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Agapi Koutsi
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UI/UX Design // Art // Books // Travel // Technology
ATH 🇬🇷 — YYZ 🇨🇦
Magic happens when designers understand constraints and developers co-create, when the line between design and build disappears.

blog.murphytrueman.com/p/the-bidire...
The bidirectional design system: When code talks back to design
How AI is shifting design systems from one-way handoffs to continuous, two-way sync – and what that means for how we build products
blog.murphytrueman.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
It's been a while since I've been impressed by a web design, even though I don't know Japanese, this website impressed me with its creativity. www.shipsltd.co.jp/pages/sp_50t...
50th Anniversary|株式会社シップス
青いまま進む。海の上で、船は静止しない。波と風を受けながら常に動き続ける。手に負えなさそうな挑戦を。失敗するかもしれない緊張を。味わったことのない感情を。予測がつかない未来を。自分の地図にまだない海へ。
www.shipsltd.co.jp
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Designers, meet my new color crush 💅
Generate perfect palettes (50–900), check contrast. Love it
👉 kigen.design/color
Color Generator – Kigen
Generate beautiful color palettes for your design system.
kigen.design
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Europe updates its accessibility rules. This article summarizes the latest changes.
EU Accessibility Act 2025: 5 Best Practices – Baymard
The European Accessibility Act of 2025 has new requirements for making ecommerce accessible. Here are 5 best practices to improve your site’s accessibility.
baymard.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The creative Creative in Creative created the creative.
May 25, 2025 at 1:31 AM
When you die, you don’t know you’re dead, it’s only hard for everyone else. The same goes for being stupid. 🤬
May 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
One of my favorite parts of #a11yTO Camp so far? Hearing real-world stories of accessibility wins and challenges. So much learning packed into every session! #InclusiveDesign #UX
April 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Fascinating insights on UX of AI.
uxofai.com
The UX of AI
uxofai.com
April 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Elbows up Canada 🇨🇦 #tarrifs #elbowsup
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Oh Canada! 🇨🇦 #NHL
February 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Focusing too much on a couple personas can make you blind to who you’re leaving out, additionally it’s not scalable. Instead, designing around shared user values ensures inclusivity, flexibility, and long-term impact. #UX #Personas #DesignThinking
February 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Currently geeking out over this NNg AI course ,“Practical AI for UX professionals”. Loving how Tanner Kohler bridges AI concepts with real UX challenges! Who knew learning about LLMs could be this fun? Perfect balance of theory & hands-on application 🧠✨ #UXDesign #AI #nngroup
February 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The new Honda 0 Series electric car looks like a flash drive. When the Cybertruck is already ugly, why are Honda designers trying to mimic it?
February 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
After 11 years, IKEA revives the Harlem Shake in a bold new campaign to showcase its latest products. Never too late I would say. #ikea

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IKEA – Harlem Shake – Better late than never
YouTube video by Åkestam Holst Archive
youtu.be
January 31, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This new #lego minifigure series (#27) is absolutely adorable. This is such a well-designed collection.
January 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The sound of a meteorite hitting earth was recorded for the first time by a Canadian on Prince Edward Island
youtu.be/LzNSHhlW4F8?...
Charlottetown Meteorite - First time the sound of a meteorite hitting the earth recorded
YouTube video by csxdog
youtu.be
January 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One of the most popular jokes on Reddit for Americans is: "Why do you eat like your health care is free?"
January 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I was wondering, who approved this #advertisement
January 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The World Economic Forum published a 2025 report for the future of jobs, claims that AI will create approximately 170 million new jobs by 2030 reports.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Fut...
#WEF #future
reports.weforum.org
January 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I just found this very interesting free tool #phase
www.phase.com
Focusing in animation for micro interactions. Using their plugin, it works with Figma files. At my next project, I'll give it a try. #ui #animation
Phase - Animation for Product Designers
Phase is bringing easy and collaborative animation to product designers.
www.phase.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
As #meta is launching the Community Notes I came across this article, talking how the team behind Community Notes on X built a crowdsourced tool to combat misinformation. Talking about the design, the bridging algorithm, and the philosophy behind it.

asteriskmag.com/issues/08/th...
The Making of Community Notes—Asterisk
The team that built X’s Community Notes talks about their design process and the philosophy behind their approach to combatting false information on the platform.
asteriskmag.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am watching #jetlag the game session 12, Hide + Seek: Japan and is brilliant. I love the idea of hiding and seeking across an entire country. I also enjoyed Switzerland's session.
December 30, 2024 at 12:19 AM
This is the definition of opportunistic marketing #news
December 10, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This is my first time reading a teen's book and I'm really into it. #cityspy is so much better than many adult books
December 7, 2024 at 12:36 AM
It would be interesting to know when Bluesky reaches its tipping point and if something happens, everyone runs here instead of to Twitter. #tippingpoint
November 28, 2024 at 4:26 PM