Reading this great article about "UX Trends for 2019" (slightly clickbait title: it's less trends and more bigger ethical questions around how the industry is changing).
https://trends.uxdesign.cc/
The suggested guidelines for creating 'calm tech' really caught my attention as something I'd love to see more of.
The State of UX in 2022

From design tools, to our design process, to the user behaviors that will change the way we design — a list of what to expect for User Experience (UX) Design in the next year.

I'm completely in love with this article by a Shopify illustrator about how companies handle diversity in their visualities.

Points tackled include:
* You can't just make everyone purple and call it diverse
* It's not just diversifying job roles, but actions. Who's pointing at the whiteboard? Who's explaining? Who's giving objects?
* Body language. Who's looking away? Who's making eye contact?
* How many of these problems start with a design team that's not diverse

https://ux.shopify.com/you-cant-just-draw-purple-people-and-call-it-diversity-e2aa30f0c0e8

oh my god this is the cutest username/password UI I have ever seen

Source: https://dribbble.com/shots/4249163-Animated-login-form-avatar

Animated login form avatar

Made an animated SVG login avatar. I've seen a couple of these recently, but both were pre-illustrated and rendered frame-by-frame animations synced to the email input. I wanted to make one with li...

@emaree you are kidding me i am so overjoyed by this i am going to watch it so many times