Isolation Postcards, Dark Mode Hub, UI Cheat Sheet — and more UX this week
Tags: productdesign, hotthisweek, marketing, startup
Published: 2020-05-09 14:42:45

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title: Isolation Postcards, Dark Mode Hub, UI Cheat Sheet — and more UX this week
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date: 2020-05-09 12:59:44 UTC
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#### A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

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How to pronounce [**X Æ A-12**](https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/08/entertainment/elon-musk-grimes-baby-name-pronunciation-scli-intl/index.html)

- [**Design Risk**](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/05/reducing-design-risk/) →  
Mitigating risk and better serving customers.
- [**Youtube Sans**](https://design.google/library/youtube-sans-the-making-of-a-typeface/) →  
The making of a tailor-made typeface.
- [**Remote Usability**](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/moderated-remote-usability-test/) →  
The key to good remote moderated testing.


The UX Collective newsletter is a self-funded newsletter read by over 134,600 designers every week. Curated by [Fabricio Teixeira](http://twitter.com/fabriciot) and [Caio Braga](http://twitter.com/caioab).


### Stories from the community

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[**Nothing is designed better than a toothpick**](https://uxdesign.cc/nothing-is-designed-better-than-a-toothpick-f00e17be1992?source=friends_link&sk=231eb784d8e66da43529a6e79dd90b93) →  
By [Michael McWatters](https://medium.com/u/4e0bea5561d9)

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[**UI cheat sheet: radio buttons, checkboxes, and selectors**](https://uxdesign.cc/ui-cheat-sheet-radio-buttons-checkboxes-and-other-selectors-bf56777ad59e?source=friends_link&sk=de2e251254741bc4783753a94a3dffa8) →  
By [Tess Gadd](https://medium.com/u/9e48700a9ecd)

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[**The time for Environment-Centered Design has come**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-time-for-environment-centered-design-has-come-770123c8cc61?source=friends_link&sk=12c589273039cffde15d18bb3ca9beac) →  
By [Monika Sznel](https://medium.com/u/658cb4a02d52)

Top stories this week:

- [**10 soft skills for designers**](https://uxdesign.cc/10-soft-skills-for-ui-ux-designers-11b948739a34?source=friends_link&sk=f1750e60eb53eb0eb275dc1f3035cc4f) **→**  
By [Danny Sapio](https://medium.com/u/ea241d603214)
- [**Design Principles for real-time captions in video calls**](https://uxdesign.cc/these-are-design-principles-for-real-time-captions-in-video-calls-325b8906767e?source=friends_link&sk=b451fed984f1333def0b38c79c756d6f) **→**  
By [Quinn Keast](https://medium.com/u/3e06b42dd370)
- [**The emotional design manifesto**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-emotional-design-manifesto-7cfdbd2d55e9?source=friends_link&sk=935eccbd1f9ba72c87fab7aa07a348e5) **→**  
By [Diana Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/a5f0023e15de)
- [**A human approach to the 1,000-floor elevator challenge**](https://uxdesign.cc/a-human-centered-design-approach-to-the-1-000-floor-elevator-challenge-9a16c35c49d7?source=friends_link&sk=14ea1f52d46a9cdd84a3bc5491f20d08) **→**  
By [Paola Ascanio](https://medium.com/u/ce56c574e6a5)
- [**Building a research mindset: when cheat-sheets are not enough**](https://uxdesign.cc/building-a-research-mindset-in-ux-when-cheat-sheets-are-not-enough-e0f156f44384?source=friends_link&sk=6565e023e4d4e5773c7a1946f29e2afa) **→**  
By [Andra](https://medium.com/u/f02e296daf7e)
- [**Silent design critiques: making your design team more effective**](https://uxdesign.cc/silent-design-critiques-making-your-design-team-more-effective-afafa4561e82?source=friends_link&sk=4b076cc6fc77af374345ad5d84902127) **→**  
By [Liam Carter-Hawkins](https://medium.com/u/133adc96c8e4)
- [**Will AI take over UX?**](https://uxdesign.cc/will-ai-take-over-ux-ea164a2ed39f?source=friends_link&sk=45ef8c5e21abf4d393a4bf97c65ca3cb) **→**  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)
- [**Pain-point discrepancy**](https://uxdesign.cc/pain-point-discrepancy-aac152d8b783?source=friends_link&sk=9adff9023fdf5697fb1bf2eea60f2ed1) **→**  
By [Lauri Lukka](https://medium.com/u/b8a6cfcf3794)

### News & ideas

- [**Isolation Postcards**](https://isolation.is/) →  
How life has changed on lockdown.
- [**All Look the Same**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90501691/science-confirms-it-web-sites-really-do-all-look-the-same) →  
Science confirms that websites all look the same.
- [**World Copy+Paste**](https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/4/21246386/augmented-reality-ar-copy-cut-paste-real-world-photoshop-demo) →  
Copy with your phone using augmented reality.
- [**Zoom Backgrounds**](https://backgroundsbyikea.com/) →  
Well-furnished video call backgrounds, by Ikea.

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![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*mjgTcIR5wb1mbqiDq1YrPQ.jpeg)<figcaption><a href="https://katharinabeilstein.eu/">Featured work: Katharina Beilstein</a> →</figcaption>

### Tools & resources

- [**Easings.Co**](https://easings.co/) →  
Test common easing curves on real interfaces.
- [**Design Level Up**](https://uxdesign.cc/5-exercises-to-level-up-your-design-skills-5ea2e5163077?source=friends_link&sk=732e218ed87686de60698eb73d16117b) →  
5 exercises to level up your design skills, by [Elaine Tran](https://medium.com/u/342b871b7e6f).
- [**System Questions**](https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/design-system-interview-questions/) →  
Qs to make Design Systems work, by [Brad Frost](https://medium.com/u/52f676b44c62).
- [**Dark Mode Hub**](https://www.darkmodedesign.com/) →  
Collection of websites designed for dark mode.


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