The UX Research and Design Blog

This week we dive into how the same UI is perceived differently for disabled users, how sound can improve UX, and how to choose the right list form controls. Also: data-viz inspiration, accessibility patterns, and a few brain-bending curiosities.

This week includes sad accessibility predictions, a free accessibility book and some manipulative buttons. Also: some art exploring difficult adult themes, a font tools and an SVG stroke animator.

This week we explore the new confusing macOS icons, why humanity over automation is a competition advantage, and red flags for soul-crushing jobs. Plus, death to scroll fade animations, a giant BIC lamp, a fun LinkedIn job title maxximizer, etc.

A fun API to say “no” with different excuses, Instagram’s failure on video accessibility, and why we shouldn’t humanize AI. Also: Microsoft’s Fluent UI resources for designers, cute animated icons, and creepy cute cozy game vibes.

Why accessibility helps everyone, the AI-fueled crash of tech giants, and why people sound like chatGPT. Also: placeholder cats, font dataviz, responsive letter spacing, and a critique of Pantone’s 2026 very white color of the year.

👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: you can’t make something accessible for everyone, the need for accessible ads, UX research workshops with stakeholders, the design fundamentals problem, deceptive patterns and forced continuity, fran sans monospaced display font, retro futurist UI components, flags dataviz, virtual zine library, book recommendation tool. How to create 3D images in CSS with layered pattern.

👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: anxiety toolkit, design beyond the echo chamber, accessibility for ecommerce, holes in the web and AI bias, alt text character limit myth, 3 bodys problem simulator, a fun ninja cat portfolio, reddit images explorer, neumorphism-style color palette generator, untranslatable words, 3 tools to caption videos, closing open objects and ARIA states.

👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: UX animations done right, common misconceptions about screen readers, niche design magazine, bird migration explorer, bad UX world cup, pictures of polar bears in abandoned station, navbar gallery inspiration, 3D OKLCH volume color tool, the w3c logo refresh, most beautiful places in the world, aria-current for accessible navigation.

👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: why Tim Berners-Lee gave the web for free, can AI generate good alt texts, the actual work we do, the oatmeal’s opinion on AI art, cozy multiplayer game messenger, stone drip coffee machine, CSS alignment fundamentals, accessible form validation, FigJam from ChatGPT brainstorming

👉🏻 Curated weekly UX Research, Design & Tech resources: OKLCH gradients, screen readers and AI ethics, UX maturity regression, smart defaults in Borderlands 4, boring LLMs are they way to go, the history of pumpkin spice latte, mobile web inspiration, European product alternatives, brutalita font editor, generative design gallery, accessible flip card tutorial, design system accessibility audit