Figma for coding, multi-platform design systems, anti-racism chatbot — and more UX this week
Tags: startup, marketing, design, productivity
Published: 2020-09-12 13:49:41

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title: Figma for coding, multi-platform design systems, anti-racism chatbot — and more UX this week
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### Figma for coding, multi-platform design systems, anti-racism chatbot — and more UX this week

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

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[**Maurice Woods: Your career isn’t the only measurement of success**](https://uxdesign.cc/your-career-isnt-the-only-measurement-of-success-maurice-woods-e613d3d999f0) →

“I do feel the pressure to be a manager, but not by my team at Microsoft, but by the industry in total. So much of what we work for as designers come down to being a Director, VP, or head of design. At times, as an IC, I feel as though I am limiting my career opportunities because not every company supports a principal IC position.”

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### Stories from the community

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[**How to make an LGBTQ+ inclusive survey**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-make-an-lgbtq-inclusive-survey-bfd1d801cc21?source=friends_link&sk=f55a4523a99286939dba3ccb24c6eb99) →  
By [Mei Ke](https://medium.com/u/935953130333)

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[**Designing a chatbot to flag racism in companies**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-a-chatbot-to-flag-racism-in-companies-no-code-required-8fcf0f9b4238?source=friends_link&sk=abef6c9ac8e504ec566115546e76cf57) →  
By [Rosie Maharjan](https://medium.com/u/6903ead11718)

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[**Your UX is only as good as your organization**](https://uxdesign.cc/your-ux-is-only-as-good-as-your-organisation-18e4c087709c?source=friends_link&sk=cc9895d27eb24832f82ed80fc7705cfd) →  
By [Wojtek Kutyla](https://medium.com/u/50c8a9de441f)

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[**Writing my first Figma plugin as a designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/writing-my-first-figma-plugin-as-a-designer-who-can-barely-code-2ce03c20c133?source=friends_link&sk=22e99e2f0d4a73790ff33c5b0b67cbcc) →  
By [Lennon Cheng](https://medium.com/u/a2d8fd95f091)

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[**3 tips for Junior Designers looking for their first job**](https://uxdesign.cc/3-tips-for-junior-designers-looking-for-their-first-job-acfbffea64b?source=friends_link&sk=c50db025604f3fb8527d13f4fe556dd1) →  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)

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- [**We’ve evolved past flat design. Where are we headed next?**](https://uxdesign.cc/weve-evolved-past-flat-design-where-are-we-headed-next-2a227e3416ef?source=friends_link&sk=42bfff0e42ef0b62068ef41bd51b0782) →  
By [Bharat Arimilli](https://medium.com/u/adcec1957f0c)
- [**Web Brutalism, seamfulness, and Notion**](https://uxdesign.cc/web-brutalism-seamfulness-and-notion-8004b89751a2?source=friends_link&sk=98803d399626c5e604bb372f3c772bde) →  
By [Brandon Dorn](https://medium.com/u/b35754b2c677)
- [**Your next persona will be non-human — tools for environment-centered designers**](https://uxdesign.cc/your-next-persona-will-be-non-human-tools-for-environment-centered-designers-c7ff96dc2b17?source=friends_link&sk=eb26600cebdf318efc825403cded153e) →  
By [Monika Sznel](https://medium.com/u/658cb4a02d52)
- [**How to solve a design problem?**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-solve-a-design-problem-8d907b0a5950?source=friends_link&sk=f5ecc030d37897dc5575812a337d9d94) →  
By [José Torre](https://medium.com/u/463659dc147f)
- [**Retraining your ethnographic muscles for design ethnography**](https://uxdesign.cc/retraining-your-ethnographic-muscles-for-design-ethnography-eb0f8e0baaaa?source=friends_link&sk=a887cf62390b8cca00b5b08926e97ebe) →  
By [Dr Benjamin Leclair](https://medium.com/u/4e941d63292b)

### News & ideas

- [**Trillion dollars**](https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/trillions-what-is-a-trillion-dollars/) →  
Visualizing what a trillion dollars look like.
- [**AVIF has landed**](https://jakearchibald.com/2020/avif-has-landed/) →  
A new, performance-optimized image format.
- [**Multi-systems**](https://dbanks.design/blog/multi-platform/) →  
Introduction to multi-platform design systems.
- [**Observing order**](https://uxdesign.cc/observations-of-order-9c7bad2ecc81?source=friends_link&sk=8ede6c7db5f575670ad273de758647e1) →  
An Investigation into ‘Order’ and ‘Chaos’. By [Mark O'Neill](https://medium.com/u/c67a927344c)

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### Tools & resources

- [**PlatformAbuse.org**](https://platformabuse.org/) →  
A guide to safer product development.
- [**Git live**](https://git.live/) →  
Like Figma, for code.
- [**CSS perspective**](https://css-tricks.com/how-css-perspective-works/) →  
Diving into the perspective CSS attribute.
- [**System health**](https://chasem.co/2020/08/design-system-health) →  
How to measure the health of a design system.


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