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UX Lift links roundup - the best UX and design reading from the last few weeks

Think about what's wrong and right with digital design today, understand how designs are built in code, fail faster to learn faster and get some unusual gifts from the Internet.

Articles

Undoing the toxic dogmatism of digital design – Must-read article on the state of design today. Long but thought-provoking.

Apple’s new accessibility showcase – Fantastic example of how to build accessibility as a fundamental aspect of a product.

Thinking like a front-end developer – How to think about implementing a layout in CSS. Useful for designers to understand how your designs will be built.

How to design a simple UI when you have a complex solution – How to design a simple UI when the problem is anything but.

UX guidelines for augmented-reality shopping tools – Ecommerce AR tools are relatively new, so must be highly discoverable and easy to learn. 

Accelerate failure – fail faster to learn faster.

Avoiding tab styles for navigation – Links that look like tabs can be confusing. Here’s how to fix them.

Cool tools

Spline Design – A design tool for 3D. Easily create and publish 3D web experiences.

Cool stuff

Windows-themed ugly Christmas jumpers.

Using AR to distort real-world surfaces.

Gifts from Cyberspace – An extremely online gift guide from the NYT.