How interfaces, incentives, emergence, and second-order thinking make platforms a unique design opportunity

Reflections on the benefits of tweaking an existing app, instead of starting from scratch.

Prompt-driven design is when an AI command bar functions as either the primary tool of navigation or output. Learn why this pattern is here to stay.

I got an email recently from a kind online friend who said they’d like to ask about my process or what makes a good website.

This is the story of how the Xbox became a design icon worthy of museum collections.

How interfaces, incentives, emergence, and second-order thinking make platforms a unique design opportunity.

Our in-house experts give insights into how localization works at Spotify and offer pointers for your own design considerations.

Guidance for designing ethically humane digital products and services through patterns focused on user well-being.

In 2013, I applied for a travel visa to the United States. Along with the visa, America, with her boundless generosity, also granted me a new name.

At a few times in history, new technologies came along that changed the way we make art.

Building a web analytics service without cookies poses a tricky problem: How do you distinguish unique visitors?

Some of Material Design’s top moments from the past year.

What are you allowed to do with other designers’ work?

Check out these icon design trends for future years before diving into work.

What would be possible if hand-drawn sketches were programmable like spreadsheets?

Four ways how to use drawing to get more ideas: Study, Explore, Develop, and Show. They will boost your creativity.

In terms of sheer impact, the like button was one of the most successful pieces of code ever shipped.

It’s not just a matter of developers acting friendlier or designers acting less egoistically.

A collaborative report unraveling the state of design today.

A working definition of an Open Web and what we can strive for to building an open and sustainable internet.