As designers, we are user advocates first and foremost. We need to understand what users want versus need before they ever encounter our designs. Once they do encounter it, they must first feel safe ...

There are recurring patterns in the way humans construct things, whether it is a building or a Web site. If designers can identify and understand those patterns, they can use that knowledge to build ...

Design patterns have evolved to address problems that are often encountered in software applications. They are solutions to recurring problems and complexities in software design. We’ve discussed many ...

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The Web Foundation‘s Tech Policy Design Lab is working on an interesting-looking project to counter deceptive design — aka dark patterns* — with the goal of producing a portfolio of UX and UI ...

Have you ever been on a project in which all of your team members have just gone through an intense week of design pattern training? It's painful, as the project ends up becoming some type of sadistic ...