Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables
Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn’t a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally int...
Smashing Magazine Articles
Updated 3 min ago · 12 articles from Smashing Magazine
Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow
Design is about pacing and feelings as much as pixels and patterns. Alan Cohen explores Emotion in Flow and Emotion in Conflict, showing how anime like Dan D...
Persuasive Design: Ten Years Later
Many product teams still lean on usability improvements and isolated behavioral tweaks to address weak activation, drop-offs, and low retention – only to see...
Human Strategy In An AI-Accelerated Workflow
UX design is entering a new phase, with designers shifting from makers of outputs to directors of intent. AI can now generate wireframes, prototypes, and eve...
Now Shipping: Accessible UX Research, A New Smashing Book By Michele Williams
Our newest Smashing Book, “Accessible UX Research” by Michele Williams, is finally shipping worldwide — and we couldn’t be happier! This book is about resear...
Getting Started With The Popover API
What happens if you rebuild a single tooltip using the browser’s native model without the aid of a library? The Popover API turns tooltips from something you...
A Designer’s Guide To Eco-Friendly Interfaces
Every high-resolution hero image, autoplay video, and complex JavaScript animation carries a cost. Sustainable UX challenges the era of “unlimited pixels” an...
Beyond Generative: The Rise Of Agentic AI And User-Centric Design
Developing effective agentic AI requires a new research playbook. When systems plan, decide, and act on our behalf, UX moves beyond usability testing into th...
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Rethinking “Pixel Perfect” Web Design
Amit Sheen takes a hard look at the “Pixel Perfect” legacy concept, explaining why it’s failing us and redefining what “perfection” actually looks like in a ...
Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour
CSS relative colour values are now widely supported. In this article, pioneering author and web designer [Andy Clarke](https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/) share...
UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026
How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts...
Smashing Animations Part 7: Recreating Toon Text With CSS And SVG
In this article, pioneering author and web designer [Andy Clarke](https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk) shows his techniques for creating [Toon Text titles](https:...