Evil designers, consentful tech, startup bingo, and more UX links this week
Tags: designthinking, design, startup, hotthisweek
Published: 2019-10-05 17:14:30

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

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/800/0*68hCDakgqn3xwdxP.jpg)

- [**Guided by Style**](https://dropbox.design/article/guided-by-style) →  
How Dropbox keeps their content style guide use-worthy.
- [**Focus Style**](https://zellwk.com/blog/design-focus-style/) →  
Moving away from default accessibility focus styles.
- [**Economist Visual**](https://medium.com/severe-contest/how-were-establishing-a-new-visual-language-for-the-economist-3e164c233390) →  
How The Economist is redefining its visual language.



### Stories from the community

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*QscCytxETaq8FDrS.jpg)

[**It’s time we retire John Doe**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-to-design-with-real-data-lets-retire-john-doe-28bbfc0d6d8c?source=friends_link&sk=af260c4c118f5c52921a8cdf78977f78) →  
By [István Jakab](https://medium.com/u/293749522e98)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*pp1EF5_0jffHxShA.jpg)

[**Mass shootings are a design problem**](https://uxdesign.cc/mass-shootings-are-a-design-problem-2e8d99323702?source=friends_link&sk=66395b1c8cd9a27eae28e23565de58ea) →  
By [Aaron Travis, MBA](https://medium.com/u/bb8d2e099be8)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*qrv2LyGVg2nHO84x.jpg)

[**The league of evil designers**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-league-of-evil-designers-338ec50e35b5?source=friends_link&sk=bfaa0eec50ff8e1ad4b36eac27c1e4f8) →  
By [Linnéa Strid](https://medium.com/u/f93541baa4c6)

More top stories:

- [**The “art” of demotivating a UX designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-art-of-demotivation-273922375e20?source=friends_link&sk=de52be0ec1f24b88d285437dd31f62ac) →  
By [Andreea Popescu](https://medium.com/u/d85787b5b469)
- [**The U.S. Navy’s $100 million checkbox**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-u-s-navys-100-million-checkbox-af2baf17dec4?source=friends_link&sk=57f1a92e6ddae5187b253f9900f86189) →  
By [Adrian Hanft](https://medium.com/u/f82ce6c25013)
- [**Why designers should think more like social workers**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-designers-should-think-more-like-social-workers-3417cc40765a?source=friends_link&sk=0769998e310aa90ee7e7dd7a27a73d2a) →  
By [Lindsey Cochran](https://medium.com/u/b1e830c5fe56)
- [**Subscription models: lessons from the good, the bad and the ugly**](https://uxdesign.cc/subscription-schemes-9-lessons-from-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-d75f458ef64b?source=friends_link&sk=33c77c5b6e3bea2f8333a72eca629221) →  
By [Rhiana Matthew](https://medium.com/u/e416cc2ec0ca)
- [**What is a UX without a PM?**](https://uxdesign.cc/what-is-a-ux-without-a-pm-5845d11970a9?source=friends_link&sk=481e6b212d3bcd648c0562ca4cb44739) →  
By [Pat Davivongsa](https://medium.com/u/56397160073d)
- [**First law of the interface: the interface is the place of interaction**](https://uxdesign.cc/first-law-the-interface-is-the-place-of-interaction-81e263d081aa?source=friends_link&sk=188bfa8307f06c7b291567cfb9afe8de) →  
By [Carlos A. Scolari](https://medium.com/u/8eaeba8296e8)
- [**5 fuckups I’ve made as a UX designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/5-fuckups-ive-made-as-an-ux-designer-a8d33104da2?source=friends_link&sk=f03b57ccffb96d9f67e76a51bd271503) →  
By [Jonas Engkvist](https://medium.com/u/b57944cb1f36)

### News & ideas

- [**Consentful Tech**](http://www.consentfultech.io/) →  
How to build products with consent at their core.
- [**Get Realer**](https://reallifemag.com/get-realer/) →  
The problem with CGI in movies and union labor.
- [**Data-Informed**](https://mixpanel.com/blog/2019/09/12/the-pitfalls-of-being-data-driven/) →  
The pitfalls of being a data-driven product.
- [**Startup Bingo**](https://startuplingobingo.com/) →  
For whenever you hear a classic startup cliché.

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*1SeR476H4yEoiMdkXtln5A.jpeg)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*mwnAz0DEpuPhdta1Anwgpw.jpeg)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*3ctMZE9JM39aws87b3HG5A.jpeg)<figcaption><a href="https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_identity_and_packaging_for_braun_audio_by_precipice_design.php"><strong>Featured Work: New Packaging for Braun Audio</strong></a> →</figcaption>

### Tools & resources

- [**Guide to React**](https://www.framer.com/books/framer-guide-to-react/) →  
A thorough React guide for designers, by Framer.
- [**Sheet 2 Site**](https://www.sheet2site.com/) →  
Create a site from Google Sheets without code.
- [**Sheet Best**](https://sheet.best/) →  
Turn your Google Spreadsheets into JSON APIs.
- [**20,000 Startups**](https://unawaz.github.io/stochastic-hill-climbing/tasks/) →  
Startup ideas for important human activities.



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