2021  /  Community  /  Design  /  UX
The best design and UX conferences to attend in 2021
February 2, 2021

As organizations canceled their large-scale events and moved to virtual platforms last year, the hope was reconvening IRL in 2021. For the most part, though, it’s looking like most conferences will continue virtually until 2022 (though one Dublin, Ireland-based UX […]

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2021  /  Craft  /  Design  /  Inspiration  /  Interviews  /  UX
John Cleese’s trick to thinking more creatively
January 29, 2021

Designers are all too familiar when divergent thinking comes up against convergent thinking. Maybe in a meeting a they’ll toss an idea out—based on their discipline to think divergently, or dream up possibilities—and just a few seconds later a business […]

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2021  /  Careers  /  Design  /  UX
4 design career trends for 2021
January 28, 2021

Over the past few years, designs practices have helped companies take a quantum leap in their digital transformations and resulted in large payoffs. And last year, COVID-19 pushed even holdout industries over a technological tipping point, bringing about years of […]

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Why design must help business stay North Star-focused in 2021
January 20, 2021

This winter, we’re publishing select interviews from the 2021 Product Design Trends Report. If you missed it, last week we checked in with Nathan Curtis for a recap of design systems growth in 2020, as well as the changes he expects […]

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Collaboration  /  Design  /  Process  /  UX
How Atlassian’s design teams take their ideas from idea to execution
January 16, 2021

Design is an endlessly challenging world. Pre-project roadblocks and lack of alignment often leads to delays and prevent the best work from getting done. But design doesn’t have to be an uphill climb—just take Atlassian for example. The team created […]

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What every designer should know about kerning
January 15, 2021

As every designer knows, knowing about design is a curse. Everywhere you go, you see examples of design gone awry — everyday objects that could be more aesthetically pleasing, easier to use, or just better all around, and you wonder […]

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How servant leadership can help unlock your creative potential
January 14, 2021

Designer and entrepreneur Jason Mayden wants to shake up misperceptions surrounding leadership. The epitome of leadership isn’t the image of Washington on the Potomac, he says. Rather, think of a lion leading the pride from the back, protecting others. “That’s […]

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2021  /  Design Systems  /  Interviews  /  Maturity  /  UX
What you need to know about design systems in 2021
January 13, 2021

Digital products were front and center during 2020’s unprecedented shifts: From easing the overnight transition to work-from-home to finding new ways to help control the spread of the virus (and disinformation). Now in 2021, digital product designers and their collaborators […]

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Design  /  UX
How OnDeck designed a more personalized approach to lending
January 12, 2021

Not only does the owner of that independent cafe on the corner come up with a delightful and surprising menu that keeps you coming back for more, it’s likely they’re also the one settling the books at the end of […]

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The surprising way Brian Chesky organizes teams at Airbnb (and why)
December 18, 2020

At most companies, employees are organized based on disciplines: marketing, sales, finance, and so on. But for Brian Chesky, Airbnb’s co-founder and CEO, that approach is subpar: Not only can this siloing prevent their customers from feeling like their specific […]

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