Best Tools
The Figma Plugins and Resources Worth Installing in 2026
Most Figma plugin lists are forty plugins nobody uses. This is the shorter list of things that survive a month on your machine.
· 7 min read
Dezignhunt Journal
Design tool guides, reviews and launch notes
We test design tools all day. These are the write-ups worth your time.
Featured
How to Learn Design Without a Degree: A Build-First Curriculum
Most design curricula are reading lists, and reading lists do not teach design. Five stages, five things you build, and a checkpoint at each one.
Learning · 25 August 2026 · 14 min read
Alternatives
10 Midjourney Alternatives Built for Designers
Midjourney makes beautiful images you cannot edit, in a style you cannot repeat. For design work, that is the wrong shape of tool.
· 7 min read
Alternatives
9 Zeplin Alternatives for Design Handoff
Figma Dev Mode absorbed most of what Zeplin did. Here is what is left worth paying for, and when.
· 7 min read
Alternatives
Adobe XD Is Done: 10 Alternatives to Move To
Adobe stopped investing in XD. If you are still on it, this is a migration guide rather than a comparison.
· 7 min read
Launch & Growth
Launch Assets: The Screenshots, Video and Images That Convert
Your product is judged on five images and a 40-second video before anyone reads a word.
· 7 min read
Best Tools
The 12 Best Portfolio Builders for Designers in 2026
Your portfolio has to outlive the platform it is built on. That single constraint eliminates half the options.
· 7 min read
Launch & Growth
60 Design and SaaS Directories Worth Submitting To
A week of directory submissions keeps sending traffic for years. Here is the list, and the ones to skip.
· 8 min read
Alternatives
10 Notion Alternatives for Design Teams
Notion is a database that looks like a document. For visual thinking, several of these fit designers better.
· 7 min read
AI Design
The AI Tools UI Designers Actually Use Daily
Most AI design tools get tried once and abandoned. These are the ones that stayed installed.
· 7 min read
Best Tools
The Solo Designer Stack: 18 Tools That Replace a Team
Working alone means being your own critic, researcher, developer and project manager. These eighteen cover the gaps.
· 7 min read
Best Tools
The 11 Best Mockup Generators in 2026
A mockup is either selling a product or finishing a presentation. Different jobs, different tools — and using the wrong one is why portfolio shots look dated.
· 7 min read
Best Tools
The 14 Best Design-to-Code Tools in 2026
"Design to code" describes three different products and most comparisons mix them up. Work out which problem you have first.
· 9 min read
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