spotting You When You Automate

UX Collective

2.5 billion prompts later, there is still no system

AI prompts feel productive, but real AI success depends on systems thinking and design. Continue reading on UX Collective »

1 day ago

UX Collective

2.5 billion prompts later, there is still no system

IxDF

How to Use Narrative as a Design Tool

Storytelling is ubiquitous; it transcends time, place, and culture. It also transcends technology, but takes a central position in virtual reality (VR). Humans are born storytellers, story-listeners, and story-lovers, so it’s no surprise that narrative—a feature from humans’ earliest times of tales ...

2 days ago

IxDF

How to Use Narrative as a Design Tool

IxDF

How to Understand User Needs in Virtual Reality

The principles you use in a user experience (UX) design process carry over into the sphere of virtual reality (VR) and all the richness 3D experiences can afford, and what unlocks the true potential your VR experience has is that “magic” element of user research. That’s why, dear designer of great ...

2 days ago

IxDF

How to Understand User Needs in Virtual Reality