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

Articles

Everything we launched at Config 2025 – Big slate of launches from Figma this year. Unfortunately it’s all either in beta, half-baked or not actually released yet. I’m sure this has nothing whatsoever to do with their recent IPO filing.

Fewer ideas: an unconventional approach to creativity – Practical techniques to channel inspiration and reduce analysis paralysis.

What if your users lie? How personas help you get to the truth – People are terrible at articulating what they want. What they say they want and what they actually want are often totally different. Personas can help bridge the gap.

Whose thoughts are these anyway? – AI's can shift opinions by crafting relatable, personalised responses, raising ethical concerns about manipulation. Even more relevant in the light of recent news.

GSAP is now free even for commercial use – The venerable animation library has been bought and released for free by Webflow.

The art of designing a memorable user journey – Straightforward approaches to designing user journeys that guide, engage, and delight.

Material 3 – Latest version of Google’s design library, with a ‘32% increase in subculture perception’ and ‘30% jump in rebelliousness’, whatever that means.

Cool tools

Design tokens name generator – Because naming things is difficult.

Antispace – If you ever need evidence we’re in the middle of an AI bubble, take a look at this. Baffling AI features, overcooked text, unreadable graphics, it’s got it all.

Cool stuff

Internet Roadtrip – Go on a journey with literally thousands of backseat drivers.

Heavyweight – Instantly generate scarily official-looking letters.

Marginalia Search – Indexer for homemade, non-commercial and just plain weird websites.

Mac Themes Garden – Massive archive of old Classic Mac themes.