Bad designers, climate change, triangle-shaped designer — and more UX this week
A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

Are bad designers hiding behind the term “UX”? →
UX Designers have gotten so used to not being responsible for the final look of the product, that they have dangerously distanced themselves from the visual design craft.
- Non-User Ethics →
Should the responsibility extend to non-users? - Responsive Web →
Why are we still selling responsive web design?
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Stories from the community

The magic of underpromising →
By Aga Szóstek

Resilient design principles to address climate change →
By Krista Donaldson

10 good design reads that aren’t written by white men →
By Anna Saraceno
More top stories:
- Stop trying to make air gestures happen →
By UX Alpaca - How to be a triangle-shaped designer →
By Aman Gupta - Hey Domino’s, you’re not delivering →
By Catharine McNally - UX as a byproduct of existential marketing →
By Raphael Djazz - WeWork writing: what they say to 1.47 million views every month →
By Herbert Lui - Investor-centric design (and the path to startup failure) →
By Henry Latham - Does it really have to be a workshop? →
By David Sherwin
News & ideas
- Design levels →
Intercom’s rules for levels and expectations. - Typing delay →
How annoying is too annoying with input delay? - Chart.xkcd →
A chart library with cartoony styled charts. - Price this app →
Research shows how much value consumers assign to popular apps.
Tools & resources
- Threed →
Generate 3D Mockups right in your browser. - Get pasta →
The most flexible clipboard manager for the mac. - How to line-clamp →
Truncating text at a specific number of lines. - Work responsibly →
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