Prototyping with Discord, top 30 design companies, jobs-to-be-done — and more UX links this week
Tags: startup, design, ui, userexperience
Published: 2019-09-14 18:16:36

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

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- [**Better Search**](https://bradleytaunt.com/better-search-results/) →  
A UX experiment re-thinks search result layouts.
- [**Design Mentorship**](https://medium.com/dropbox-design/designing-design-mentorship-3bc796a16634) →  
How Dropbox designs their design mentorship.
- [**Video Games UX**](https://jenson.org/games/) →  
How games create sparkles, tension, and juice.


### Stories from the community

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[**The unbearable lightness of Dribbble**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-unbearable-lightness-of-dribbble-3a87b6fdd9c2?source=friends_link&sk=e8a12b24c55658e3eb093f8639b340e2) →  
By [Rubens Cantuni](https://medium.com/u/d7ca111e7984)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*rfuD7YAY4zNCUezu.jpg)

[**A guide to interface design for older adults**](https://uxdesign.cc/a-guide-to-interface-design-for-older-adults-31109468d46d?source=friends_link&sk=7f8b74a6ce94f1910d5ad0d89085f484) →  
By [Cameron Chapman](https://medium.com/u/3a1f15cedbc8)

![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/728/0*U8B9oHTS4x5YpDAg.jpg)

[**Prototyping with Discord and Slack**](https://uxdesign.cc/prototyping-in-discord-and-slack-30bc5aea145?source=friends_link&sk=0f6b8f1c9b910a6ef21b351a66e02153) →  
By [Dan Gärdenfors](https://medium.com/u/e968b9c1610d)

More top stories:

- [**Bringing your best self to product design behavioral interviews**](https://uxdesign.cc/bringing-your-best-self-to-product-design-behavioral-interviews-597a68111f12?source=friends_link&sk=fb645e4ad6136b7b880d901aa2c1a4cc) →  
By [Dan Shilov](https://medium.com/u/739de99cf277)
- [**How to deal with people who don’t “get” design**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-deal-with-people-who-dont-get-design-design-and-strategy-3a1ef8c1841e?source=friends_link&sk=6e8df062645d616c9115ba5684d3d7e7) →  
By [Morgane Peng](https://medium.com/u/ab0fa74d2f6)
- [**No Mr. Spool, not everyone is a designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/no-mr-spool-not-everyone-is-a-designer-53b62596b059?source=friends_link&sk=0d35032a6a677f5700fb2126ee95da22) →  
By [jeffm8](https://medium.com/u/40017e97e0ac)
- [**Why you shouldn’t pursue a career in UX**](https://uxdesign.cc/why-you-shouldnt-pursue-a-career-in-ux-1072d466df53?source=friends_link&sk=c561d655d67762523b046c6e05f2ac41) →  
By [Joshua Reach](https://medium.com/u/a2117d71a13d)
- [**The jobs-to-be-done for Medium**](https://uxdesign.cc/the-jobs-to-be-done-for-medium-10317327cd5f?source=friends_link&sk=baafbeb98fee9741725215d6621b4c48) →  
By [Eduardo Hernandez](https://medium.com/u/540ca32e659d)
- [**Guide for designing better mobile apps typography**](https://uxdesign.cc/guide-for-designing-better-mobile-apps-typography-5796495ef86f?source=friends_link&sk=a9123b5d69b45a97df63192fc61ffb41) →  
By [Andrey Zhulidin](https://medium.com/u/b41b5d673ced)
- [**How to make sense of inherited design**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-make-sense-of-inherited-design-17b7495362bb?source=friends_link&sk=f70813f2946ab447e45c03c59f64819f) →  
By [@kingsidharth](https://medium.com/u/ea17deaeaa97)

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### News & ideas

- [**Top Design Firms**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90386243/innovation-by-design-2019-design-company-of-the-year) →  
The 30 most important design companies according to FastCo. (👋hey!)
- [**Bauhaus UX**](https://medium.com/google-design/the-bauhaus-finding-creative-inspiration-in-collaboration-60aebabdbc7b) →  
What can UX learn from the iconic Bauhaus design school?
- [**Responsive Copy**](https://getcoleman.com/) →  
This writer’s portfolio lets you choose how cheesy his intro copy is.
- [**How Autonomous?**](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/business/how-does-an-autonomous-car-work/) →  
How do autonomous cars work? Not so great.

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![](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/724/1*N04aVoP6bG6BEl8BgGzrDg.jpeg)<figcaption><a href="https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/hans-findling-graphic-design-120919"><strong>Featured work: Hans Findling</strong></a> →</figcaption>

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### Tools & resources

- [**Mozilla Design**](https://mozilla.design/) →  
New hub with resources, articles, and guidelines.
- [**Button Contrast**](https://www.aditus.io/button-contrast-checker/) →  
Are your buttons compliant with WCAG 2.1?
- [**Chakra UI**](https://chakra-ui.com/) →  
Build accessible React apps & sites with speed.
- [**Epilepsy UX**](https://www.epilepsyblocker.com/epilepsy_ux) →  
Check your designs for people with photosensitive epilepsy to view.

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