Most UI problems aren’t visual.
They’re structural.
Grids fix that.
The mistake?
Designing without a grid.
Good design isn’t random. It’s structured.
That’s what makes it feel clean.
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Most UI problems aren’t visual.
They’re structural.
Grids fix that.
The mistake?
Designing without a grid.
Good design isn’t random. It’s structured.
That’s what makes it feel clean.
Follow Upslide for daily UX insights.
Great design = familiarity. Netflix’s red & black color palette mirrors movie theaters.
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Meet uSpec: #Uber’s agentic system for automating component design specifications
Using #AIagents & the #opensource Figma Console Model Context Protocol (#MCP), it reduces detailed documentation time from weeks ⇨ minutes.
Find out more on #InfoQ ⇨ https://bit.ly/4lPCfJH
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“This is how I ended up creating Elena, a library that I’m open sourcing today. Elena starts from HTML and CSS, and stays grounded in web standards and what the web platform natively provides.”
https://arielsalminen.com/2026/progressive-web-components/ #WebComponents #OpenSource #Elena #DesignSystems #resources
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Elena · A tiny library for building progressive web components https://ilo.im/169a4a
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Most products use icons.
Few use them consistently.
Here are 5 common icon styles
The mistake?
Mixing styles in the same product.
Good UI picks one style and sticks to it.
That’s what makes interfaces feel polished.
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#UIDesign #UXDesign #IconDesign #DesignSystems #UpslideDesignStudio
Most people think product design is everything.
It’s not.
Product design is what users interact with. Service design is how everything works behind it.
Great companies don’t just design products.
They design systems that make products work.
That’s the real leverage.
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♛ Brilliant. Kyle Van Deusen’s two-layer approach to managing color on your project solves problems you might not even know you have yet.
https://theadminbar.com/semantics-and-primitives-color-system/
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