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What the Architecture Industry Can Teach Us About Smooth UI/UX Design Handoffs

What the architecture industry can teach us about good design

How Cloud City Helped Breadwinner Build a Functional and Supportive Community for Bakers

A functioning, user-friendly online experience isn’t just a nice-to-have. It can be a tool for connection and community. And creating those experiences is one of the best parts of our job.

User Testing: It’s Easier Than You Think

There are many user testing tools out there. We don’t use them. Instead, here’s the process we follow to better understand our end-users’ needs.

Loafing Around with Breadwinner

Working with Breadwinner’s social network helped me cultivate a hungry sourdough starter — and connect with my neighbors and family.

Accelerating Public Health Emergency Preparedness

Worldwide Covid-19 responses illuminate the varying capacities of countries to prepare and react to major public health events. Cloud City is part of the effort to create tools that can help all countries succeed.

Leveraging Stretch Layout with Constraints

Learn everything about Figma updates and plugins, all in under a minute. In this episode of Figma55 we cover the Figma's secretive way to stretch content based on stretch layout grids

Free Illustration Resource with the Blush Plugin

Learn everything about Figma updates and plugins, all in under a minute. In this episode of Figma55 we cover the wonderful "Blush" plugin which uses a massive illustration librar to help users compose custom illustrations

Figma55 - Create Perfect Spacing Specs with the Redlines Plugin

Learn everything about Figma updates and plugins, all in under a minute. In this episode of Figma55 we cover the Figma Plugin "Redlines" from Publisher Danny Keane. Redlines helps you annotate detailed spacing measurements for your developers.

Figma55 - Auto Layout Crash Course

Learn everything about Figma updates and plugins, all in under a minute. In this episode of Figma55 we cover Figma Auto Layout, which auto-updates style padding, and lets you drag and drop your figma elements as if it was a website builder.

Figma55 - Communities

Learn everything about Figma updates and plugins, all in under a minute. In this episode of Figma55 we cover Figma's new "community" hub, which lets you take a peek at the design systems of some of the biggest names in the business!

Figma55- Auto Layout for Tables

With Figma 55 you can learn all about Figma's hidden gems and plugins, in 55 seconds flat. This episode of Figma55 highlights how to use Figma's new Auto Layout tool for making a simple table, all in under a minute!

Figma55- Duotones

Time is valuable. I'm not going to waste your time. I won't even take a minute of it! With Figma 55 you can learn all about Figma's hidden gems and plugins, in 55 seconds flat. This episode features the "Duotones" plugin!

Figma55- Noise

Time is valuable. I'm not going to waste your time. I won't even take a minute of it! With Figma 55 you can learn all about Figma's hidden gems and plugins, in 55 seconds flat.

Google Material Design + Sketch: a UX love story

A UX designer's take on installing and using Google Material Design with Sketch.

Wacom vs. Apple Pencil

There are a lot of choices about what tools are the best for the job, especially for digital design. Learn about cost, availability, and tactile tradeoffs for digital drawing with Wacom or Apple Pencil.

Designing to Stop Night Terrors in Children

An iOS app distraught, sleep-deprived parents can use in a dark room to help their kids

By asking lots of good questions, Brendan Miller, our lead UX/UI designer, built a friendly, kind, and respectful interface that interacts with the Lully Sleep Guardian to cut down night terrors. Instead of watching, unable to help, parents can reset a healthy sleep pattern and eliminate night terrors.

Creating a World Class Website for Nation’s Largest LGBT Event

A website honoring 46 years fighting for LGBT visibility, dignity, and equality that supports the millions of people who attend the SF Pride Celebration

We built that! Using core-model methodology, responsive web design, and agile development, we collaborated with SF Pride to launch an easy-to-update site in time for its 2016 event.

Introducing the Designer's Toolbox - Sketch vs Adobe Photoshop

Eliminate the headaches of large UI or web design files in your reviews consider Sketch instead of Adobe Photoshop.

In the first of an ongoing video series, The Designer’s Toolbox Series, our designer Brendan Miller creates an artboard in both Sketch and Adobe Photoshop to show which tool generates the smallest file size.

Slim + Fast: A Primer on Resource Weight - Images

The challenges to a front-end developer can be numerous. In addition to performing our day-to-day tasks, we are often expected to know a little (or a lot) about a wide array of subjects. Graphics, languages, user experience, accessibility, source control, security, browser compatibility, content management systems, and more.

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