TLDR Design

TLDR DESIGN 2023-09-18

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02STRATEGIES & TACTICS

ASK ADOBE DESIGN: HOW DO YOU LEAD AS A PRINCIPAL DESIGNER?

Five principal designers from Adobe Design share insights on their roles as subject matter experts and leaders in their respective fields. Learn about mutual respect and building trust while collaborating with teams and guiding others forward.

adobe.design5 min read

BAD UX EXPOSED: A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO AVOIDING PITFALLS

A poor user experience is often the result of a lack of understanding of users' needs. Embark on a journey of bad UX design and UI examples from Apple Music, YouTube, Snapchat, eBay, and others. Each use case outlines a UX problem and how it impacted users.

interaction-design.org26 min read

BALANCING CLIENT NEEDS VS. YOUR PORTFOLIO

Design decisions should serve your client and their users, not your portfolio. It's tempting to find excuses to jump on that last trend, but is that really what adds the most value? The same goes the other way around. Designers need to listen to clients' requests but let them know what's most effective for that particular use case.

speckyboy.com3 min read

03RESOURCES & TOOLS

GRADIENT BUILDER

Based on CSS gradients, this tool features interactive controls to switch between color spaces and manipulate control angle and opacity levels. It also includes presets.

gradient.styleTool

HAND CURATED COLOR PALETTES

A resource especially helpful for defining color intervals in design systems. Organized into hues, this site contains a collection of over 500 gorgeous color palettes.

culrs.comTool

04MISCELLANEOUS

SHADER GRADIENT

Shader Gradient is a new tool for creating beautiful, moving gradients. Available on Figma, Framer, and as a React component.

shadergradient.coTool

PORTFOLIO MAGIC BY CONTRA

Creating and launching a portfolio doesn't have to take months. Contra's AI Portfolios is a tool for generating portfolios much faster, and it's part of an ecosystem that helps creatives get clients and manage contracts.

producthunt.comTool

ABSURD ILLUSTRATIONS THAT MAKE SENSE

Why provide users with obvious and dull illustrations when you can make their imaginations go wild? These hand-drawn illustrations combine absurdity and a deep sense of childishness and naivety.

absurd.designTool