Design

Igniting Creativity, Consistency, Accountability and Growth In The Design Community — How it all started It all started on a fateful evening when I received a DM from @annabel_twayne on Twitter. She poured her heart out, sharing her struggles with consistency in her design craft and the need for accountability and mentorship. …

We recently achieved a significant milestone for our design system team at Mollie. We launched the first version of Mollie UI, the company’s first cross-platform design system. Over the last seven months, we designed and implemented 46 components. In this article, I will share how we started, the learnings from…

The Uber platform currently powers more than 7 billion trips every year. When we launched Uber Navigation, the world’s first navigation system designed for ridesharing, in 2017, the platform was handling 4 billion trips annually. After 5 years of growing demands, not only in app use but also in terms…

With the introduction of Apple Vision Pro, the company is revolutionizing the UI industry by developing it in a new format, setting a new standard for spatial computing and the next generation of UI design. …

Outcomes from a developer sprint in Nepal, May 2023 — This year, the GO team have been exploring the use of shorter, more focussed sprints to help increase our development speed. Up to now, these sprints have focussed on workflows and design, with the IM team and UX designers taking the lead. …

After this past weekend’s college reunion, I returned home to California inspired and rejuvenated. I fell in love with my alma mater all over again. I realized that much of my passion and living at the intersection of art and science was seeded since my early years at MIT. Due…

When people experience something new but have a feeling that they have experienced it before, this psychological phenomenon is called déjà vu. It closely resembles memory recall, where individuals start recognizing things around them and create a sense of familiarity with the space or the experience. Individuals familiarize themselves with…

The no-bullshit guide on how to hire good designers for your organisation — I’ve taken a big dump on a lot of UX / design talents when it comes to their portfolios and their general not-so-optimised approach to job-hunting. …

Hello! I’m Paul, design manager at Pennylane. When I joined the company a year and a half after its creation, the design team was relatively small, and our presence wasn’t as prominent as it is now. …