Skills designers need beyond design — and more UX links this week
A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

Work skills for the modern design workplace →
A set of skills that are not specific to the design craft, but when seen in designers can have a significant impact on how productive they are and how they are perceived amongst their peers.
For the UX nerds
- Naming things for accessibility →
Improve the accessibility of your work by ensuring things have accessible names. - Who are design systems for? →
We don’t get to pick a design system that has the nicest accordion to use it on a project. - Privacy-aware framework →
Respectful ways to approach privacy and data collection, prompts, notifications, and consents.
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News & ideas
- Figma Line Height →
Figma teaches the world a lesson on attention to type when building design software. - A Simpler Gmail →
The former lead designer of Gmail just fixed Gmail on his own with a browser extension. - Flight Safety Cards →
All the design details behind an often ignored part of the flight experience. - Data Science vs. Queer People →
Trans lives are about freedom to set one’s own path; data science isn’t a tremendous fan of this.
Stories from the community

Achieving god mode in digital design →
A simple but powerful way of thinking about systems based on the world around us.
By Marek Minor

Voice of the user →
Using Twitter and Slack to bring the voice of the users to the organization.
By Dave House

Disney animation principles →
How Disney conquered the animation industry with these 12 motion design principles.
By Vamsi Batchu

Automatic replies that don’t feel automatic →
A short guide to replying to people like a person.
By Amy Leak
More top stories:
- Are your tone of voice guidelines fit for purpose? →
By Rachel McConnell - How to measure progress with outcomes →
By Josh Seiden - Designing a new messaging tool for OLX Brazil →
By André Ferreira Dias - What we mean when we talk about UX, UI, & Product Design →
By Paul Armstrong - Elements of fun in UX →
By Akiko Sawairi
Tools & resources
- Critique Coach →
Random questions about your decisions to prep you for design reviews. - Spirit →
Create high-quality animations directly in the browser. - UnDraw →
A gallery of customizable illustrations that are ready to use. - ZeroHeight →
Create living styleguides and document your design system in one place.