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How universal appeal gets designers to hide their best skills

Domain knowledge is one of the most valuable skills designers can have Continue reading on UX Collective »

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How universal appeal gets designers to hide their best skills

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FastCompany Design

The row house is back to solve the housing crisis

At a factory in Austin, a startup recently finished its first prototype: a row house it plans to replicate in cities nationwide to help with the housing shortage. Row houses—narrow, multistory homes that share walls with neighbors on each side—are ubiquitous in older neighborhoods from Brooklyn ...

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FastCompany Design

The row house is back to solve the housing crisis

FastCompany Design

This super simple tripod is designed for the modern age

The humble tripod is an unheralded but essential part of any film or photo shoot. It's the key to making shots level and pans smooth, and as a piece of equipment it's seemingly about as simple as can be, with three legs and a mount at the top. But as any photographer or filmmaker knows, setting up a ...

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FastCompany Design

This super simple tripod is designed for the modern age

FastCompany Design

Saudi Arabia’s newest superlative: The world’s largest, fastest, and longest roller coaster

The record-breaking Falcons Flight roller coaster starts out slow, but don't be fooled. Seconds into the ride at the new Six Flags Qiddiya City in Saudi Arabia, passengers are jolted into a high-speed journey that ascends mountainsides, passes through dark tunnels, and then does it all over again. ...

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FastCompany Design

Saudi Arabia’s newest superlative: The world’s largest, fastest, and longest roller coaster

smashing magazine

Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How To Choose The Right One

Combobox vs. Multi-Select vs. Listbox vs. Dual Listbox? How they are different, what purpose they serve, and how to choose the right one. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendly video courses on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

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smashing magazine

Combobox vs. Multiselect vs. Listbox: How To Choose The Right One

Muzli

Google Just “Destroyed” Figma… Or Did It? A Look at the New Google Stitch

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Muzli

Google Just “Destroyed” Figma… Or Did It? A Look at the New Google Stitch

Muzli

Pixels of the Month: January 2026

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Pixels of the Month: January 2026

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UX Collective

The new UX Toolkit: data, context, and evals

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UX Collective

The new UX Toolkit: data, context, and evals

UX Collective

Is separation of concerns a goal or a lie?

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UX Collective

Is separation of concerns a goal or a lie?

UX Collective

The safest decision is rarely the right one

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UX Collective

The safest decision is rarely the right one

UX Collective

PhD researchers are the missing capability in UX and UCD teams

What organisations gain by hiring PhD researchers in user research and service design Continue reading on UX Collective »

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UX Collective

PhD researchers are the missing capability in UX and UCD teams

UX Collective

An interview is not a dog show

How to impress the interviewer without trying (or feeling like a poodle), and get rid of the "this job or the meat grinder" mindset. Continue reading on UX Collective »

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UX Collective

An interview is not a dog show

FastCompany Design

I let a robot do my manicure at Ulta

In my suburban Boston Ulta, I'm sitting with my hand in a little box. I've been promised that in roughly 30 minutes I'll have nails that are shaped, buffed, and painted—not by a human, but by an AI-powered robot. It feels like an episode of The Jetsons come to life, but the truth is that the ...

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FastCompany Design

I let a robot do my manicure at Ulta

FastCompany Design

Hospitals are 24/7 energy hogs. This one just went all electric

The University of California Irvine's new healthcare campus has a long list of innovative features, from its combined inpatient-outpatient surgical suite to its outdoor chemotherapy infusion terrace to an entire floor dedicated to staff only. The one thing it doesn't have is a gas line. The multi-building ...

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FastCompany Design

Hospitals are 24/7 energy hogs. This one just went all electric

FastCompany Design

These business partners designed their dream bookstore. It took a lot of ‘manifesting’

For business partners Victoria Jackson and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh, their lives are intermingled with work. As cofounders of 15-month-old bookstore Godmothers in Summerland, California, the pair have built a space that they both longed for: a bookstore perched on a magical slice of Santa Barbara County, ...

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FastCompany Design

These business partners designed their dream bookstore. It took a lot of ‘manifesting’

IxDF

9 Top Tips to Present Like a TED Speaker

You have 18 minutes to change someone's mind. Maybe less. That's all TED gives its speakers, whether you're Bill Gates or a complete unknown. No exceptions. And somehow, those 18-minute talks have generated over 1.5 million views per day and launched entire movements. There's a moment in every great ...

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9 Top Tips to Present Like a TED Speaker