UXPin Blog — Design Studio

UX Designer Sarah Harrison draws from personal experience to explain the dangers of the “Lean” buzzword, and how to practice Lean Design correctly.

Rosie Allabarton shares 4 phrases successful designers never use. Know the right mindsets required for succeeding as a designer.

Responsive designer Ben Gremillion weighs in on the pros and cons of frameworks. See if you should learn CSS frameworks, or roll your own.

See best practices for improving the feasibility of your designs. Collaborative tips for wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.

UX Designer and startup coach Sarah Harrison explains how to validate business ideas with quick UX techniques.

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Learn how to use pattern libraries as shortcuts for prototyping.

Know how to use both trends to dazzle users upon first impression. Get examples from Apple, Paypal, ESPN, and others.

Learn the importance of designing empty screens, edge cases, placeholders, and micro-interactions for mobile.

Learn how to create effective style guides that result in solid UI design.

Learn techniques for finding and customizing the right UI patterns.

Know the latest techniques based off analyzing some of the best examples around the web.

Beware the dangers of overdesigning your interactions. Designer Drew Thomas provides 4 straightforward tactics to guide users without annoying them.

UI design patterns are jumping off points. Learn four ways you can apply them to your design work.

Great interaction design lies in the details. Learn modern techniques based on analysis of examples from Facebook, Tinder, Path, and others.