- Viewpoint
Performance is a UX problem
When front-end development is undervalued, performance suffers. And when performance suffers, users pay the price.
Static sites, slack and scrollytelling.
Giving our company timeline a 15th birthday makeover.
Cassie Evans
18 November 2020
- Viewpoint
Dashboards: a design discussion
Debating the pros and cons of dashboards. What are they good for and what are the dangers?
Alex Higgs
12 November 2020
- Viewpoint
Accessible interactions
Abstracting common interaction patterns as a starting point for accessible components.
Jeremy Keith
29 October 2020
- Viewpoint
Is the future of design work distributed?
We held our fifth design leadership panel this month. The topic was the future of design teams.
Alex Higgs
22 October 2020
The challenges of scaling innovation
In the drive to scale design, organisations often focus on their capability to execute, but forget about their ability to innovate too. In fast-paced markets, your ability to identify and exploit opportunities quickly is crucial to maintaining competitive advantage.
- News
Introducing Leading Design Festival
We announce Leading Design Festival. A month of amazing design leadership activities including a three-day conference, weekly talks, masterclasses, mentoring sessions and a host of other events.
Engineering Neon
A three-way collaboration between Clearleft, Umbrella, and EngineeringUK.
Jeremy Keith
7 October 2020
How to engage the right people when recruiting in house for research
The quality of the insights that you get depends on the relevance of the people you invite to participate in a study and the information they provide. We share nine ways to help get it right.
Maite Otondo
5 October 2020
- Viewpoint
Performance and people
When it comes to web performance, there are technical issues and then there are human issues.
Jeremy Keith
28 September 2020
- Viewpoint
Growing design starts with people
Scaling digital design is likely to provide your organisation with its ongoing competitive advantage, unlock its next innovation and kick-start its next growth spurt.
Chris How
14 May 2018
- News
Clearleft turns fifteen
2020 marks Clearleft’s fifteenth birthday. A milestone like this is cause for celebration, and celebrate we must, especially as we negotiate our way through what is a tricky year for many.
Richard Rutter
24 September 2020
- Tiny Lesson
Tiny lesson: Netlify redirects and downloads
How to use HTML’s download attribute even if you’re storing your files on S3.
Jeremy Keith
14 September 2020
- News
SofaConf 2020 talks are now live
The captioned videos and Q&As from SofaConf 2020 are now live to watch and share.
Sophia Hill
9 September 2020
- Tiny Lesson
Tiny lesson: Project Canvas
In this #Tinylesson we share how and when to use our Project Canvas template.
Jon Aizlewood
3 September 2020
A fireside chat about scaling design
Design isn’t a cost. Design is an investment. It’s also an opportunity.
- Viewpoint
When the going gets tough, the tough get training
Just because your training budget has stopped doesn’t mean your training should. Instead of making cuts to staff training, I want to suggest some alternative and cost-effective ways to achieve similar results.
Chris How
17 August 2020
Using your status as a speaker to promote others
Andy encourages us, as speakers at events, to think about how we could use the platform for good.
- News
2020 Women in Software Power List
Delighted that Cassie is honoured in the 2020 Women in Software Power List as helping change the narrative of women in tech.
Alex Higgs
5 August 2020
- Viewpoint
Delivering training remotely – the same yet different
My preference has always been for delivering in-person classroom-based training. Well, times have changed. Here are three differences to consider when going remote.