Figma workshop & hidden gems this week
Designing user onboarding, airbnb redesign key takeaways, growth without goals in Edition 46th.
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hey folks! Yours truly is taking a workshop on learning Figma and using it in your workflow as a product and marketing person at Mesa School of Business on 28th February, i.e. coming Wednesday. I will be in Bangalore for two days next week, so if you're around, feel free to drop a reply to this email, and we can try meeting for coffee/tea :)
💎 Hidden gems this week
Find out the common mistakes in designing onboarding and learn the secret sauce behind engaging onboarding from 20+ top tech companies. Lessons from Figma, Duolingo, and more.
➡️ Designing user onboarding ↗
Airbnb is not like most software companies.
Much like Apple, they launch major updates only 2 times a year. So when they announce something new, it’s the result of months of hard work, thinking and testing.
More than that, since 2021 they had on their team 2 star designers: Hiroki Asai and Jony Ive. The duo were key Apple executives during the Steve Jobs era.
As a fan of Airbnb and curious about the work of Jony and Hiroki, I spent hours studying their Winter 2023 product release. I’ve read PRs, watched hosts commenting on the launch on YouTube and listened to Brian Chesky’s view.
Here are the 3 key lessons that stood out for me:
➡️ Key takeaways from Airbnb’s winter redesign →
In this article, we will:
Analyze various options for the search pattern
Look into the guidelines
Consider some UX mistakes
We’re going to try to help you choose the optimal search option for your mobile application.
The Search is a flexible tool. It can work very differently depending on the context. To understand the topic better, we have outlined a list of principles according to which search can operate.
➡️ Mobile search: which pattern should you choose? ↗
Growth Without Goals
My dad has been retired for almost 20 years. Every day, he consults a notecard with five activities. It’s not a todo list of ambitious goals, just habits to maintain: read, write, take a walk, practice chess, study a language. Get a little better each day.
I used to think this was cute in a dads-do-goofy-things sort of way. Patrick’s essay helped me appreciate the wisdom in my dad’s process. Chasing goals is a trap. Better to focus on cultivating the habits and practices that shape our lives. The rest will take care of itself.
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Quote of the week
“These two people are rare in the world. What two? One who takes the initiative, and one who is grateful and thankful. These are the two people who are rare in the world.”
(Buddha)
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