Hot potato process, accessible colors, shattered design dreams — and more UX this week
Tags: marketing, business, hotthisweek, design
Published: 2019-10-19 16:43:27

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title: Hot potato process, accessible colors, shattered design dreams — and more UX this week
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date: 2019-10-19 13:00:09 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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- [**Hot Potato Process**](http://danmall.me/articles/hot-potato-process/) →  
Ideas passed quickly back and forth from designer to developer.
- [**Worst Cases**](http://timharford.com/2019/10/why-were-thinking-about-worst-case-scenarios-in-the-wrong-way/) →  
Why we’re thinking about worst-case scenarios the wrong way.
- [**Accessible Colors**](https://stripe.com/blog/accessible-color-systems) →  
The Stripe team on how to design accessible color systems.


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### Stories from the community

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[**Let me shatter that design-dream of yours**](https://uxdesign.cc/let-me-shatter-that-design-dream-of-yours-93a9bc0a4220?source=friends_link&sk=5c9e1785728d1e875071e5bcef6c14bd) →  
By [Reinoud Schuijers](https://medium.com/u/e0848b675f5)

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[**Design and the art of motorcycle maintenance**](https://uxdesign.cc/design-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-f04ca48de1ad?source=friends_link&sk=e486a87c0bb0908d1addea809a3cc5c4) →  
By [Kit Oliynyk](https://medium.com/u/97e354c4d2ce)

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[**Dribbble shots can make you a worse UI designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/dribbble-shot-designs-can-make-you-a-worse-ui-designer-5227ac906f42?source=friends_link&sk=c0ebf9ea8be050c6d3130f545fa868d3) →  
By [David Portelli](https://medium.com/u/bf18b5a41f40)

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- [**What does it mean to be a resilient designer?**](https://uxdesign.cc/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-resilient-designer-90bf81d110cf?source=friends_link&sk=a6539d861c6418fbc694599650828844) →  
By [Christina Bruce](https://medium.com/u/39c8a0071f73)
- [**Open Doodles**](https://uxdesign.cc/open-doodles-5341a677f20c?source=friends_link&sk=836af8542dd7782463925490f816350e) →  
By [Pablo Stanley](https://medium.com/u/7f968435c6b9)
- [**An evolutionary approach to designing**](https://uxdesign.cc/an-evolutionary-approach-to-designing-cc698194375e?source=friends_link&sk=0c11ba515e5c8092c14382910c43b5fd) →  
By [Maksym Chervynskyi](https://medium.com/u/471d09181f1e)
- [**How to work better and faster — listen to the same song on repeat all day long**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-work-better-and-faster-listen-to-the-same-song-on-repeat-all-day-long-fcc9b90e2623?source=friends_link&sk=41572f6a9c83893a930bc1b6b39b19a0) →  
By [Jeffrey Bates](https://medium.com/u/9b6d37875c98)
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By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)
- [**Stop obsessing over user personas**](https://uxdesign.cc/stop-obsessing-over-user-personas-b2792ca00c7f?source=friends_link&sk=074597742fb48b7a26f6a3d41ad30933) →  
By [Jeremiah Lam](https://medium.com/u/83e28a72eee1)
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By [Danny Sapio](https://medium.com/u/ea241d603214)

### News & ideas

- [**Soli by Google**](https://atap.google.com/soli/) →  
Miniature radar that understands human motions.
- [**Visually Distorted**](https://www.mobilespoon.net/2019/08/visually-distorted-when-ui-looks-all.html) →  
When symmetrical UI looks all wrong.
- [**AI Pub**](https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/facial-recognition-london-pub-lineup-1.5317769) →  
How facial recognition is used in a London pub.
- [**Figma Brand**](https://www.figma.com/blog/bringing-new-life-to-figmas-brand/) →  
How the Figma team landed its evolved look.

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