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Good Design Doesn’t Happen By Default

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when you’re online there’s no greater feeling than being on a website that’s operating on all eight cylinders and you just broke the speed limit in the blink of an eye. You’re in online heaven, the site loads like it knew you were...

The Most Important Photography Lesson I Learned Far Too Late

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers, we appreciate good photography. A great photograph could be the cherry on the icing of any website—that one shot people see while scrolling a mile a minute that stops them cold, demanding their attention—especially if it’s our...

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Good Design Doesn’t Happen By Default

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when you’re online there’s no greater feeling than being on a website that’s operating on all eight cylinders and you just broke the speed limit in the blink of an eye. You’re in online heaven, the site loads like it knew you were...

Good Design Doesn’t Happen By Default

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when you’re online there’s no greater feeling than being on a website that’s operating on all eight cylinders and you just broke the speed limit in the blink of an eye. You’re in online heaven, the site loads like it knew you were...

10 UX/UI Trends That Will Completely Redefine Design in 2026 (Most Designers Aren’t Ready)

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when it comes to design it often feels like the Wild West, something is always going on. And just when things start to calm down, there’s a stampede and you’re right in the middle of it. Never a dull moment. Today’s stampede is...

The Most Important Photography Lesson I Learned Far Too Late

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers, we appreciate good photography. A great photograph could be the cherry on the icing of any website—that one shot people see while scrolling a mile a minute that stops them cold, demanding their attention—especially if it’s our...

UX/UI Design Trends for 2026 — From AI to XR to Vibe CreationUX/UI Design Trends for 2026

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It is an exciting time to be a designer. With AI in full swing, and developments coming at us faster than Mason Miller's fast ball, it's time to step up to the plate and see what's headed our way. With technology moving at the speed of light,...

A UX Carol

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Sometimes the concern about our future can be a little overwhelming, especially when it comes to design. With the speed with which things are moving it can become paralyzing. Once fear takes over, it’s hard to break out of that rut, we need to snap...

Intuitive Interfaces: What Actually Makes Them Clear

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There is nothing good about running into a poorly designed interface, it's like you came, you saw, got confused and left. The site was anything but user friendly. Part of the problem is confusion, updates that do anything but make the experience...

Stop Overthinking Every Design Decision

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It's the worst, you’re trapped in endless revisions, staring at the same layout for an hour, and then suddenly it hits you, you’re stuck in decision paralysis. It happens to the best of us. It’s the equivalent of writer’s block, you get stuck in that...

Top AI Tools every UI/UX designer should know

ARTICLE SUMMARY: In this day and age it feels like life moves at the speed of light. It seems that the mindset of today is "I want it now, I need it now", and if you're a business man, more often than not, it's "I wanted it yesterday." While technology is great, It...

8 Signs Your UI is Confusing Users

ARTICLE SUMMARY: In the beginning, when it came to shopping online you were limited. In 1995 there were about 23,500 websites compared to the 1.2 billion that are out there today. Talk about to many choices. The trouble with too many choices is that it makes it easy...

The Psychology of Buttons

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Buttons for industrial use on machines, elevators, and early electrical systems have been around since the late 1800s and have been a big part of everyday life. Who would have thought that something as simple as the button could be so psychologically...

Good Design Doesn’t Happen By Default

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when you’re online there’s no greater feeling than being on a website that’s operating on all eight cylinders and you just broke the speed limit in the blink of an eye. You’re in online heaven, the site loads like it knew you were...

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How Beginner Designers Can Improve Their UI/UX Skills

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Whether you're self taught or just getting out of design school, it's exciting to get out into the real world and start making a name for yourself in the business. The trouble happens when reality sets in, you're book smart, but short on experience....

Fail, Recalibrate, Succeed

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There are a lot of influences in UX design that affect the out comes in our designs. Some of those influences include design thinking, user centered design, behavioral psychology, and last but not least, nature. just to name a few. When talking about...

How to Build a Future-Proof Graphic Design Career

ARTICLE SUMMARY: No one can deny the radical changes Artificial Intelligence has had on the design community. Even more amazing is the speed at which these changes are happening. It tends to be a little unnerving and down right scary at times. As AI tools become more...

See What They See: Constellations’ New App Unlocks Audience Perception Like Never Before

In today’s crowded digital landscape, it’s not enough to just deliver your message, you need to know how your message is landing. That’s where Constellations groundbreaking new Audience Perception Mapping App comes in. This powerful new tool is...

CONSISTENCY, On compounding patterns and the art of divergence.

ARTICLE SUMMARY: "Consistency" is one of the most repeated mantras in UX design, but do we always understand what it means? Depending on context, it can be seen as a thoughtful compliment or an inflexible constraint. Brands create and maintain consistent UX patterns...

Simplifying Icon Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Originally icons were used as aids for worship and spiritual contemplation in Eastern Christianity. They were used as tools for edification, especially for the illiterate faithful, by visually conveying religious stories and teachings. The 1980s...

How Beginner Designers Can Improve Their UI/UX Skills

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Whether you're self taught or just getting out of design school, it's exciting to get out into the real world and start making a name for yourself in the business. The trouble happens when reality sets in, you're book smart, but short on experience....

Fail, Recalibrate, Succeed

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There are a lot of influences in UX design that affect the out comes in our designs. Some of those influences include design thinking, user centered design, behavioral psychology, and last but not least, nature. just to name a few. When talking about...

Typography — Basics

ARTICLE SUMMARY: When it comes to communication, the written word is number three in the world, just behind Verbal and nonverbal communication. Its significance is not lost on designers. The importance of typography can not be understated, it is one of the first...

Typography Styles in Design Systems

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Typography used to be simple: you’d go to the printer, tell him what you wanted, he’d set the type, run off the desired number of copies, and off you’d go. While that's an oversimplification, that was it. Today, with computers, Kindles, iPads,...

How to be strategic when picking a typeface

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers, we understand how crucial typography is to the success of any project. For users, it's simple: they can either read it or they can't and have no interest in why. Most people aren’t aware of the depth of research and thought that goes...

17 typography tips for creating your own fonts

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers you know that the right font can put your project over the top. But there are times when no matter how hard you look you will not find that "just right" font for your project, it's frustrating. When that happens you have two choices,...

Good Design Doesn’t Happen By Default

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when you’re online there’s no greater feeling than being on a website that’s operating on all eight cylinders and you just broke the speed limit in the blink of an eye. You’re in online heaven, the site loads like it knew you were...

10 UX/UI Trends That Will Completely Redefine Design in 2026 (Most Designers Aren’t Ready)

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when it comes to design it often feels like the Wild West, something is always going on. And just when things start to calm down, there’s a stampede and you’re right in the middle of it. Never a dull moment. Today’s stampede is...

Intuitive Interfaces: What Actually Makes Them Clear

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There is nothing good about running into a poorly designed interface, it's like you came, you saw, got confused and left. The site was anything but user friendly. Part of the problem is confusion, updates that do anything but make the experience...

Top AI Tools every UI/UX designer should know

ARTICLE SUMMARY: In this day and age it feels like life moves at the speed of light. It seems that the mindset of today is "I want it now, I need it now", and if you're a business man, more often than not, it's "I wanted it yesterday." While technology is great, It...

8 Signs Your UI is Confusing Users

ARTICLE SUMMARY: In the beginning, when it came to shopping online you were limited. In 1995 there were about 23,500 websites compared to the 1.2 billion that are out there today. Talk about to many choices. The trouble with too many choices is that it makes it easy...

The Psychology of Buttons

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Buttons for industrial use on machines, elevators, and early electrical systems have been around since the late 1800s and have been a big part of everyday life. Who would have thought that something as simple as the button could be so psychologically...

15 years in UI/UX: What I’d tell my younger self

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There’s a lot to be said about finishing school and stepping into your chosen career and ready to take on the world. If you were like me, educated at a good school that stayed current with design trends and methods, you knew it all, or so you thought....

10 UX secrets behind great design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: What is the agony and ecstasy in UX design? The agony is the frustration, confusion, and distress users experience when trying to interact with a website or an app that fails to meet their expectations. The ecstasy? It's an enjoyable, friction free...

The Psychology of Branding: Why People Don’t Just Buy Products — They Buy Feelings

ARTICLE SUMMARY: When it comes to branding, there's nothing worse than a designer putting their heart and soul into a project and then having it sink faster than the Titanic. While there are many reasons this can happen, the number one cause of failure in any branding...

How to Give Feedback That Actually Helps the Design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Feedback is a double edged sword, some designers look for it, others avoid it, and a few downright hate it. Some designers feel like feedback is a criticism of their work. Others value their autonomy and may worry that too much feedback will water...

Good Design Doesn’t Happen By Default

ARTICLE SUMMARY: You have to admit, when you’re online there’s no greater feeling than being on a website that’s operating on all eight cylinders and you just broke the speed limit in the blink of an eye. You’re in online heaven, the site loads like it knew you were...

Intuitive Interfaces: What Actually Makes Them Clear

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There is nothing good about running into a poorly designed interface, it's like you came, you saw, got confused and left. The site was anything but user friendly. Part of the problem is confusion, updates that do anything but make the experience...