UI/UX Articles and Interesting Tidbits of the Week
July//4//2025
Here are some interesting finds on UI/UX of the past week!
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Creating Accessible Infographics. Another insightful article from the A11Y team on the topic of creating infographics with attention to accessibility standards. The article is structured in a way where there’s a listing of pertinent recommendations on how to make these a reality. Those recommendations include emphasizing simplicity, logical structure, text (and its readability), alt text, color and contrast, animation, to name but a few. The article wraps itself up with resources on where to test these aspects of accessibility, making this one of those articles where you can get not only educated, but also leverage tools to build credibility on your ensuing work. Highlight of the article includes:
“Simplicity is the foundation of accessible infographic design (or any design, if you ask us). A clean, uncluttered layout helps all users focus on what matters most — your core message. Start by identifying the single most important takeaway you want readers to remember, then build your visual around this central point. When tackling complex topics, break information into digestible sections with ample white space between elements. This separation creates visual breathing room and helps users process information in manageable chunks.”
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A Conversation with Eric Snowden. This article hails from Adobe.Design’s blog, and it documents an interview with Eric Snowden, Adobe’s Design Leader (SVP). It’s a candid conversation where Mr. Snowden shares his points of view on leadership, peppers the conversation with some episodes of his past work experience while leading teams, and where he also highlights the culture at Adobe, and what his constant focus always is. It’s a conversation that comes across as a bit sanitized and borderline a press-release for a conference, but it’s always interesting to get the perspective of a professional who has been in the field for some time, particularly at a company with the reach and insight of Adobe (even with all their controversial practices, and their abandonment of interactive products). Highlight of the article includes:
“First, does it solve a problem for customers? If the answer to that is no, it doesn’t matter what it looks like or how it works. Second, does it benefit our business? A product that people don’t want to use or pay for is not good design. Third, is it usable? If people have to tie themselves into a knot to use it, that’s also not good design. We’ve all seen companies create something that no one’s ever created before, but when another company comes along and designs a better version of it, suddenly that first company doesn’t exist anymore.”
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US Job Seekers Looking Abroad. This is a brief article from Glassdoor and author Daniel Zhao (Lead Economis at Glassdoor), referencing some statistics of the volume of US workers looking for jobs abroad from late 2024 through 2025. It’s a demonstration that the job market is indeed a global one, but that the context in which all workers operate matters, it impacts people’s priorities and forces shifts in the workforce. It’s worth reading this and the regular updates Glassdoor pushes every month on ebbs and flows of the job market. Highlight of the article includes:
“Every election year, the election results spur Americans to consider looking for jobs overseas. 2024 was no different: immediately after the 2024 election, there was a surge in U.S.-based job seekers looking for jobs abroad, as outlined in previous research. This surge in interest spiked immediately after the election and began tapering through the end of the year. Between the election and the inauguration on January 20, 2025, the share of job clicks on international jobs by U.S.-based job seekers was up 22% compared to the pre-election baseline. But how sustained was this interest in international jobs by U.S. job seekers? After the inauguration, interest in international jobs is still elevated, but is only 6% higher than pre-election.”
