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Creating Elastic And Bounce Effects With Expressive Animator
15 September 2025 @ 10:00 am
Elastic and bounce effects have long been among the most desirable but time-consuming techniques in motion design. Expressive Animator streamlines the process, making it possible to produce lively animations in seconds, bypassing the tedious work of manual keyframe editing.
From Data To Decisions: UX Strategies For Real-Time Dashboards
12 September 2025 @ 3:00 pm
Real-time dashboards are decision assistants, not passive displays. In environments like fleet management, healthcare, and operations, the cost of a delay or misstep is high. Karan Rawal explores strategic UX patterns that shorten time-to-decision, reduce cognitive overload, and make live systems trustworthy.
Integrating CSS Cascade Layers To An Existing Project
10 September 2025 @ 10:00 am
The idea behind this is to share a full, unfiltered look at integrating CSS Cascade Layers into an existing legacy codebase. In practice, it’s about refactoring existing CSS to use cascade layers without breaking anything.
Designing For TV: Principles, Patterns And Practical Guidance (Part 2)
4 September 2025 @ 10:00 am
After covering in detail the underlying interaction paradigms of TV experiences in [Part 1](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2025/08/designing-tv-evergreen-pattern-shapes-tv-experiences/), it’s time to get practical. In the second part of the series, you’ll explore the building blocks of the “10-foot experience” and how to best utilise them in your designs.
A Breeze Of Inspiration In September (2025 Wallpapers Edition)
31 August 2025 @ 8:00 am
Could there be a better way to welcome the new month than with a new collection of desktop wallpapers? We’ve got some eye-catching designs to make your September just a bit more colorful. Enjoy!
Prompting Is A Design Act: How To Brief, Guide And Iterate With AI
29 August 2025 @ 10:00 am
Prompting is more than giving AI some instructions. You could think of it as a design act, part creative brief and part conversation design. This second article on AI augmenting design work introduces a designerly approach to prompting: one that blends creative briefing, interaction design, and structural clarity.
Designing For TV: The Evergreen Pattern That Shapes TV Experiences (Part 1)
27 August 2025 @ 1:00 pm
TV interface design is a unique, fascinating, and often overlooked field. It’s been guided by decades of evolution and innovation, yet still firmly constrained by its legacy. Follow Milan into the history, quirks, and unshakable rules that dictate how we control these devices.
Optimizing PWAs For Different Display Modes
26 August 2025 @ 8:00 am
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are a great way to make apps built for the web feel native, but in moving away from a browser environment, we can introduce usability issues. This article covers how we can modify our app depending on what display mode is applied to mitigate these issues.
A Week In The Life Of An AI-Augmented Designer
22 August 2025 @ 8:00 am
If you are new to using AI in design or curious about integrating AI into your UX process without losing your human touch, this article offers a grounded, day-by-day look at introducing AI into your design workflow.
The Double-Edged Sustainability Sword Of AI In Web Design
20 August 2025 @ 10:00 am
AI has introduced huge efficiencies for web designers and is frequently being touted as the key to unlocking sustainable design and development. But do these gains outweigh the environmental cost of using energy-hungry AI tools?