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UK junior design hiring remains competitive heading into 2026, per Design Week's ongoing careers coverage. Portfolios that lead with process and problem-framing are reported to stand out more than tool proficiency alone.
designweek.co.uk
Nielsen's 10 usability heuristics remain NN/g's go-to framework for catching design flaws, decades after they were written. Established doesn't mean outdated — most review feedback still traces back to one of these ten points.
nngroup.com
Google's Material 3 Expressive update pushes its long-established design system toward bolder, more emotional UI, backed by Google's own research. It's a useful case study in how mature design systems keep evolving their principles.
design.google
AI-assisted design-to-code workflows (Figma Make + Claude Code, per Eleken's 2026 write-up) are becoming standard practice, not just hype. Juniors are increasingly expected to prompt and review AI output, not just design pixels.
eleken.co
