✨ What would a week with AI in your UX workflow actually look like? A grounded, week-long experiment shows how to integrate AI into your design process without losing the human touch:

Our monthly desktop wallpapers series is the perfect occasion to put your creative skills to the test. Ready to take on the challenge this month?. 🖌️ Join in: We’d love to feature your design in our September wallpapers post next week!

In LOVE with this new trend! . NGL this was lowkey kind of hard, but I think it turned out super pretty! . Also feel like it's giving fallout or the backrooms. right?

🎨 The colors we choose are the silent language of our digital products, and speaking it fluently is key to success. ↬ Rodolpho Henrique guides you through the essential aspects of color in digital design and UX, from the practical steps of creating effective and scalable color

🤖 AI tools are improving fast, but it’s still not clear how they fit into a real product design workflow. Nikita Samutin walks through four core stages — from analytics and ideation to prototyping and visual design — to show where AI fits and where it doesn’t, illustrated with

Our Person of the Week is passionate about sharing his expertise in product management to help PMs grow and advance their careers. Please give a warm round of applause for. Paweł Huryn!. Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @PawelHuryn!. #smashingcommunity

🧩 Your past shapes who you are as a designer, no matter where your career began or how unexpected your career path may have been. Stephanie Campbell shows how those lessons can sharpen your instincts, strengthen collaboration, and help you become a better designer today:

🎯 Prompting isn’t just about writing better instructions, but about designing better thinking. From research and brainstorming to testing and beyond, advanced prompting can empower different product & design use cases, speeding up your workflow and improving results. Here’s how

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Our Person of the Week is a design leader and UX practitioner, helping organizations make their services more useful, usable, and sustainable. Drumrolls, please, for. James Chudley!. Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @chudders!. #smashingcommunity

🌍 Internationalization isn’t just translation. It’s about formatting dates, pluralizing words, sorting names, and more, all according to specific locales. Instead of relying on heavy third-party libraries, modern JavaScript offers the Intl API — a powerful, native way to handle

✨ Talking points. Smart questions. A compelling story. This guide helps you prepare for your UX job interview. And remember: no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted:

Our Person of the Week is an Experience Designer, Community Builder, and Learning Facilitator committed to building spaces for connection, sharing, and transformation. Drumrolls, please, for. Anamaria Dorgo!. Thank you for all that you do, dear Anamaria!. #smashingcommunity

✨ It’s easy to forget that Web Components are more than just Custom Elements. Shadow DOM, HTML Templates, and Custom Elements each play a role. ↬ Let’s zoom in on Shadow DOM — why it matters, when to use it, and how to apply it effectively:

Our Person of the Week is a former tech executive passionate about professional development and helping others grow. Please give a warm round of applause for. Ryan Rumsey!. Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Ryan!. #smashingcommunity

This week, we’d like to shine the spotlight on two lovely folks from the industry who are both truly passionate about helping fellow designers reach their full potential. Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @edwche and @segibb! 💖. #smashingcommunity

💥 Event listeners are essential for interactivity in JavaScript, but they can quietly cause memory leaks if not removed properly. And what if your event listener needs parameters? That’s where things get interesting. Amejimaobari Ollornwi shares which JavaScript features make

🤖 Designing a new AI feature? Where do you even begin? From first steps to design flows and interactions, here’s a simple, systematic approach to building AI experiences that stick:

🧙‍♂️ The Wizard of Oz method is a proven UX research tool that simulates real interactions to reveal authentic user behavior. Join @VictorYocco as he explores its fundamentals, advanced techniques, and critical considerations — including its relevance in the emerging field of

⏱️ As always in design, timing matters — and so do timely notifications. Let’s explore how we can improve the notifications UX:

🧩 Traditional page builders have shaped how we build WordPress sites for years. Meet Droip — a modern no-code builder offering cleaner performance, full design freedom, and zero plugin dependency: (This article is kindly supported by @droipNoCode 💖)

🌷 It’s showtime! So excited to announce a shiny new conference on UX and design ( in the very heart of Amsterdam, on April 13–16, 2026 — all around practical insights on accessibility, UX, design systems, complex UIs, Figma, product design, and a dash of