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Prospects' UK careers profile for UX designers lays out typical entry routes, qualifications and progression — a useful baseline when you're checking your own CV against expectations, not a guarantee of a job.
prospects.ac.uk
NN/g's usability heuristics, first published in 1994, remain one of the quickest ways to catch obvious usability problems before you have budget or time for user testing. Old doesn't mean irrelevant here.
nngroup.com
The W3C Design Tokens Community Group's shared token format is slowly becoming the common language tools use to exchange colour, spacing and type values. It's been years in the making, which is exactly why it counts as established rather than trending.
w3.org
Figma launched Figma Sites at Config 2025, letting designers publish responsive websites directly from design files without a dev handoff. It's rolling out gradually, so treat it as adoption-stage, not a replacement for real front-end skill.
figma.com
A 2026 Stantec piece shows AEC design teams already using AI to automate repetitive production work, not just experimenting with it. This is workflow adoption, not a future promise.
stantec.com
