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🧠 How UX Shaped COVID, Airbnb’s Redesign & SVG-to-CSS Tool

May 21, 2025

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Packed with some nice design reads and cool CSS tools...

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🧠 UX

Coronavirus Dashboard UX: How Design Impacts Your Perception

Dashboard design can greatly influence our perception of the coronavirus. Discover the strategies to make your visuals communicate the right information.

Building A Practical UX Strategy Framework

Learn how to create and implement a UX strategy framework that shapes work and drives real business value.

Got one solution? Pay attention

When you catch yourself thinking you’ve found the clear solution to a problem, that’s your cue to get suspicious. Chances are, you haven’t uncovered the full complexity of the issue.

The problem with good design

The category drop down has a bunch of downsides such as...

🏔️ The “Peak-End Rule” Shapes How Users Remember Experiences

People judge an experience largely based on how they felt at its most intense point (the “peak”) and at its end, rather than the total sum or average of every moment. This is why delighting users at key moments and ending on a high note can make your product more memorable.

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🎨 Design

“It was a bit nuts” – Teo Connor on designing the new Airbnb app

About an hour after CEO Brian Chesky unveiled the new Airbnb app to the world, Teo Connor, the company’s VP of design, takes a moment to reflect on the 18-month project.

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