📈 2025 Design Trends + Fixing the Dev-Design Mismatch
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Hope you're having a productive week! I've hand-picked some awesome resources for you this time around – we're talking slick new CSS techniques for toggling content, a deep dive into why designers and developers sometimes clash (and how to fix it!), a sneak peek at the design trends that will dominate 2025, and an inspiring story about designing a custom keyboard.
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It’s easy to default to what you know. When it comes to toggling content, that might be reaching for display: none or opacity: 0 with some JavaScript sprinkled in.
Designers use an unconstrained canvas tool to design for rule-based interactive systems, hoping the devs will perfect everything in production. This causes misalignment between designers and devs.
Dubbed Ebay Evo (short for evolution), the project began as a makeover to Ebay’s core UX—and that work snowballed into a complete matching makeover of the Ebay brand.
Learn what UX Goals, OKRs, and KPIs are and how to use them as a framework to measure the success and progress of UX work.
⌨️ Fun Fact
The Great Keyboard Design Experiment of 1970 - In the early 1970s, a quirky inventor named Radu Miron tried to design a keyboard layout based on musical notes to make typing more harmonious. While it never caught on, Miron's experiment highlighted the profound impact that keyboard design can have on user experience and ergonomic efficiency.
Learn why your entire team needs to care about UX and discover how it's not just for designers—it's a game-changer that can transform how everyone on your team approaches their work.
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