The 10 year anniversary of the inception of the UX Fund was this month. I took some time and began to look back in a little more detail. A lot has happened in the last decade in the design industry. It was FASCINATING for me to look back at this.

Sketch style guides So here are 100 [goofy] Excuses for Designers to help you cover your ass next time you make a mistake that you're too afraid to admit. Results may vary! and well-designed can only get you so far, but designers like us still make mistakes. Like...a lot.

The impulse to defend one's work feels natural in design. But as we start to examine design reviews in the context of user-centered design, it becomes clear that defensiveness may not be the best response.

Across 33 rich countries, only 5% of the population has high computer-related abilities, and only a third of people can complete medium-complexity tasks.

A.k.a., "millennial pink" You could say it all began with a new shade of iPhone. Chatter after the premiere of an Apple product is typically related to specs and stocks. But in September 2015, when Apple premiered a "rose gold" version of the gadget, the conversation veered into gender politics.