Philosophy, Page 2

Our accessibility best practices have changed a lot in recent years, which we're reflecting in the next version of our design system.

Problem-solving is an essential part of software development. Sometimes we get stuck on a particularly baffling problem, and this can feel frustrating and discouraging. The following are some strategies for getting yourself "unstuck."

I re-learned an old design lesson from the humble toilet flusher. As new features are added to existing technologies, careful design is required to make their usage clear.

Comic book artist Wally Wood’s “22 Panels That Always Work” is a legendary bit of productivity hacking. How can you reduce “noodling” in your work?

A loosely organized and inexhaustive list of feedback and suggestions I frequently give designers.

Strategies for when the goals of your project, team or users diverge from those of an established design system.

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…

If tomorrow someone wanted to try out a radical new idea within your design system, where would that happen?

Is web design — or even interface design in general — a solved problem?