Bad designers, climate change, triangle-shaped designer — and more UX this week
Tags: customerexperience, design, startup, productdesign
Published: 2019-08-24 17:08:33

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#### _A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective._


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[**Are bad designers hiding behind the term “UX”?**](https://uxdesign.cc/are-bad-designers-hiding-behind-the-term-ux-c3e30f0a4778?source=friends_link&sk=9b7886ad1456203b268c5c82a9d95f68) →

UX Designers have gotten so used to not being responsible for the final look of the product, that they have dangerously distanced themselves from the visual design craft.

- [**Non-User Ethics**](https://youthedata.com/2019/08/14/why-ethical-responsibility-for-tech-should-extend-to-non-users/) →  
Should the responsibility extend to non-users?
- [**Responsive Web**](https://dev.to/browserlondon/should-we-still-be-selling-responsive-web-design-cg2) →  
Why are we still selling responsive web design?


### Stories from the community

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[**The magic of underpromising**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-magic-of-underpromising-7c27e7f5a961?source=friends_link&sk=8034d3891020069e92946ed0e732e02c) →  
By [Aga Szóstek](https://medium.com/u/a1d379bddce3)

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

[**Resilient design principles to address climate change**](https://uxdesign.cc/product-design-principles-to-address-climate-change-8bb6e839f80d?source=friends_link&sk=53b7e34f4795891e9a4e16cb8c8bd237) →  
By [Krista Donaldson](https://medium.com/u/794bb8718c19)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*9uIB_6MpTrRGFgEx.jpg)

[**10 good design reads that aren’t written by white men**](https://uxdesign.cc/10-good-design-reads-that-arent-written-by-white-men-58943255d04e?source=friends_link&sk=f6292c5647d1a2f082706673b2c8ea73) →   
By [Anna Saraceno](https://medium.com/u/fd42b0b43474)

More top stories:

- [**Stop trying to make air gestures happen**](https://uxdesign.cc/stop-trying-to-make-air-gestures-happen-6ed6d76d55b7?source=friends_link&sk=8fff721065dda6ef76045ef1b1c747a1) →  
By [UX Alpaca](https://medium.com/u/57d82e2076ed)
- [**How to be a triangle-shaped designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-be-a-triangle-shaped-designer-cd44c605fbe?source=friends_link&sk=282162115459090a30bb53c6c99101f3) →  
By [Aman Gupta](https://medium.com/u/ca1e31f90a3e)
- [**Hey Domino’s, you’re not delivering**](https://uxdesign.cc/hey-dominos-you-re-not-delivering-cc11fb74b267?source=friends_link&sk=7a63eafaffee69ee66e49aa0544972b5) →  
By [Catharine McNally](https://medium.com/u/888572c20b65)
- [**UX as a byproduct of existential marketing**](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-as-a-byproduct-of-existential-marketing-43fc6ebb00e2?source=friends_link&sk=06bc01e81338a4d99ee0a8061de83285) →  
By [Raphael Djazz](https://medium.com/u/9b48e198e695)
- [**WeWork writing: what they say to 1.47 million views every month**](https://uxdesign.cc/wework-copywriting-what-they-say-to-1-47-million-pageviews-every-month-cd5373b08364?source=friends_link&sk=d2f2c5b231658122663a9f704a21b3dc) →  
By [Herbert Lui](https://medium.com/u/aa4429eaad72)
- [**Investor-centric design (and the path to startup failure)**](https://uxdesign.cc/investor-centric-design-and-the-path-to-startup-failure-f7b948457c49?source=friends_link&sk=1844140c4192692ac1d274edadd30a2a) →  
By [Henry Latham](https://medium.com/u/244613a5d810)
- [**Does it really have to be a workshop?**](https://uxdesign.cc/does-it-have-to-be-a-workshop-9c242a05a43d?source=friends_link&sk=55777ae774de6c726fe779c043a308c4) →  
By [David Sherwin](https://medium.com/u/5dd0e912d51f)

### News & ideas

- [**Design levels**](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qIH-eNkP4rNF0M1eCsHQNwRTWrP9Yg1-XUqWHPTKAkg/edit) →  
Intercom’s rules for levels and expectations.
- [**Typing delay**](https://input-delay.glitch.me/) →  
How annoying is too annoying with input delay?
- [**Chart.xkcd**](https://timqian.com/chart.xkcd/) →  
A chart library with cartoony styled charts.
- [**Price this app**](https://www.mcguffincg.com/what-consumers-would-pay-for-popular-free-apps/) →  
Research shows how much value consumers assign to popular apps.

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![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*YXwGcpm4Bi08JCvW63b1gQ.png)<figcaption>Featured work: <a href="http://www.thibaudallie.com/">Thibaud Allie →</a></figcaption>

### Tools & resources

- [**Threed**](https://threed.io/) →  
Generate 3D Mockups right in your browser.
- [**Get pasta**](https://getpasta.com/) →  
The most flexible clipboard manager for the mac.
- [**How to line-clamp**](https://css-tricks.com/almanac/properties/l/line-clamp/) →  
Truncating text at a specific number of lines.
- [**Work responsibly**](https://www.workresponsibly.org/) →  
A collection of resources for a healthy and balanced approach to work.

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