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An online magazine for designers and web developers. Questions? We've got your back: @SmashingSupport, @SmashingConf. Curated by Iris, Vitaly and the team.

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πŸ”½ Accordion icons: which work best? A closer look at why the caret is the safest choice, how split menus can cause confusion, and why it’s better not to have icons and text labels link to different actions: smashingmagazine.com/2026/10…

Accordion Icons: Which Work Best? β€” Smashing Magazine

A closer look at accordion icons, why split menus are harmful, and why it’s better not to have icons and text labels link to different actions. Plus, why the caret is the safest icon choice. You’ll...

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Our Person of the Week is an independent JavaScript and Performance consultant and educator passionate about making web development enjoyable, clear, and accessible. Drumroll, please, for... Jad Joubran! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @JoubranJad! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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How about a creative little challenge this weekend? We might have just the right one for you! Design a desktop wallpaper for November and get featured in our upcoming wallpapers post next week. 🧑 ↬ Join in: smashingmagazine.com/2015/12… We can’t wait to see what you come up with! 🎨
Illustrated desktop wallpaper. November is written in bold red letters on a dark background. The background looks like pavement, with puddles and leaves on the ground. Five brightly-colored, open umbrellas add pops of color to the rainy scene.

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🎲 In design, we obsess over consistency, grids, and alignment. So where does randomness actually fit? Through a bunch of playful demos, @utilitybend shows how the new CSS random() function brings a little imperfection to the web without JavaScript libraries or generating mountains of static CSS: smashingmagazine.com/2026/10…

Embracing Playful Imperfection With The CSS random() Function β€” Smashing Magazine

Design systems thrive on consistency, so where does randomness fit in? Through playful demos of organic typography, bouncing letters, and splayed cards, Brecht De Ruyte shows how the new CSS `rando...

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Our Person of the Week is a Design Technologist focused on design systems, motion, and accessible UI. Please give a warm round of applause for... Carmen Ansio! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @carmenansio! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is a CTO, author, and coach with over 20 years of experience building software and leading teams. Drumroll, please, for... Milan MilanoviΔ‡! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @milan_milanovic! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is a self-taught designer thriving in the gray area between design and development. Please give a warm round of applause for... Matej Latin! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @matejlatin! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is a design and innovation leader focusing on agentic experience design, GenUI, agentic commerce, and agentic transformation. Drumroll, please, for... Tommaso Nervegna! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @Nervo! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Wallpapers are calling! Would you like to be featured in our upcoming October wallpapers post? We’re still taking submissions, so feel free to join in. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ Join in: smashingmagazine.com/2015/12…
Illustrated desktop wallpaper showing an old campervan driving through a forest at night. The full moon is shining and the lights of the van light up the road.

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Illustrated desktop wallpaper showing a witch’s hat, broom, pumpkins, apple, leaves, and an acorn on a burgundy background. The text says β€œOctober”.

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Have you spotted our Person of the Week yet? Please give a warm round of applause for... Ruby Pryor! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Ruby! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is a front-end architect and design systems consultant passionate about helping teams build scalable design systems. Drumroll, please, for... Stuart Robson! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @StuRobson! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is an early green web pioneer exploring ideas on how we can move toward a better world for everyone. Please give a warm round of applause, for... Tom Greenwood! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Tom! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is an AI consultant focusing on closing the gap between AI’s promise and what organizations can actually deliver. Drumroll, please, for... Tey Bannerman! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear Tey! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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πŸ“Š Data visualisation sits at the intersection of data and design. Many dashboards are technically correct and communicatively inert. They show the right numbers but still fail to lead to a decision or a change in thinking. ↬ Meriem Benhabiles explores how structured UX thinking can turn data into insights that actually land: smashingmagazine.com/2026/08…
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Would you like to be featured in our September wallpapers post next week? We’re still taking submissions, so please feel free to share your design with us. We’d love to see what you come up with! πŸŽ¨πŸ–ŒοΈ Join in: smashingmagazine.com/2015/12…
Illustrated desktop wallpaper showing a group of friendly cats. 24 cats are huddled together at the bottom of the wallpaper, five cats are peeking in from the sides and the top, looking and waving at each other.

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Illustrated desktop wallpaper showing a comic-style Little Red Riding Hood in a spooky forest.

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✨ Websites often peak on launch day, then slowly drift out of date. Autonomous websites, continuously optimized by agents after launch, aim to change that. But there’s a catch: almost nobody wants their site changing entirely on its own. Pierre Burgy shares what they learned building for full website autonomy and the deeper design problem they uncovered along the way: smashingmagazine.com/2026/08… (Article supported by @fimoai πŸ’–)

Why Your Website Should Never Stop Changing β€” Smashing Magazine

Every website peaks on launch day and slowly drifts from there, not because it breaks, but because nobody has time to keep it current. Autonomous websites, continuously optimized by agents after...

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Our Person of the Week is a content marketing expert passionate about helping others master the art and science of great writing and marketing. Drumroll, please, for... Ryan Law! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @thinking_slow! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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Our Person of the Week is an environmentally focused tech generalist advocating for a more sustainable internet. Drumroll, please, for... Chris Adams! Thank you for everything you do for the community, dear @mrchrisadams! 🧑 #smashingcommunity
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πŸ” The EU has published new guidelinesΒ on the transparency of AI systems. Here’s why AI sparkles alone aren’t enough, when AI labels are necessary, and what the rules mean for AI-powered features and products: smashingmagazine.com/2026/08…
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✨ When building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture should serve the art direction. Alexey Kopytin explains how they built a digital stress-relief squeeze toy game without a single line of WebGL or Matter.js, using Lottie animations, DOM events, and distance-based math to maintain absolute control over the designers’ intentional motion: smashingmagazine.com/2026/08… (Article supported by @IsadoraAgency πŸ’–)

Building Tactile UX: Honoring Intentional Design With Lottie β€” Smashing Magazine

When tasked with building a highly interactive, tactile web experience, the architecture must serve the art direction. In this article, Alexey Kopytin explains their architectural rationale for...

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