Design Critique, Plain Language, Remote Sprint (Jan 31, 2023)

5 useful UX and design links in your inbox every weekday. Curated by Vitaly Friedman.

If you love good UX and design, meet our video library on Smart Interface Design Patterns 🍣 — with a live UX training that’s coming up in March this year. This is a little project I’ve been working on for last 7 years, and so happy that it’s now out! :-) In the meantime, here are a few useful links. Happy reading, everyone! ❤️

• Effective Design Critique Toolbelt, a friendly case study by the Figma team, with a guide for running effective critiques, options to choose from, do's and don'ts.

• Plain Language provides plain language guidelines on how to design for reading and understanding — with practical examples to use right away.

• Remote Design Sprint Templates Figma Kit, a wonderful set of exercises, sticky notes, flowchart nodes for experience mapping, competitor audit, Crazy 8s etc. in Figma.

• UX Methods Resource Kit, a fantastic repository of tools for creative collaboration, be it energizers, innovation, well-being, team activities.

• Long-Reads on Design and UX, some wonderful people publishing deep, long reads about design and UX.