
Vitaly Friedman
Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Smashing Magazine
UX Designer/Consultant • Founder, editor-in-chief, creative lead @SmashingMag • Speaker • Loves good design patterns and doesn’t give up easily. 🍣
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3 weeks ago |
smashingmagazine.com | Vitaly Friedman
3 min readAccessibility,UX,DesignShare on Twitter, LinkedInDesigning for neurodiversity means recognizing that people aren’t edge cases but individuals with varied ways of thinking and navigating the web. So, how can we create more inclusive experiences that work better for everyone? Neurodivergent needs are often considered as an edge case that doesn’t fit into common user journeys or flows. Neurodiversity tends to get overlooked in the design process.
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4 weeks ago |
smashingmagazine.com | Vitaly Friedman
6 min readUX,Design,Web DesignShare on Twitter, LinkedInWhat’s the difference between data, findings, and UX insights? And how do you argue for statistical significance in your UX research? Let’s unpack it. Kindly powered by How To Measure UX and Design Impact, a friendly course on how to show the impact of your incredible UX work on business. In many companies, data, findings, and insights are all used interchangeably.
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1 month ago |
smashingmagazine.com | Vitaly Friedman
4 min readDesign Systems,Tools,UXShare on Twitter, LinkedInHelpful PDF worksheets and tools to get the design system effort up and running — and adopted! Kindly powered by How To Measure UX and Design Impact, a friendly course on how to show the impact of your incredible UX work on business. So we want to set up a new design system for your product. How do we get it up and running from scratch? Do we start with key stakeholders, UI audits, or naming conventions?
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1 month ago |
smashingmagazine.com | Vitaly Friedman
9 min readUX,Design,WorkflowShare on Twitter, LinkedInWhen was the last time your project wrapped up smoothly — no delays, no surprises, no last-minute compromises? In reality, most UX projects drift as timelines slip, budgets stretch, and features morph. How do we get better at navigating the chaos? An upcoming part of How To Measure UX and Design Impact by yours truly. Think about your past projects. Did they finish on time and on budget? Did they end up getting delivered without cutting corners?
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1 month ago |
smashingmagazine.com | Vitaly Friedman
6 min readUX,Design,Web DesignShare on Twitter, LinkedInLost in a sea of UX files, docs, PDFs, and scattered decisions across Slack, Dropbox, Notion, and Figma? We talk a lot about organizing Figma, but what about a sensible folder structure for all UX assets? Let’s fix that. Are you also getting lost in all the files, deliverables, shared docs, PDFs, and reports related to your UX work?
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🧒🏽 Designing For Gen Z: Expectations and UX Guidelines. With frequent myths and actual behavior patterns that go beyond heavy use of social media. https://t.co/693pUTYKQE (You can find most content on LinkedIn as I publish very rarely here) I hope you find it useful! 🎉🥳 https://t.co/fsNzXVBg5A

🎉🥳 Finally, after so many years, it’s LIVE! Meet “How To Measure UX and Design Impact” — a shiny new video course on UX metrics, Design KPIs and how to show your incredible UX impact: https://t.co/uFDjcHcxdt A practical guide for designers and design leads! 🙏🏾 #ux

🥁 Free online workshop: Inclusive Design Patterns For 2025, a free 3.5h-online workshop all around accessibility, EU Accessibility Act, WCAG 2.2 and inclusive design patterns. Free for everyone! 🎉🥳 Save your spot: https://t.co/rifkqYeGUE #ux #accessibility https://t.co/gKM2Lm5eZk