Why Design Systems Fail, Apple Archive, Death of Design Files — and more UX links this week
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Published: 2020-01-18 15:47:55

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title: Why Design Systems Fail, Apple Archive, Death of Design Files — and more UX links this week
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#### A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

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What to expect for UX in 2020?

1. [**Designing for the post-truth era**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-for-the-post-truth-era-5867431bc9f6?source=friends_link&sk=75e5be558d0c93c0654442ad3d9bcf45) →

2. [**The rise of micro-communities**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-rise-of-micro-communities-7cce930ac203?source=friends_link&sk=745b5f799d64f84541ebdebf32f43cbe) →

3. [**Design as a team sport**](https://uxdesign.cc/design-as-a-team-sport-a08407beffdd?source=friends_link&sk=17c5f44681c0eaea925ec9961e3b2ea6) →

4. [**Rendering intentionality**](https://uxdesign.cc/rendering-intentionality-1a57df40b585?source=friends_link&sk=8ab7ecc53397b7c45e564144a3e2ebf0) →

5. [**The death of design files**](https://dev.to/fabriciot/the-death-of-design-files-1j7m-temp-slug-4839339) →


The UX Collective newsletter is a self-funded newsletter read by over 123,500 designers every week, curated by [Fabricio Teixeira](https://twitter.com/fabriciot) and [Caio Braga](https://twitter.com/caioab).


### Stories from the community

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[**Why design systems fail and how to make them work in 2020**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-design-systems-fail-and-how-to-make-them-work-in-2020-c1eb89c35aa0?source=friends_link&sk=d5a951207bd3679db3cad7e4cc81c2e3) →  
By [Daniël De Wit](https://medium.com/u/9d393a295b)

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[**The problem with solutions**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-problem-with-solutions-372bc10e90a2?source=friends_link&sk=7f5ec7df97dd059f6f351d17913a37da) →  
By [Leon Fitzpatrick](https://medium.com/u/e000dc11d44f)

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[**15 failed attempts at describing UX writing at parties**](https://uxdesign.cc/15-failed-attempts-at-describing-ux-writing-at-parties-ed6f16f0fa6?source=friends_link&sk=5fa0e406e6669fbb5649d064dd625daf) →  
By [Steve Howe](https://medium.com/u/2ca86f99311f)

More top stories:

- [**Why today’s design tools don’t work for tomorrow’s problems**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-todays-design-tools-don-t-work-for-tomorrows-problems-6399e0282bf3?source=friends_link&sk=4c6a630257d3231ea4364361b73c2fa0) →  
By [Jack Strachan](https://medium.com/u/e1ffebbf296c)
- [**The forgotten lols: bringing memories to group chats**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-forgotten-lols-10daff439a71?source=friends_link&sk=619aeb69ee44f43193953dafea2251f4) →  
By [Josh Hiew](https://medium.com/u/f627286d570f)
- [**Ten emotion heuristics: how to read a participant’s body language**](https://uxdesign.cc/ten-emotion-heuristics-how-to-read-a-participants-body-language-960026c9f9d5?source=friends_link&sk=790020316e1ff2db959dc96be239b4ca) →  
By [Nikki Anderson](https://medium.com/u/e8ac30bd8165)
- [**The challenge of getting screen transitions right**](https://uxdesign.cc/get-screen-transitions-right-e8c4c57b9576?source=friends_link&sk=a60d92099f5781b8fae7f8b0ace60608) →  
By [Rubens Cantuni](https://medium.com/u/d7ca111e7984)
- [**UX for a global audience: cultural needs beyond language**](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-for-a-global-audience-how-to-map-cultural-needs-beyond-language-46b6b8af08f8?source=friends_link&sk=b74d60be78196c92eb60ac33a3af1036) →  
By [Marcelle Saulnier-Holland](https://medium.com/u/9bfb9528cd1a)
- [**The 10 laws of simplicity**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-10-laws-of-simplicity-f7c468417bb?source=friends_link&sk=829624242e96c5f6ac30a1ad162778a8) →  
By [Tania Vieira](https://medium.com/u/ce20ef22bcd)
- [**6 years of successful project archiving**](https://uxdesign.cc/6-years-of-successful-project-archiving-e217b4d2ce89?source=friends_link&sk=c7dcaa8e1502d7018df87abd5e3502ed) →  
By [Essam Shaker](https://medium.com/u/fa4f2c65dcf7)
- [**KPI is an imperative tool for UX designers**](https://uxdesign.cc/kpi-is-the-most-important-tool-ux-designers-should-be-learning-to-use-af31651120fc?source=friends_link&sk=e619213adfda152171d597fc3ab1053a) →  
By [Uri Paz](https://medium.com/u/f76a7cb168a3)

### News & Ideas

- [**The Apple Archive**](https://www.applearchive.org/) →  
Unofficial homage to the unsung Apple heroes.
- [**Design Squiggle**](https://thedesignsquiggle.com/) →  
The classic illustration under Creative Commons.
- [**The Great Paradox**](https://thecorrespondent.com/104/the-great-paradox-of-our-time-everything-is-both-better-and-worse-than-ever-before/2426955960-94b74ae9) →  
Everything is both better and worse than before.
- [**Special Skill**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/theater/under-the-radar-festival-neurodiversity.html) →  
When disability isn’t a special need, but a skill.

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### Tools & Resources

- [**Tiny Helpers**](https://tiny-helpers.dev/) →  
Single-purpose online tools for web developers.
- [**Hand Drawn Emoji**](https://webkul.github.io/beedii/) →  
A free hand-drawn emoji font.
- [**React-Spring Viz**](https://react-spring-visualizer.com/) →  
A visualizer for your react-spring UI animations.
- [**Design System Checklist**](https://designsystemchecklist.com/) →  
An open-source checklist to build and grow your design system.


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