A weekly selection of design links, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.

This week’s list brings a good mix of important topics (such as Carie Fisher’s article on Accessibility) and silly side projects (including satirical brand guidelines for UK’s new prime minister Boris Johnson).

Hope you enjoy!

• Digital Accessibility → The 4 stages in the digital accessibility journey.
• Too Much Inspiration? → Is there such thing? The pros and cons of inspiration.
• Fast Software → The benefits of speedy software, and how it affects UX.

Stories from the community

Forget the computer →

Here’s why you should write and design by hand.

Stop designing for random people →

Focusing on the high-expectation customer.

UX: do less, but with feeling →

The balancing act between pragmatism and hedonism is no longer in equilibrium.

More top stories:

• Why every UX designer should go to a Hackathon →
• UX researchers need to understand the business →
• 5 ways to be a better UX writer →
• 7 simple & effective methods to get better at Visual/UI Design →
• Real practical advice on localising your product design →
• How to be a cool designer →

News & ideas

• Boris Johnson → Brand guidelines for UK’s new prime minister.
• Ugly Gerry Font → A font created by your congressional districts.
• Keyboard-Trackpad → A touch-sensitive keyboard = a trackpad.
• Bad News Game → Drop all ethics and become an unscrupulous media magnate.

Featured work: Yasseen Faik →

Tools & resources

• Figma Plugins → Everyone’s favorite tool now offers plugins.
• Guardian Design → A guide to digital design at the Guardian.
• Beautiful UIs → Free course to get you started as a UI designer.
• Lottie Files → Animations library for Lottie and Bodymovin.