Toxic solutioning, form vs function, blurred vision
Tags: productivity, ux, startup, productdesign
Published: 2020-12-13 13:14:39

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#### _Your weekly list of curated design resources, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective._

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[**Design highlights in 2020 →**](https://uxdesign.cc/design-highlights-of-the-year-9a2cb4e2a99c)

Celebrating and highlighting some of the most impactful projects and contributions to the design community.

- Book of the year: A Civic Technologist’s Practice Guide
- Blog of the year: The Architecture of Information
- Game of the year: Baba is You

[**See all**](https://uxdesign.cc/design-highlights-of-the-year-9a2cb4e2a99c)

The UX Collective is honored to have been recognized as the [**Best Design Publication of 2020**](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6742584559709253632/) at the Brazil Design Awards. 💙

The results of the [**State of CSS survey**](https://2020.stateofcss.com/en-US/?source=uxcollective) are out, and the [**State of JS survey**](https://stateofjs.com/?source=uxcollective) is now open.


The UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices, reaching over 401,100 designers every week. Curated by [Fabricio Teixeira](http://twitter.com/fabriciot) and [Caio Braga](http://twitter.com/caioab).


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[**I disguised as an Instagram UX influencer for 4 months; this is what I learned**](https://uxdesign.cc/i-disguised-as-an-instagram-ux-influencer-for-4-months-this-is-what-i-learned-about-our-community-4a4b4e8844b?source=friends_link&sk=dbc5494b8c237599280297d48b36c95e) →  
By [Teisanu Tudor](https://medium.com/u/e1989ec33960)

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[**Form vs. function: when is it okay to be weird?**](https://uxdesign.cc/form-vs-function-when-is-it-okay-for-design-to-be-weird-aa8e97703bc9?source=friends_link&sk=e298463fa10bdc6f65c70b1dd428194d) →  
By [Jason Brush](https://medium.com/u/69a4cce7410b)

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[**The problem of toxic solutioning**](https://uxdesign.cc/toxic-solutioning-a30749fa1221?sk=ba666b860b79f5c26e048984d384b232) →  
By [Nathan Robinson](https://medium.com/u/d85345748993)

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[**Do stories make social media more addictive?**](https://uxdesign.cc/do-stories-make-social-media-more-addictive-3a1519983565?source=friends_link&sk=1e60bcb9a102587fa71bdcce407974ad) →  
By [Anna E. Cook](https://medium.com/u/10a7a97a5151)

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[**Learn like a scientist, think like a PM, work like a designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/learn-like-a-teacher-scientist-think-like-a-product-manager-work-like-a-designer-bab571a62573?sk=59d9bac926cb0239cce513dce41aa93f) →  
By [Boon Yew Chew](https://medium.com/u/3f0bdbd8146e)

More top stories:

- [**Building internal tools: A mindset shift for product people**](https://uxdesign.cc/building-internal-tools-a-mindset-shift-for-product-people-be56610377c0?source=friends_link&sk=6d7e42ea8fa3888419105a8e6749d054) →  
By [Misha Abasov](https://medium.com/u/e57dd7bfaaa7)
- [**A guide of UI design trends for 2021**](https://uxdesign.cc/a-guide-of-ui-design-trends-for-2021-637ac038cb99?sk=9a8be8487eb0fd8eed169c958804f30b) →  
By [Diana Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/a5f0023e15de)
- [**The biggest lesson from 2020…**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-biggest-lesson-from-2020-421c7a938cca?sk=5b745cb34af96da17cd3cd723697e249) →  
By [José Torre](https://medium.com/u/463659dc147f)
- [**Remember that thing you designed? Yeah, it’s obsolete now**](https://uxdesign.cc/remember-that-thing-you-designed-2-years-ago-yeah-its-obsolete-now-24e59fb8d0db?sk=ace7a79fc3b9e6cee2d7237d8b43463a) →  
By [Anirudh Kedia](https://medium.com/u/d2d27d66e1f4)
- [**Wireframes are useless**](https://uxdesign.cc/wireframes-are-useless-14ac7d22c961?source=friends_link&sk=269a46ab193f5f1fe329acfaee089b66) →  
By [Robert Goesch](https://medium.com/u/b08b2f1a17d9)

### News & ideas

- [**Look to speak**](https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/accessibility/look-to-speak) →  
Google’s tech lets you speak with your eyes.
- [**Yahoo’s icons**](https://buditanrim.co/yahoo-weather-icon/) →  
Refining Yahoo’s weather icon suite.
- [**Alternative maps**](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20201104-the-intriguing-maps-that-reveal-alternate-histories) →  
Intriguing maps that reveal alternate histories.
- [**Going deeper**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/19/opinion/nine-nonobvious-ways-to-have-deeper-conversations.html) →  
Non-obvious ways to have deeper conversations.

### Tools & resources

- [**Platform abuse**](https://www.platformabuse.org/) →  
A guide for safer product development.
- [**Octopus**](https://octopus.do/sitemap/resource/generator) →  
Generate visual sitemap from any sites.
- [**Awkward convo**](https://alistapart.com/article/navigating-the-awkward/) →  
A framework for having design conversations.
- [**Blurred vision**](https://www.getstark.co/blog/blurred-vision) →  
Stark’s new burred vision simulator tool.


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