UX trends, 2017 highlights, and more UX links this week
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2 min readDec 10, 2017
The State of UX in 2018 →
We have seen quite a lot this year. After curating and sharing 1,926 links with 189,489 designers all over the world, we see a few trends in what our industry is writing, talking, and thinking about. Here is what to expect for UX in 2018.
2017 highlights
Product of the year:
Airbnb Open Homes →
for leveraging the platform to provide relief after natural disasters
Portfolio of the year:
Gabriel Valdivia →
for balancing technical innovation with user-centered design
UX writer of the year:
Andrew Coyle →
Book of the year:
Accessibility for everyone →
Talk of the year:
Designing for the Next Billion Users →
Buzzword of the year:
Artificial Intelligence →
This week’s links
- Pantone announces their color of the year
- Spotify launches its end of year recap experience
- Twenty six artists visually interpret their fave albums of 2017
- The most popular App Store content in 2017
- Facebook launches Messenger Kids
- Google’s search results now include videos of celebs
- Hey, your comment might be a little too obvious
- Facebook’s new Did You Know feature asks you icebreaker questions
- This one minute film is extremely embarrassing
- Huge has a new site design
- Atori: find your code buddy in Slack
- Design books that aren’t specifically about design
- AspectRatio: device size calculator for designers and developers
- TypeType: life is too short to use crappy fonts
- The Front End Checklist for meticulous developers
- An advent calendar to learn React
- Sketch 48 is ready
A year ago…
The State of UX in 2017 →
Design patterns are still a thing — a big thing. More and more, designers can rely on robust and comprehensive interaction pattern libraries for solving common design use cases. Now that the basics are covered, where do we want to focus our efforts?
