Cookie consent UX, Figma auto-layer, scaling vs. growth, principles vs. values

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.

Editors’ picks

Principles vs. values →
If principles are for designs, values are for designers.

Cookie consent UX →
It’s time we fix the unethical design of cookie consent windows.

Freelance pricing →
In search of the “double thank you”.

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A study about how people may or may not be able to re-create randomness.

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Make me think

Scaling vs growth →
“On the most part scaling and hyper growth have been synonymous. But when is growth too fast? When is it not sustainable? Should we set a healthy limit to scale to?”

You don’t need a UI framework →
“Every now and then, someone will ask for my recommendations on UI frameworks. My answer to this question tends to catch people off guard: I don’t use them, and I don’t think they should be used for most consumer-facing products.”

Urgency and Agency: conquering climate despair →
“The climate crisis feels really big and overwhelming. How do we overcome fear and paralysis when we’re thinking about the scale of this problem? And how do we turn our fear and anxiety into motivation and action?”

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Mechanical watches: an experiment.

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Little gems this week

I am a product designer that became an engineering manager overnight →

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Mixing and combining red and blue in data visualization →

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Lessons on creativity from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once →

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Tools and resources

Figma performance →
How to reduce Figma memory usage.

Figma auto-layer →
Automatically decompose images into multiple layers.

Remote-first teams →
The 3 ingredients you need to set up and run a remote-first UX team.

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