Invisible Design Systems, UX from 1989, the World’s Ugliest Color — and more UX this week

A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

What to expect for UX in 2020?

• Rediscovering information architecture →
• Embracing new superpowers →
• Invisible design systems →
• Designers, unite →

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Stories from the community

What UX from 1989 can teach us →
By Dina Zuko

Why Google’s new search results are a dark pattern →
By Johnny makes ⚡

Burnout: the ugly side of UX →
By Olga Wojnarowska

More top stories this week:

• Design research doesn’t generate hypotheses; you do →
  By Konstantin Sokhan
• Is it time we move beyond the NPS to measure user experience? →
  By Nikki Anderson
• Pattern brands know the rules and when to break them →
  By Caitlin Sowers
• Applying Asimov’s laws of robotics to user experience design →
  By Luis
• The one thing Netflix understands that HBO Now doesn’t →
  By Patrick Thornton
• Pareto principle, the 80/20 rule that every designer should know →
  By Tania Vieira
• How the Anchoring Effect can change your customer experience →
  By Jen Clinehens

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News & Ideas

• The Evil List →
  Which tech companies are doing the most harm?
• Ugliest Color →
  Meet Pantone 448C, the world’s ugliest color.
• Google Well Being →
  Google’s new tools, from ingenious to offensive.
• Writing Accessibly →
  How to meet WCAG2 standards in your writing.

Featured work: Julian J. Hutton →

Tools & Resources

• Browser Defaults →
  Search elements and find browser default styles.
• Tuple →
  Remote pair programming for macOS.
• Mine →
  Decide where your data should or shouldn’t be.
• Eunoia →
  Words that don’t translate.

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