Some Design Advice

A loosely organized and inexhaustive list of feedback and suggestions I frequently give designers.
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A loosely organized and inexhaustive list of feedback and suggestions I frequently give designers.
A technique for overcoming touch target size and content clipping issues with pill-shaped and circular buttons.
Our techniques evolve with each new project, and SVG icons are no exception!
When I first started learning web development I thought hiding content was simple: slap display: none; onto your hidden element and call it a day. Since then I’ve learned about screen readers, ARIA attributes,…
From 2008 through 2010 I taught Internet Typography and Web Standards courses part-time at a local art school. One of my goals was to balance students’ understanding of the web’s constraints with its potential. Too…
Incorporating contrast checks into our process has fundamentally changed the way we approach color in our design systems.
Update (July 2019): Our process has changed quite a bit since this article was written. Check out our latest update! When I wrote about why you shouldn’t use icon fonts in your next…
Icons are everywhere. These “little miracle workers” (as John Hicks described them) help us reinforce meaning in the interfaces we design and build. Their popularity in web design has never been greater; the conciseness…