Issue #170: Design systems are a trap 👻, Friction in UX 🦔, and Figma to no-code

Design systems are a trap 👻, Friction in UX 🦔, and Figma to no-code

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In this week’s Toolbox: Landing page builders, Figma to code, and Fonts in the Wild 🦌 – everything you need to get a project off the ground.

Before getting your hands dirty though, learn how to prevent your side projects becoming ‘pain projects’ with Hannah’s tips over on our reading list 📚. There you’ll find more thought provoking pieces, such as why design systems can be a trap! Check ’em out 👇

This Week in Toolbox

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Projects we loved this week:

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ProtoPie 5.0: Interaction Recipes & Libraries

It’s more than a handoff – find out about ProtoPie’s interaction recipes and libraries, and keep your designs consistant.

Reading List

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Go beyond your design systems to delight! →

Diana Malewicz

Design Systems are a trap! … Well, they can be. Diana explains how some design systems have no soul (🤔Material Design) and then highlights how we can inject them with a little personality and delight. Want more Diana? Grab her book 📖(20% off with code ‘prototypr’).

Don’t be afraid of friction in UX →

Alexandra Grochowski

Friction in User Experience Design can be good or bad. In fintech, friction can make or break a good experience or app. Alexandra shows us how friction can in fact be an opportunity to build trust, prevent users from making grave mistakes, and also instill confidence in your users.

I built a “Personal FAQ” Directory on how to get into Product/Tech. →

Zoe Chew

How do you begin building and launching your own products? What about starting a consulting business from scratch? Prolific product maker, Zoe, has been fielding these types of questions for years. So much so, that she’s now created an FAQ to help anyone transition into tech.

11 things that go wrong on a UX project →

Hannah Locke

No process. Inappropriate deliverables. Skipping the research! Hannah highlights the things to watch out for when inheriting a ‘pain project’, and helps identify what ‘gone wrong’ looks like … ideally, before it all goes wrong.