Value-based design mindset, system fonts, common consultative issues
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This week, for paid members
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- Our paid lesson this week is all about the most common consultative issues that value-based designers tend to encounter right now.
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Links & analysis
- This two-parter by Ellen Chisa is wonderful. It addresses the five most common issues that designers face right now, and discusses ways to solve them. Underneath all of these, of course, is the necessity for design to focus on the profit motive. If you’re looking for a definitive and permanent answer to this question, we’ve got one for you.
- How to reference the system font stack in CSS.
- A how-to guide for moderating an active usability test, courtesy NN/g, the progenitors of the craft.
This week’s paid lesson: What consultative issues do value-based designers confront most frequently right now?
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