Design
Background grids vs grid layouts: what’s the difference?
Background grids are guides you use to help you manually position design elements by eye. Grid layouts automate layouts (often responsively) based on the design rules you provide.
Tools
5 best Paper alternatives for UI and UX design in 2026
Considering Paper for UI/UX design? See how it compares to five alternatives, including Penpot, Figma, and Framer, before committing to an open alpha tool.
Code
The Three-Stroke Problem
When three kinds of strokes entangle with each other, the resulting design system is chaotic for most initial conditions. Let's go through the stroke rendering in design software.
Design
DesignOps: The Complete Guide to Scaling Design Operations for Enterprise Teams
Master DesignOps for enterprise teams. Discover the 3 pillars of design operations, common challenges, and a step-by-step framework to scale design.
Design
Designing with breakpoints and design tokens in Penpot
Learn how to implement maintainable developer-friendly breakpoints with design tokens and themes.
Design
Remote collaboration: 8 tips that make meaningful differences
Learn how you can help your remote team work better together with these eight tips centered on human connections and smart management styles.
Beginners
What is UX design?
Learn what UX design is, why it matters, and how to become a UX designer. Explore key skills, UX vs. UI, the design process, and steps to start your career.
AI
Data Sovereignty and AI: Managing Risk in Product Workflows
AI is reshaping data sovereignty. Learn how AI-powered design and development tools create new risks, and how to build a sovereignty-first product stack.
Code
Practical uses for math functions in design tokens
Penpot design tokens support both basic calculations and complex math functions. Let’s explore how you can use both to level up your design systems.
Tools
Penpot vs. Figma: Which design platform is right for enterprise teams?
Compare Penpot and Figma on the criteria enterprise teams care about most: data sovereignty, pricing predictability, developer integration, and long-term scalability.
Tools
6 best Adobe XD alternatives
In this guide, we’ll explore six of the best Adobe XD alternatives, following its sunset in June 2023, highlighting their features, pros and cons, and which tools may serve as the best long-term replacement for your team.
Design
Brand consistency: How enterprises maintain and build their brands
Brand consistency is the disciplined, repeatable presentation of one identity-visual, verbal, and experiential-whenever and wherever audiences encounter you