Design System Governance, Better Buttons, Figma Ninja — and more UX this week
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Published: 2019-11-09 10:30:38

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title: Design System Governance, Better Buttons, Figma Ninja — and more UX this week
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date: 2019-11-09 10:10:47 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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[**Introducing: The Design Circle**](https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/design-circle/) →

A new collective of 26 leading voices in the design industry coming together to drive positive change — including directing a quarter-million dollar annual scholarship fund devoted to bringing students from diverse backgrounds into undergraduate programs. If you know a thing or two about my history and background, you can only imagine how excited I am to be part of this initiative.

- [**Mobile Darkness**](https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2019/11/mobile-dark-patterns.php) →  
Mobile design patterns that are effective, but evil.  
By [steven hoober](https://medium.com/u/d8376d4e3db0)
- [**Design Governance**](https://bradfrost.com/blog/post/a-design-system-governance-process/) →  
A design system’s governance process.  
By [Brad Frost](https://medium.com/u/52f676b44c62)


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### Stories from the community

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[**Make your personas great again**](https://uxdesign.cc/personas-e60c1c06ead1?source=friends_link&sk=4292e5d135526c2b44d6665f766db9cc) →  
By [Slava Shestopalov](https://medium.com/u/8b46234a12db)

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[**Design better buttons**](https://uxdesign.cc/design-better-buttons-a5c90a113280?source=friends_link&sk=0d51c31343b514c0c55bf6086b5c4912) →  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*lF9kASzt52gd397F.jpg)

[**Why some designs look messy, and others don’t**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-some-designs-look-messy-and-others-dont-1755b8ce22ff?source=friends_link&sk=e0b82bfd29628d0597a408535407852d) →  
By [Reinoud Schuijers](https://medium.com/u/e0848b675f5)

More top stories:

- [**Why the double diamond isn’t enough**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-the-double-diamond-isnt-enough-adaa48a8aec1?source=friends_link&sk=7b06d2c6c0bd0bf804deccc69d3309ce) →  
By [adam23gray](https://medium.com/u/80dc5d92f2dd)
- [**The dark side of incrementalism**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-dark-side-of-incrementalism-d84f2ad2651f?source=friends_link&sk=7568b95e513f89bfa45034079de6748f) →  
By [Mike Kuechenmeister](https://medium.com/u/41df189143c9)
- [**Is AI doomed to be racist and sexist?**](https://uxdesign.cc/is-ai-doomed-to-be-racist-and-sexist-97ee4024e39d?source=friends_link&sk=71bb656d6dae29a91c4ff803d04b0714) →  
By [Aya Burstein Ben-Aharon](https://medium.com/u/b62f96001b3)
- [**Interviews in UX: learnings of a practical idealist**](https://uxdesign.cc/interviews-in-ux-learnings-of-a-practical-idealist-f3310edba896?source=friends_link&sk=eb341e22024d764ab40705e2327ec491) →  
By [Olga B](https://medium.com/u/bb6ec7a6c457)
- [**Having a vision and implementing it too**](https://uxdesign.cc/having-a-vision-and-implementing-it-too-a65ca8ab67cf?source=friends_link&sk=f7c5dfdda6f2649f172d723acaf18680) →  
By [Aga Szóstek](https://medium.com/u/a1d379bddce3)
- [**User research isn’t black & white**](https://uxdesign.cc/user-research-isnt-black-white-7554262086eb?source=friends_link&sk=406342d0b51d0adba9b13be97a2b2a63) →  
By [Nikki Anderson](https://medium.com/u/e8ac30bd8165)
- [**Designing for people and systems**](https://uxdesign.cc/designing-for-people-and-systems-baf39f23b338?source=friends_link&sk=fbe7ab361d6a770dfde206cb8888a544) →  
By [Hannah Kim](https://medium.com/u/d52ee58bd3fc)

### News & ideas

- [**Firefox Anti-Spam**](https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/5/20949348/firefox-notification-spam-browser-72-january-2020-update) →  
Firefox moves to stop browser notification spam.
- [**A Year in Graphics**](https://medium.economist.com/a-year-in-graphic-detail-d1825b28e06f) →  
The Economist data-journalism team’s first year.
- [**150 Years of Nature**](https://www.nature.com/immersive/d42859-019-00121-0/index.html) →  
Celebrating the world’s oldest science journal.
- [**Collective Privacy**](https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/privacy/2019/10/privacy-collective-concern) →  
When we tell companies about ourselves, we give away details about others, too.

### Tools & resources

- [**Adobe XD Updates**](https://theblog.adobe.com/xd-november-2019-update-coediting-more) →  
Including coediting, document history, and more.
- [**Figma Ninja**](https://www.figma.com/c/file/769694576496801916)→  
A game-like experience to learn Figma basics.
- [**Recursive Design**](https://www.recursive.design/) →  
A highly-flexible new variable font.
- [**CHI Design System**](https://design.chicago.gov/) →  
The public identity of the City of Chicago.


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