Nine New Nasty UX Truths
Hard-won insights that nobody says out loud.
Exactly five years ago, I published Nine Nasty UX Truths, and to my surprise the article got over 50k views here on Medium, a bunch of reposts and tweets, and even a translation in Russian.
All of this led to some powerful conversations which helped me grow as a designer. Meaning I’ve messed up bigger, learned a lot more, and probably grown nastier with age.
So here are nine more truths that you’re not likely to hear everyday from our wonderfully empathetic and confrontation-adverse community.
By the way, I do love you. Nonetheless…
(1) Fuck your design system.
Hear me out: Yes, of course, if you don’t use a design system, you’re an idiot. Excellent designers with decades of experience have condensed the wisdom of years of testing into design systems.
You’re not better than them. Puncture that enormously bloated ego of yours and use the damn design system, Karen. Especially at the start. You’ll go ten times faster.
Still, heed these two pieces of advice:
Do you want to create a brand new design system for your company?
Don’t. It will suck. Fuck your homemade design system. Use Material. It’s better.
