Featured

Designation given to articles to be highlighted on resources page

Featured

A Quiet Year for UX (and What I’m Carrying Into 2026)
January 2, 2026

2025 was a quieter year in the UX community—not because nothing happened, but because so much did. Layoffs, shifting roles, and the rapid rise of AI pushed many designers to pull back, focus inward, and rethink how (and where) they showed up.

This post reflects on that pause—on learning, uncertainty, relationships over resumes, and why UX in ATX is returning in 2026 as a space for honest, practitioner-led conversation rather than polished answers.

Read More A Quiet Year for UX (and What I’m Carrying Into 2026)
Featured | Skills | Tools

Design Thinking & Ethical Considerations for AI Technologies
September 11, 2024September 11, 2024

There’s a lot of chatter about how to leverage Gen AI tools in the UX field and in our daily lives. Yet there are HUGE opportunities for the UX community to positively impact the design and creation of AI-driven technologies; we get to design *for* AI technologies. In this session you will learn some practical…

Read More Design Thinking & Ethical Considerations for AI Technologies
Careers | Featured

Strategies for Hiring UX Professionals
October 31, 2023February 18, 2024

With recent shifts in big tech, traditional sectors are proving that total experience can revolutionize outcomes. This panel session unveils how emerging and non-tech industries can secure the best UX and human factors minds, paving the way for remarkable user experiences. Speakers:

Read More Strategies for Hiring UX Professionals
Featured | Tools

Breathing Life into Your Prototypes with Figma Microinteractions
May 25, 2023February 18, 2024

As (UX) designers, we strive to create intuitive, delightful, and memorable user experiences. Microinteractions, the small yet impactful moments that occur during user interactions, play a crucial role in shaping these experiences. In this session, you’ll discover:

Read More Breathing Life into Your Prototypes with Figma Microinteractions
Featured | Tools

Auto Layout in Figma
December 12, 2022February 18, 2024

Learning a new tool such as auto-layout can be confusing or challenging for many designers, but Figma offers some extremely powerful and useful mechanics that can drastically improve your designs. In this session, our Figma expert, Nathan Flores, walked through auto-layout and its ability to provide consistency, flexibility, and a guideline for future work.Topics:

Read More Auto Layout in Figma
Featured | Tools

Goal-setting for Designers
January 25, 2022February 18, 2024

Are you ready to tackle your professional goals in the new year?UX in ATX co-founder and Standard Beagle Creative Director Cindy Brummer hosted a goal-setting workshop to kick off the year with a bang. In this workshop, Cindy guided us through the reflection and vision-setting tools she has been using successfully for herself and her…

Read More Goal-setting for Designers
Featured | Skills

How to Get Hired as a Conversation Designer
December 17, 2021February 19, 2024

Conversational Design is the fastest growing UX need in the market today, and there aren’t enough Conversation Designers to cover the needs. This makes this skillset one of the strongest designers can currently possess, as it is an applicant’s market.

Read More How to Get Hired as a Conversation Designer
Careers | Featured

How To Get Your First (or Second or Third) Job in UX
April 15, 2020February 18, 2024

Panel discusses UX career progression This this recorded meetup gathering from April 15, 2020 our panel of experts discussed how early career UX’ers can get their next jobs. This meetup has a writeup on our sponsor’s blog at standardbeagle.com.

Read More How To Get Your First (or Second or Third) Job in UX

Follow Us

Contact Us