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FastCompany Design

Heinz’s clever new french fry box fixes a decades-old design problem

Heinz’s newest product isn’t a ketchup, or a mayo, or some Frankenstein combination of the two. It’s a box—and it’s solving a problem that’s plagued lovers of french fries for decades. The patent-pending “Heinz Dipper,” unveiled on January 13, is an innovation the company is describing ...

6 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Heinz’s clever new french fry box fixes a decades-old design problem

UX Collective

How reading patterns have changed

And it's impact on UX and UI design Continue reading on UX Collective »

8 hours ago

UX Collective

How reading patterns have changed

FastCompany Design

Roxberry is a ‘better-for-you’ soda, but its branding is an absolute sugar rush

Andy Sauer is no stranger to making waves in the beverage business. As the CEO of Garage Beer, he defied the odds by turning a small craft brewery into a national name, despite competing in an industry dominated by legacy players. Now he’s looking to shake things up in another popular beverage category: ...

9 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Roxberry is a ‘better-for-you’ soda, but its branding is an absolute sugar rush

FastCompany Design

Fujifilm’s new camera has a ‘Gen Dial’ so Gen Z can get the perfect retro shot

Fujifilm’s newest camera model, the Instax Mini Evo Cinema, is a gadget that’s designed for the retro camera craze. The device is a vertically oriented instant camera that can take still images, videos (an Instax camera first), connect with your smartphone to turn its photos into physical prints, ...

11 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Fujifilm’s new camera has a ‘Gen Dial’ so Gen Z can get the perfect retro shot

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 539

11 hours ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 539

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 539

11 hours ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 539

FastCompany Design

Why Levi’s is teaching high schoolers how to mend their clothes

Amanda Lee McCarty, sustainability consultant and host of the Clotheshorse podcast, remembers fixing a tear on her Forever 21 shirt with a stapler—just long enough to get through the workday before tossing it out. In the early 2000s, when fast-fashion brands began flooding the market, clothing ...

11 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Why Levi’s is teaching high schoolers how to mend their clothes

smashing magazine

Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour

CSS relative colour values are now widely supported. In this article, pioneering author and web designer [Andy Clarke](https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/) shares practical techniques for using them to theme and animate SVG graphics.

11 hours ago

smashing magazine

Smashing Animations Part 8: Theming Animations Using CSS Relative Colour

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UX Collective

The WCAG problem

WCAGs may not be the simplest way to start the conversation Continue reading on UX Collective »

23 hours ago

UX Collective

The WCAG problem

FastCompany Design

Apple just straight up robbed Google

A few weeks ago, my iPhone woke me up at 3:30 a.m. In a way, it was my fault. I’d technically set the alarm “for three thirty.” In another way, it was Siri’s fault. Apple’s AI assistant never thought to question if I was asking for "a.m." or "p.m." And it simply assumed the most painful ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Apple just straight up robbed Google

FastCompany Design

Fanatics goes all-in on entertainment

The convergence of brand work and entertainment is set to be making significant leaps and bounds this year as a result in a flurry of activity in 2025.Large brands of consequence have made serious investment in in-house entertainment studios over the past few years—LVMH, AB InBev, Nike, and Dick’s ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

Fanatics goes all-in on entertainment

UX Collective

The dilemma of agency in design

1 day ago

UX Collective

The dilemma of agency in design

UX Collective

How can you ensure paying customers don’t worsen the new user experience?

The eternal challenge of B2B Design, and how reframes can help Continue reading on UX Collective »

1 day ago

UX Collective

How can you ensure paying customers don’t worsen the new user experience?

UX Collective

Designers as agent orchestrators: what I learnt shipping with AI in 2025

1 day ago

UX Collective

Designers as agent orchestrators: what I learnt shipping with AI in 2025

UX Collective

Your product is a theme park

2 days ago

UX Collective

Your product is a theme park

Muzli

10 Best AI Tools for UX Designers in 2026

2 days ago

Muzli

10 Best AI Tools for UX Designers in 2026

Muzli

When “Good Design” Wasn’t Enough and What Finally Changed Everything

2 days ago

Muzli

When “Good Design” Wasn’t Enough and What Finally Changed Everything

smashing magazine

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

2 days ago

smashing magazine

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

IxDF

8 Best Prototyping Tools for UX Designers in 2026

Prototyping is the bridge that carries you, as a designer, between a concept and the first attempts to get it into some concrete form in UX design (User Experience). It allows you to move ideas from your mind into hands-on experiences for others to see, test, and critique, and for you to iterate on and ...

2 days ago

IxDF

8 Best Prototyping Tools for UX Designers in 2026

IxDF

Complementary Colors: The Ultimate Guide in 2026

Part of the magic of how colors work together in impressive designs lies in the art of color selection. Designers often use complementary colors to craft visually appealing and efficient UX (User Experience). Complementary colors sit on the opposite ends of the color wheel, such as orange and blue, red ...

2 days ago

IxDF

Complementary Colors: The Ultimate Guide in 2026