Advanced Figma tricks, Neobrutalism, UX sketching, the phases of research
Tags: ux, design, product, webdev
Published: 2022-04-02 20:27:47

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## Editors’ picks

- [UX and feed sack fabric. ](https://uxdesign.cc/when-your-audience-is-not-your-audience-ux-and-feed-sack-fabric-7d811072d642)When your audience is not your audience.
- [AI = UX². ](https://uxdesign.cc/when-ai-delivers-a-better-user-experience-than-designers-1c6b7527c1c7)When AI delivers a better user experience than designers.
- [Dotted lines. ](https://uxdesign.cc/the-3rd-dimension-of-the-matrix-organization-b20a5b71a810)The 3rd dimension of the matrix organization.
- [UX sketching. ](https://uxdesign.cc/what-if-you-started-your-ux-process-away-from-a-computer-1a1ee9fc869a?sk=b9e29a7731995cd72e1f6a6995d799c8)What if you started your UX process away from a computer?
- [The phases of UX research.](https://uxdesign.cc/keep-an-eye-on-your-products-big-picture-with-ux-research-2599095539e9) Keeping an eye on your product’s big picture.

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## Make me think

- [How the world’s richest people are driving global warming](https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-wealth-carbon-emissions-inequality-powers-world-climate/). “There’s growing evidence that the inequality between rich and poor people’s emissions within countries now overwhelms the country-to-country disparities. In other words: High emitters have more in common across international boundaries, no matter where they call home.”
- [An incoherent rant about design systems](https://www.robinrendle.com/notes/an-incoherent-rant-about-design-systems/). “The hard truth is this; your Figma docs should be treated like a sketch on the back of a napkin. It should be somewhat accurate but it’s a tool that reflects the front-end, but: it ain’t your design system.”
- [If we make a product work for anyone, it usually works better for everyone](https://amivora.substack.com/p/if-we-can-make-a-product-work-for). “But focusing on those global users forces us to solve problems that are universal and build solutions that are so intuitive they work for anyone in the world — even though that focus also comes with limits, like not always taking advantage of the most recent hardware.”

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## Little gems this week


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[Neobrutalism is taking over the web →](https://uxdesign.cc/neubrutalism-is-taking-over-the-web-e9d09e0fe441?sk=f3d205914cfd319c509c0679524dfb41)


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[The Infinite Scroll effect: how design can hack your brain →](https://uxdesign.cc/the-infinite-scroll-effect-how-design-can-hack-your-brain-996a9b8129d9?sk=152677fb9ab2018c132ae65f0fb86ca1)


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[Don’t rely only on tools to pick an accessible color combination →](https://uxdesign.cc/dont-rely-only-on-tools-to-pick-accessible-colour-combinations-48c12ff4a192)

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## Tools and resources

- [Substratum](https://substratum.app/). Like Pinterest, for work stuff.
- [Color morph](https://www.color-morph.com/). Generate beautiful morph gradients with ease.
- [Advanced Figma tricks](https://uxdesign.cc/advanced-figma-tips-tricks-2022-20cbf9fdda45?sk=8c7f2d8182a2b8835476b154b111f09b). The little hidden gems we love.