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Under Autumn’s Spell (October 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
October is just around the corner, which means it’s time for a fresh batch of desktop wallpapers. Cosima has gathered autumnal scenes — hand-drawn, painted and photographed — to bring a little seasonal calm to every screen you work on.
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Carrie Webster wrote
The Death Of The Button: Why The Best Interface Is No Interface
The web is evolving beyond menus, forms and endless clicks toward experiences that anticipate intent. What does that mean for the humble button — and for the people who design it?
Cosima Mielke wrote
The Many Faces Of September (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
Welcome the new month with a hand-picked collection of desktop wallpapers from artists around the world.
Meriem Benhabiles wrote
Rethinking Data Visualisation: A UX Approach To Dashboards That Actually Drives Decisions
Data visualisation sits at the intersection of technology and human understanding — here’s how to make dashboards people actually act on.
Pierre Burgy wrote
Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing
Every website peaks on launch day and slowly drifts from there — not because it breaks, but because the world around it keeps moving.
Johan Grobler wrote
Timing Charts: A Blueprint For SMIL Animations
Discover SMIL, the often-overlooked way to animate SVGs that works inside <img> tags and can fuel surprisingly rich motion.
Vitaly Friedman wrote
New EU Guidelines For AI Labelling
New EU guidelines, why AI sparkles aren’t enough, when AI labels are required, and what the rules mean for product teams.
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Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie
When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture matters as much as the animation.
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How Baseline Can Help You Ship Less JavaScript
The gap between “you need a library for this” and “the browser does this” keeps closing. A practical guide to shipping less of everything.
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CSS Tabular Figures
Whether it’s table columns that don’t line up or dashboard figures that jump when they update, the problem is often the font — and the fix is one property.
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Laws Of Software Engineering
Created by Milan Milanović, Laws of Software Engineering is a collection of principles and heuristics that keep teams honest.
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Agentic AI, Design Systems, And Figma
Getting the design system basics right is the foundation for an agentic setup — here’s where to start.
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Consolidating Multiple Design Systems
Having multiple design systems in an organization isn’t as rare as it may seem — and the path forward is more human than technical.
Ahmad Shadeed wrote
Better Icon And Label Alignment
It’s a small detail, but one that can look odd if it isn’t done right: icon alignment in buttons and links.
Kate Moran wrote
How People Read Online
How do people read online? Kate Moran shares findings from eyetracking studies that show how scanning really works.
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