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A Practical Guide To Design Principles
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Smashing Magazine · Design

A Practical Guide To Design Principles

Design principles with references, examples, and methods for quick look-up. Brought to you by Design Patterns For AI Interfaces, **friendly video courses on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman)
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The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)
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Smashing Magazine · Design

The Joy Of A Fresh Beginning (April 2026 Wallpapers Edition)

With the new month just around the corner, could there be a better occasion to freshen up your desktop? If you’re looking for some unique and inspiring wallpapers to accompany you on all those adventures that April may bring — and maybe spark some new ideas, too — well, this post has got you covered...

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Cosima Mielke)
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The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins
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Smashing Magazine · Design

The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins

Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” still w...

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Carrie Webster)
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Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables

Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn’t a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally into a team’s routine. With Figma variables, testing font size increases becomes part of the design flow itself, making accessibility feel almost...

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Ruben Ferreira Duarte)
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Modal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Modal vs. Separate Page: UX Decision Tree

How to choose between modals and pages, when to avoid modals, and how to determine the right level of interruption or navigation. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Vitaly Friedman)
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Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Anime vs. Marvel/DC: Designing Digital Products With Emotion In Flow

Design is about pacing and feelings as much as pixels and patterns. Alan Cohen explores Emotion in Flow and Emotion in Conflict, showing how anime like Dan Da Dan and superhero films like James Gunn’s Superman manage emotional shifts and translating those ideas into practical patterns for product de...

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Alan Cohen)
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Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Moving From Moment.js To The JS Temporal API

The way JavaScript handles time has evolved significantly, from the built-in `Date` API to Moment.js and now Temporal. The new standard fills gaps in the original `Date` API while addressing limitations found in Moment and other libraries. Joe Attardi shares practical “recipes” for migrating Moment-...

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Joe Attardi)
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Beyond `border-radius`: What The CSS `corner-shape` Property Unlocks For Everyday UI
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Beyond `border-radius`: What The CSS `corner-shape` Property Unlocks For Everyday UI

For years, developers have been hacking around the limitations of `border-radius`, using clip-path, SVG masks, and fragile workarounds just to get anything other than round corners. The new `corner-shape` property finally changes that, opening the door to beveled, scooped, and squircle corners.

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Brecht De Ruyte)
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Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js

Some forms stay UI, while others quietly become rule engines. Here’s why these two different approaches exist and how to choose between them.

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Sunil Sandhu)
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Persuasive Design: Ten Years Later
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Smashing Magazine · Design

Persuasive Design: Ten Years Later

Many product teams still lean on usability improvements and isolated behavioral tweaks to address weak activation, drop-offs, and low retention – only to see results plateau or slip into shallow gamification. Anders Toxboe updates persuasive design for today’s reality, clarifying what has actually h...

hello@smashingmagazine.com (Anders Toxboe)
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