Spacing in Figma, stress-inducing websites, UX anomalies — and more UX this week
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Published: 2020-06-20 15:58:07

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title: Spacing in Figma, stress-inducing websites, UX anomalies — and more UX this week
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date: 2020-06-20 13:58:31 UTC
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### **Spacing in Figma, stress-inducing websites, UX anomalies — 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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We have so, so much to learn.

- [**Racial justice shelf**](https://www.racialjusticebookshelf.com/) →  
Anti-racist books from black-owned bookstores.
- [**Hidden supremacy**](https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRz-gDJ-6-/) →  
15 characteristics of white supremacy culture.
- [**You know Karen**](https://pudding.cool/2020/06/karen/) →  
How names reflect distant social realities.


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### Stories from the community

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[**Why do we focus more on apparent anomalies?**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-do-we-focus-more-on-apparent-anomalies-8214781a50b0?source=friends_link&sk=44c529bfcd2b3f3224e2a389f6bff075) →  
By [Chintan Modi](https://medium.com/u/2e22e694ab20)

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[**Worry less about spacing in Figma**](https://uxdesign.cc/worry-less-about-spacing-in-figma-8b44f34db4f5?source=friends_link&sk=507ad94ac9a72c5ec9c46c3841a471d9) →  
By [Lennon Cheng](https://medium.com/u/a2d8fd95f091)

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[**12 ways to fix your user interview questions**](https://uxdesign.cc/interview-questions-3e3a49d7596b?source=friends_link&sk=e56c93e47a2d8c8838129191b005df50) →  
By [Slava Shestopalov](https://medium.com/u/8b46234a12db)

More top stories:

- [**How to reduce unconscious bias in software development**](https://uxdesign.cc/improving-unconscious-bias-in-software-development-practices-8e54d6bd165e?source=friends_link&sk=1eb4873d02f9705d473fd5eb18c4bacb) →  
By [Matthew Cowsert](https://medium.com/u/f0d1de1a4d07)
- [**10 insights from Apple’s human interface design guidelines**](https://uxdesign.cc/10-insights-from-apples-human-interface-design-guidelines-176ab7d505ae?source=friends_link&sk=c175287ea23558f6252d7e3f8c364b0c) →  
By [Danny Sapio](https://medium.com/u/ea241d603214)
- [**How my retreat from design made me a better designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/out-of-office-how-my-retreat-from-design-made-me-a-better-designer-4ecdf85ca714?source=friends_link&sk=f58ffc33d32fce0d001d552a232d3976) →  
By [T. Robert Roeth](https://medium.com/u/33a28489da82)
- [**Are we all just mindless, scrolling zombies?**](https://uxdesign.cc/are-we-all-just-mindless-scrolling-zombies-8b87c3c509d9?source=friends_link&sk=5dcbb08f0805b06362dceebbf4b64abd) →  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)
- [**How I recreated the SpaceX dashboard UI**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-i-recreated-crew-dragons-ui-15877eddf3ed?source=friends_link&sk=18bc8e49c7c9225b1f6499904e7b4517) →  
By [Ulises Siriczman](https://medium.com/u/d8b449a361d3)
- [**Moving into design leadership: create visibility for your work**](https://uxdesign.cc/moving-into-design-leadership-creating-visibility-for-your-work-a45ecc91377a?source=friends_link&sk=c8aeb83b77030c0b24a9e8ecea114375) →  
By [Angel Steger](https://medium.com/u/4675036fa74d)
- [**The designer conundrum: state of career tracks in our industry**](https://uxdesign.cc/career-tracks-in-the-design-industry-6699e733e88f?source=friends_link&sk=ac0480bcac34fda042b4dbeb57d51740) →  
By [Kate Conrick](https://medium.com/u/ff5f536b2790)
- [**They’re not soft skills — they’re really hard skills**](https://uxdesign.cc/theyre-not-soft-skills-they-re-really-hard-skills-317fe1ed20f3?source=friends_link&sk=e478c4268ef53b717021a1e618f6ea4f) →  
By [Rachel McConnell](https://medium.com/u/bfb4152b65a6)

### News & ideas

- [**MakeSpace**](https://makespace.fun/) →  
A browser concept focused on co-creation.
- [**Stressed web**](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/06/website-stressing-out-visitors/) →  
Is your website stressing out visitors?
- [**Dark mode?**](https://kevq.uk/is-dark-mode-such-a-good-idea/) →  
Is dark mode such a good idea?
- [**Seeking squircles**](https://www.figma.com/blog/desperately-seeking-squircles/) →  
One engineer’s hunt for the perfect answer.

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### Tools & resources

- [**Pose animator**](https://github.com/yemount/pose-animator/) →  
Animate 2d vector illustration with your body.
- [**User interviews**](https://stephaniewalter.design/blog/a-cheatsheet-for-user-interview-and-follow-ups-questions/) →  
Cheatsheet: interviews and follow-up questions. By [Stéphanie Walter](https://medium.com/u/10705d7f3221)
- [**Toy faces**](https://amritpaldesign.com/toy-faces) →  
A diverse 3D avatar library for your mockups.
- [**Shosho**](https://shosho.co/) →  
An editor for people that care about details.


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