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24 alternatives to Lighthouse London #23: Designing for the Future: Pattern Libraries

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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lighthouse London #23: Designing for the Future: Pattern Libraries launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   UI Breakfast Podcast #47: Using Pattern Libraries in Web Design with Laura Elizabeth▲56

   How to plan, build, and document pattern libraries

   2017 · uibreakfast.com · its alternatives →

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   Designspiration▲135

   Discover and share design inspiration

   2014 · designspiration.com · its alternatives →

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   Patternry▲65

   A tool for building living UI libraries

   2014 · pathmode.io · its alternatives →

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   Inclusive Design Patterns▲79

   Dozens of practical examples and workflows

   2016 · smashingmagazine.com · its alternatives →

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   Researchers.io▲203

   Product Hunt for UX research

   2014 · researchers.io · its alternatives →

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   CodePen Patterns▲243

   A collection of design patterns & code for your project

   2014 · codepen.io · its alternatives →

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   Use your Interface▲157

   Discover and share transitional interface design patterns

   2015 · its alternatives →

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   Responsive Design: Patterns & Principles▲75

   Ethan Marcotte's new book on responsive design

   2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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   Ocean▲208

   A Community of designers sharing feedback

   2014 · ocean.ink · its alternatives →

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    Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming▲69

    How can design inspire us to think about our future?

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Find Guidelines▲174

    A repository of products' design guidelines

    2014 · findguidelin.es · its alternatives →

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    Design Patterns for Humans▲13

    An ultra-simplified explanation to Design Patterns

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Digital Design Talks▲177

    Learn from design leaders from around the world

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Talks by UI Patterns▲164

    A library of talks by UX experts

    2015 · talks.ui-patterns.com · its alternatives →

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    From Layout to Motion Design▲63

    Compilation of contemporary design advice from industry vets

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    A Pattern Language▲68

    Applying Patterns to Solve Design Problems

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Mitya▲87

    Prototyping for Interaction Designers

    2014 · mitya-app.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing for Touch▲88

    A guide for designing touch interfaces

    2015 · abookapart.com · its alternatives →

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    Real-Life UX Processes▲85

    Peek inside design at Slack, Autodesk, and others.

    2016 · uxpin.com · its alternatives →

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    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Design, Form, and Chaos▲80

    A great source of design inspiration

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Designing the Invisible▲69

    Create great web experiences

    2015 · fivesimplesteps.com · its alternatives →

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    Oozled▲144

    Curated resources for everything design related

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

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