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Monika Burman
Designing for Culture and Community
The Designer Experience team at Automattic is uniquely tasked with designing programs and experiences for designers. Learn about our culture and community-building programs.
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Channing Ritter
Accessibility in the Block Editor
As a new addition to the design team at Automattic and a first-time contributor to the WordPress project, I’ve been spending a lot of time learning about accessibility features in Gutenberg, the WordPress block editor. I wanted to create this blog post to introduce myself (and you) to the many useful accessibility features available and…
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Matt Owens
Case Study: Using the power of WordPress to help redesign the American high school
Matt Owens, a partner at creative studio Athletics, takes us inside education, innovation, and community with XQ Institute.
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Srujana Akkiraju
Showcase Your Figma Designs on WordPress P2
At Automattic, P2 is one of the main tools we use for asynchronous communication. An integral part of our workflow, it is the place where we share, discuss, brainstorm, and collaborate. We are now excited to announce that designers can embed their Figma files and prototypes directly into a P2 post for the entire team…
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Erin Casali
Text Should Not Feel Important
In a workplace, quick feedback is easy to come by. We just ask the person we’ve on our side, we walk by a trusted colleague, maybe we even ask a few people for a quick critique. It feels simple and lightweight. When remote, a lot of the ways we communicate change. Remote work requires and…
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Joen A.
Advancing the Block Interface
Automattic contributes to a number of non-profit and open source projects, including WordPress, which powers more than 30% of websites, including WordPress.com. As part of WordPress’ five for the future program, Automattic has a number of sponsored contributors who work alongside community members to further the project. In this post, Joen shares his perspective as…
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Filipe Varela
Stream Like a Designer: Democratizing Beautiful Video Calls
Conference video calls have always been a big part of our flows here at Automattic. We all work from home, all over the world, so these calls are an opportunity to see the faces of colleagues — when we do weekly check-ins, connect on projects, review and critique designs from other teams, and occasionally engage…
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Sylvester Wilmott
Designing a Promotional Video for Simplenote
Simplenote is Automattic’s free, open-source, note-taking app. We’ve been working hard to improve its usability and design across all platforms and wanted to promote the latest UX updates along with Simplenote’s fresh new look. An opportunity arrived in a new top-of-the-dashboard takeover ad unit on Tumblr — another member of Automattic’s family of products —which…
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Kjell Reigstad
Designing the Seedlet Theme
A behind-the-scenes look into the design of an Automattic theme.
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