Design APIs, Minimalism Is Not Dead, Framer Web — and more UX this week
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Published: 2019-11-23 16:46:50

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title: Design APIs, Minimalism Is Not Dead, Framer Web — and more UX this week
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#### _A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective._


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- [**Design APIs**](https://matthewstrom.com/writing/design-apis/) →  
The next step in design systems.
- [**Information Forager**](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/information-foraging/) →  
A theory of how people navigate the web.
- [**NY Times CMS**](https://open.nytimes.com/its-all-part-of-the-plan-e165dba39842) →  
Designing a streamlined newsroom workflow.


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### Stories from the community

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[**Minimalism is not, and never will be, dead**](https://uxdesign.cc/minimalism-is-not-and-never-will-be-dead-e0aaa201a5cb?source=friends_link&sk=b8510b8d542c122a6efccdd61cd78abe) →

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[**10 things that helped me improve as a UI designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/10-things-that-helped-me-improve-as-a-ui-designer-78d3f551372?source=friends_link&sk=b061342ef2965be37ac988ec3023b21b) →

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[**Personas: what UX can learn from marketing**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-maad-approach-to-personas-6ef1ce5755ac?source=friends_link&sk=ff12a2d996c17423585903baccdb1976) →

More top stories:

- [**Goodbye, Sketch**](https://uxdesign.cc/goodbye-sketch-b9e66e1c287b?source=friends_link&sk=6463327d6da7f1a0c87752bcd55d474a) ** ** →
- [**What animation taught me about UX design**](https://uxdesign.cc/what-animation-taught-me-about-ux-design-8cc81968c74e?source=friends_link&sk=b039e2db7b5864d370f6e8830d5855ac) ** ** →
- [**Creating more usable accessibility guidelines**](https://uxdesign.cc/creating-more-usable-accessibility-guidelines-b3c6c2ddd483?source=friends_link&sk=ff5cd773163159d6bd30dadf974ecb6d) →
- [**Using comic strips and storyboards to test your UX concepts**](https://uxdesign.cc/using-comic-strips-and-storyboards-to-test-your-ux-concepts-cccad7ac7f71?source=friends_link&sk=69bf4cea03e5ae212fe8b8873a13ca96) ** ** →
- [**7 design psychology tricks every designer should know**](https://uxdesign.cc/7-design-psychologies-every-designer-should-know-d01a1becd961?source=friends_link&sk=cebee620e1db02c7e506289f06a480cf) ** ** →
- [**Landing a UX Design internship at Google**](https://uxdesign.cc/landing-a-ux-design-internship-at-google-ba7b85f76fb1?source=friends_link&sk=26f30351b68f655c6df7512ff334f2ef) ** ** →
- [**Will design streaming be a thing?**](https://uxdesign.cc/will-design-streaming-be-a-thing-3ae85b599070?source=friends_link&sk=3bb3eb7e37fe50ea3f00809c41b659c2) ** ** →
- [**Shipping a product is not the final destination**](https://uxdesign.cc/shipping-a-product-is-not-the-final-destination-3436dcec6272?source=friends_link&sk=77ec74d04a8f9a94a843608520c0c4ff) →

### News & ideas

- [**Open to All**](https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/21/20974655/yelp-open-to-all-filter-business-inclusive-identity-nondiscriminatory) →  
Yelp launches new filter for inclusive businesses.
- [**Big Tech Diversity**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90428465/see-big-techs-terrible-diversity-record-visualized-using-its-logos) →  
Terrible diversity records visualized in logos.
- [**Videogame Logos**](http://reaganray.com/2019/11/12/video-game-console-logos.html) →  
A gallery of game console logos since the 80s.
- [**Algorithm Architect**](https://www.quantamagazine.org/barbara-liskov-is-the-architect-of-modern-algorithms-20191120/) →  
How Barbara Liskov pioneered the modern approach to code.

### Tools & resources

- [**Framer Web**](https://www.framer.com/web/) →  
Prototyping tool Framer is coming to the web.
- [**Diez**](https://diez.org/) →  
An open source design language framework
- [**I Done This**](https://idonethis.com/) →  
Collaborative to-do tool focused on data.
- [**Build Your React**](https://pomb.us/build-your-own-react/) →  
A step by step exercise of rewriting React.


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