Fixing the Iowa App, Accessible Design Systems, Principles of Icon Design — and more UX this week
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Published: 2020-02-15 14:34:05

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title: Fixing the Iowa App, Accessible Design Systems, Principles of Icon Design — and more UX this week
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date: 2020-02-15 13:17:41 UTC
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[**What do you think makes a good work culture?**](https://uxdesign.cc/interview-with-fabricio-teixeira-design-director-at-work-co-and-founder-of-the-ux-collective-5d3a723fdee0?source=friends_link&sk=9b4d8358b99e440512ce14fc0fe8ec5f) →

> “When we hear the word ‘culture’ we tend to think gimmicky office props, company-sponsored happy hours, and initiatives that look great from a PR perspective but don’t have a significant impact on people’s careers. We avoid the word ‘culture’; we focus on values instead. The best culture, in our opinion, is working with folks who are passionate about design and who will organically rally towards a shared value. Once that shared vision is defined, culture will naturally emerge and build itself around it.”

Had the honor of being interviewed by [Emi Knight](https://medium.com/u/ee4298b72c7b) for her [@designquestions](https://www.instagram.com/designquestions/) series this week. [**Read the full interview**](https://uxdesign.cc/interview-with-fabricio-teixeira-design-director-at-work-co-and-founder-of-the-ux-collective-5d3a723fdee0?source=friends_link&sk=9b4d8358b99e440512ce14fc0fe8ec5f)

- [**Responsive Type**](https://adrianroselli.com/2019/12/responsive-type-and-zoom.html) →  
And how to deal with browser zoom.
- [**UX Animations**](https://www.nngroup.com/articles/animation-duration/) →  
How to execute motion design in UX.
- [**Performance & UX**](https://www.debugbear.com/blog/performant-front-end-architecture) →  
Making front-end apps load faster for better UX.


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### Stories from the community

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[**Time to get rid of UX/UI in design titles**](https://uxdesign.cc/time-to-get-rid-of-that-ux-ui-in-design-titles-927de8eee1d1?source=friends_link&sk=871d63fe0d25789a41ed1920168f08da) →  
By [Rubens Cantuni](https://medium.com/u/d7ca111e7984)

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[**7 principles of icon design**](https://uxdesign.cc/7-principles-of-icon-design-e7187539e4a2?source=friends_link&sk=531cc438de4aad598346813db8b6bc9f) →  
By [Helena Zhang](https://medium.com/u/a81b0a6a418e)

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[**I redesigned the infamous IOWA app in 30 minutes**](https://uxdesign.cc/i-redesigned-the-infamous-iowa-app-in-30-minutes-478a7ae7ffc8?source=friends_link&sk=b13309e7149e95af3ce1293da9517450) →  
By [Michal Malewicz](https://medium.com/u/fde1eb3eb589)

More top stories:

- [**Who decides how disability is represented in stock photography?**](https://uxdesign.cc/disability-representation-in-stock-photography-7d4c80db0f13?source=friends_link&sk=4e71422b6337bf00239604cecab4a59f) **→**  
By [Alicia Crowther](https://medium.com/u/a0d02a5aac5f)
- [**Using AI to find a partner on Tinder**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-i-used-ai-to-find-a-partner-on-tinder-c59cc0bb154c?source=friends_link&sk=53fd3fa25a154b9d59dfa17f3ee72c6d) **→**  
By [Hiroo Aoyama](https://medium.com/u/c010fcca1775)
- [**How to find your niche as a UI/UX designer**](https://uxdesign.cc/how-to-find-your-niche-as-a-ui-ux-designer-aabbe5c9e396?source=friends_link&sk=7f2debf3bf6b68a757a9778560086e1b) **→**  
By [Vasil Nedelchev](https://medium.com/u/9062a40070fe)
- [**What we never talk about: Facebook has a product problem**](https://uxdesign.cc/did-we-forget-that-facebooks-product-sucks-471c0aca1fcd?source=friends_link&sk=0cb5f1cecb0f8407ea7a3de64430ae73) **→**  
By [Mark Gray](https://medium.com/u/67aa89db6de8)
- [**UX debt 101**](https://uxdesign.cc/ux-debt-101-fe6eacb5ebd7?source=friends_link&sk=6af3a0bf1800eb70e57b9edd95c0a04d) **→**  
By [Tania Vieira](https://medium.com/u/ce20ef22bcd)
- [**Let’s talk neumorphism and accessibility**](https://uxdesign.cc/lets-talk-neumorphism-and-accessibility-44a48a6ace72?source=friends_link&sk=ecd34a31ff5e45ea0f0c421285c03083) **→**  
By [Uyen Vicky Vo](https://medium.com/u/b7ede4f2dfd3)
- [**We’re not so different, you and I**](https://uxdesign.cc/were-not-so-different-you-and-i-36db9c94f525?source=friends_link&sk=536c23a9959300a3c60110aa74489287) **→**  
By [Reinoud Schuijers](https://medium.com/u/e0848b675f5)

### News & ideas

- [**New Facebook App**](https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/13/21136898/facebook-pinterest-photo-sharing-app) →  
Facebook quietly releases a Pinterest clone.
- [**Semantic Colors**](https://dev.to/ynab/a-semantic-color-system-the-theory-hk7) →  
Exploring the idea of a semantic color system.
- [**Kill Color Trends**](https://www.fastcompany.com/90461730/the-dark-side-of-color-forecasting) →  
Our obsession with trends is killing the planet.
- [**Female Leads**](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/sunday/brit-marling-women-movies.html) →  
Brit Marling on why she doesn’t want to be the strong female lead.

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### Tools & resources

- [**Flow UI**](https://flow-ui.com/) →  
An accessibility-oriented design system.
- [**DesignValley**](https://www.designvalley.club/) →  
Yet another design tool repository.
- [**Img Larger**](https://imglarger.com/) →  
Enlarge images without quality loss, thanks to AI.
- [**Brain Food**](https://www.brainfoodapp.co/) →  
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