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Lyft Design · Namika Varma-Chang · Apr 9, 2026

Typography Foundations: Building With a Learner’s Mindset

How to navigate a year-long typography rebrand with curiosity As a part of the 2025 Rebrand, Lyft worked with Koto and NaN to create a new font called Rebel Sans, to express the brand’s values and create visual clarity. Learning Led the Way When I was asked to lead the design system’s typography workstream for Lyft’s.

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Brad Frost · Apr 6, 2026

Storybook MCP with Dominic Nguyen

Dominic Nguyen (Founder of Storybook and Chromatic ) joins me to talk about Storybook MCP the long journey of design system quality. We get into what it actually feels like to be "scaredcited" right now, and Dom shows off the newly-released Storybook MCP. He shows me a demo where AI generates a new search feature usin.

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Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman) · Apr 1, 2026

A Practical Guide To Design Principles

Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces , **friendly video courses on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

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WebAIM · Jared Smith · Mar 31, 2026

Ask AIMee: An accessible accessibility-focused AI chatbot

We’re happy to introduce AIMee – an easy-to-use, AI-powered conversational chatbot focused on accessibility. AIMee has been designed to be highly accessible to users with disabilities. Ask her accessibility questions to get quick answers and guidance. The name “AIMee” plays off of the “AIM” (Accessibility In Mind) fro.

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GOV.UK Design Notes · <name>Mark Edwards — Head of Design, Customer Experience & Design, Department for Education</name> · Mar 31, 2026

When AI answers the question, what happens to the user journey?

How is AI changing the way people engage with public services online? The DfE team are reflecting on the changes in how people access their services, and thinking about what this means for our practices and ways of working.

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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Mar 31, 2026

A bugbear about aria-label

Labels are labels and names are names, except aria-label which is a name…

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Prototypr · Carlos Yllobre · Mar 29, 2026

For Craft Sake: On the laws and principles behind good design

For Craft Sake: On the laws and principles behind good design. “Craft, craft, craft.” If you are a product designer, chances are you have seen this word coming up in posts, articles, conferences, podcasts, you name it. With the surge and constant development of generative AI, everyone and their dogs are trying to meas.

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Adrian Roselli · Adrian Roselli · Mar 26, 2026

Accessibility Law of Headlines

Betteridge’s law of headlines states that any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no. For at least the digital accessibility landscape, I would like to amend it, fork it, whatever it: Any headline that asserts a thing is accessible is wrong. Yes, that…

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Smashing Magazine · hello@smashingmagazine.com (Carrie Webster) · Mar 26, 2026

The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins

Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” still win, and how can we.

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Brad Frost · Mar 16, 2026

Fine Specimens by Elliot Jay Stocks

A curated collection of the best in contemporary type design Elliot is back with a new typography book! Elliot Jay Stocks

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LukeW · info@lukew.com · Mar 12, 2026

Durable Patterns in AI Product Design

In my recent Designing AI Products talk, I outlined several of the lessons we've learned building AI-native companies over the past four years. Specifically the patterns that keep proving durable as we speed-run through this evolution of what AI products will ultimately become. I opened by framing something I think is.

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IBM Design · Sandeep Baskaran · Mar 11, 2026

I built a Figma plugin because the Carbon Data Table workflow was broken

How a one-day conference, a Segway e-bike, and a frustrating design workflow led to an open-source Figma plugin that changed how teams work with Carbon Data Tables. Carbon Data Table Figma Plugin It was September 2025 when I sat in the audience at Make with Notion in San Francisco. A one-day conference. One stage. And.

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Adam Silver · Mar 8, 2026

Why designing in code makes you a better designer

I didn’t start out as a designer. I started out as a frontend developer. I cared about the craft and spent a lot of time trying to master HTML, CSS, JavaScript and accessibility. Over time, I learned how these technologies affected UX, so as a dev, I started to suggest design changes to improve usability and accessibi.

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IBM Design · Robertuthe · Mar 6, 2026

IBM IT automation solutions recognized with prestigious iF Design Awards

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, IT automation has become a critical enabler for organizations seeking to optimize operations, reduce costs, and accelerate innovation. By automating repetitive tasks, streamlining workflows, and providing intelligent insights, IT automation solutions empower teams to focu.

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Adrian Roselli · Adrian Roselli · Mar 5, 2026

Your Browser Can Already Speak a Page

Users can customize the features built into the browser, something not often available from third-party approaches. Is an “AI” company offering to provide spoken versions of your pages for users? Is an overlay company promising to make your content more accessible by its overlay speaking it? Is some other vendor…

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tempertemper · Martin Underhill · Feb 28, 2026

Figcaptions versus alt text

How does an image’s descriptive (alt) text differ from the caption it would have if it were used in a element?

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WebAIM · George Joeckel · Feb 27, 2026

A New Path for Digital Accessibility?

Please note This post will explore how an adaptive, intelligent system could empower users with disabilities to optimize their experience in digital environments. Even were such a system available tomorrow, developers of digital content, services, and products would still be responsible for providing equal access to A.

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Manuel Matuzovic · Feb 27, 2026

role=presentation is no alternative for aria-hidden=true

In the previous post , I explained how to hide presentational SVGs using aria-hidden="true" . That's a reliable technique, but sometimes I see developers use role="presentation" instead, which may or may not work as expected. Before I show you where it fails, let's first try to understand the difference between role=".

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