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• Core Points: Agentic AI shifts design from mere usability to trust, consent, and accountability through new research playbooks.
• Main Conten…
Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour
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• Core Points: CSS relative colour values enable dynamic theming of SVGs, enabling contextual animation and harmonized visuals across a site.
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UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026
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• Core Points: Career paths for UX and product designers in 2026, decision trees, and a UX skills self-assessment matrix guide readers toward fut…
Penpot Expands AI-Driven Design Workflows with MCP Server Experiments
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• Core Points: Penpot is testing MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to enable AI-assisted design tasks that understand and interact with Penpot…
Designing for Deaf Users: Practical UX Guidelines for a Global Audience of 466 Million
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• Core Points: Design inclusively for hearing loss with accessible media, captions, transcription, visual cues, and adaptable interfaces; test wi…
Recreating Toon Text with CSS and SVG: Smashing Animations Part 7
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• Core Points: Toon Text titles can be built with modern CSS and SVG techniques, enabling scalable, animated typography without images.
• Main …
Countdown to New Adventures: January 2026 Wallpapers Edition
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• Core Points: Start the year with fresh desktop wallpapers that set a proactive, adventure-ready mood for 2026.
• Main Content: A curated roun…
Pivoting Your Career Without Starting From Scratch
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• Core Points: Transitioning careers is possible by leveraging existing skills and strategic pivots, not restarting from zero.
• Main Content: De…
Accessible UX Research: eBook Now Available for Download
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• Core Points: Accessible UX Research, a Smashing Book by Michele A. Williams, is available as an eBook for immediate download, with print copies…
How to Measure the Impact of Features: Introducing TARS and a Framework for UX Metrics
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• Core Points: A simple, repeatable UX metric named TARS tracks feature performance within product design; contextualizes value beyond traditiona…