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.

Fabricio Teixeira
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

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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

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.

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