It's university clearing week... We've researched this process before, so we know what it involves for both the students weighing up their options, & for the university staff supporting them through it. Neither job is easy 🫠 Here for you to read 👉️ clearleft.com/work/aru-cle... Good luck out there

Years of redesigns and quick fixes result in the same component getting rebuilt again and again. Our Senior UX Strategist has written about a tool we built using AI to get it working fast, then refining it through trial and error against real output. AI did the finding. People did the deciding.

We've been helping The University of Manchester achieve its digital-first ambitions by working with them as their strategic design partner. This is an ongoing partnership that keeps growing & we're continuing into the rest of the website, a design system, and the whole student experience.

We’re delighted to be working with social justice charity Cranstoun to design and build a website providing women-only services and information. The site centres around the WiSE Project, which provides safe spaces for women who use drugs and alcohol, offering support without shame or stigma.

Thursday's service design breakfast will focus on Lou Downe's recent UX London 2026 talk – Bad services: How to fix services that don't work. If you want to join, register your interest to receive free access to watch the talk ahead of time. 👉️ ti.to/clearleft/se... Thu 2 July, 8:45–10:30am(ish)

Congratulations to Imperial College London on being ranked #2 in the QS World University Rankings 2027 👏 We had the pleasure of working with the Imperial team on the relaunch of their website, and it's great to see the institution recognised on the world stage 👉 clearleft.com/work/imperia...

Fresh from a content audit project with the University of Manchester, our UX designer Sophie has written up some practical approaches to getting your web estate under control. The project is part of our long-standing design partnership with the university✨ clearleft.com/thinking/do-...

Service designers of Brighton & beyond Our Service Design Breakfast Club is back 2 July. You know the drill- no strict agenda beyond showing up, eating pastries & talking shop. Freelancers, in-house folks, agency lifers, & the curious all equally welcome It's free to join 👉 ti.to/clearleft/se...

Introducing Clear Insight✨ Our new one-day research event in Brighton next April for UX researchers who want to become better at understanding people. And we're looking for speakers across different backgrounds, cultures, and ways of working, with their own (clear) insights to get in touch

Don't forget, our service design breakfast club is this Thursday morning (7th May) Sometimes we have a speaker lined up, sometimes we have a hot topic in mind, and sometimes we simply go where the conversation flows. Give us a heads up if you'd like to come 👉 ti.to/clearleft/se...

Our Senior UX Strategist Alex Edwards will be at UX London, sharing the story behind our work with UAL to relaunch their design system. It's a bit of a full-circle moment. Alex first joined Clearleft as an intern & returned later to work full time. Now she’s speaking at UX London. Pretty special.

Calling all morning people who also love to chat about service design. Our next service design breakfast club will be next Thursday, 7th May. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, just getting started, or quietly curious, come along. It's free, just let us know you’re coming 👉 ti.to/clearleft/se...

Everything we do in our day jobs at Clearleft goes hand in hand with organising an event. Project management, years of speaking experience, with all the design & UX thinking we can throw at it. That's why we've been hosting it for 17 years! Check out this year's impressive lineup 2026.uxlondon.com

UX London 2026

A three-day celebration of user experience and digital design.

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We’re still working our way through all the feedback from WebDayOut, and we are completely blown away. Thank you 🙏 The energy in the room & the conversations between talks are a reminder of how valuable it is to step away from our screens, come together and learn from each other once in a while.

We’ve given the TrumpActionTracker a comprehensive design refresh! I was fortunate to receive a donation a couple of months ago that allowed me to get in some professional design expertise, courtsey of @clearleft.com who were brilliant! check it out! www.trumpactiontracker.info

Tomorrow we’ll be gathering in Brighton with a brilliant group of speakers and a room full of people who care about building better for the web. If you’re joining us, safe travels and see you soon. If you’re still thinking about it… there’s just about time 👀 🌊 Brighton 📅 12 March 👉 webdayout.com

Web Day Out in Brighton, March 12th 2026

A one-day event all about what you can do in web browsers today!

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Looking for a good excuse to step away from your screen, learn something new, and maybe make use of that training budget before it disappears? May we suggest Web Day Out. It's a one-day event for people who care about the craft of the web and it's happening next week! webdayout.com?utm_source=C...

While carrying out an audit for The University of Manchester we occasionally stumble across some weird, wonderful and fascinating work happening behind the scenes, such as this... dalton-nrs.manchester.ac.uk We can't *guarantee* it's just a simulator

Don't forget our service design breakfast is Thursday. We'll have all the usual pastries, coffee and chats with the addition of a guest speaker this time. Let us know you're joining so we have chairs to sit on and croissants to go round 👉https://ti.to/clearleft/service-design-breakfast-march-2026

Five years after creating a digital design system for Malvern Panalytical, we’ve partnered again to explore new ways to showcase their precision laboratory analytical instruments. Great to keep building on a strong foundation together 🙌

Your next breakfast and service design fix will be next Thursday 5 March. Same time, place and format as usual. If there’s a specific topic you’d like to explore or something you’d like to discuss, we’d love to hear about it, let us know. Register here so we know to expect you ti.to/clearleft/se...

Sitting on the fence between AI denier or adopter? If you’re navigating AI in front-end development and trying to balance efficiency with ethics, our Senior Design Engineer Sam O'Neill shares the three rules he uses to keep generative AI in its place. clearleft.com/thinking/a-c...

A considered approach to generative AI in front-end development

Guidance on using generative AI in front-end development: practical rules for improving efficiency while maintaining code quality and ethics.

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To mark UCL’s bicentennial, we helped launch a new alumni community hub in the latest step of our long-standing partnership. Through research, content design and IA, we created new pages and CMS templates to support the “Here it will happen” campaign 👉 www.ucl.ac.uk/giving

Here, it will happen

Here, is a university that defied a king, refused to accept the established order and opened the doors to education wider.

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I love that conferences have started promoting other conferences: @londonwebstandards.org #SotB26 @fronteers.bsky.social @clearleft.com #WebDayOut @smashingconf.com @beyondtellerrand.com @cssday.nl mailchi.mp/023f520296e3...

Transformational design in legacy organisations means rethinking more than just interfaces. It requires shifts in mindset, structure, and incentives to create lasting change. Richard Rutter hosted a lunch table at LeadingDesign London on the subject 👉 clearleft.com/thinking/ret...

Rethinking legacy orgs at Leading Design

Transformational design in established organisations requires shifting mindsets, structures, and incentives to create lasting change.

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Grab a ticket to Web Day Out and we'll throw in a free online ticket or 50% off an in-person seat at State of the Browser. Discount code and info in your email confirmation after purchase 👉https://webdayout.com/?utm_source=CL_SotB%20post2_bluesky&utm_medium=CL_Bluesky&utm_campaign=Web%20Day%20Out

We’re really pleased to be continuing our long-standing partnership with Imperial Business School. We’ve wrapped up the discovery phase and are now moving into design, supporting the team as they redevelop their website. Take a look at the project so far 👉 clearleft.com/work/imperia...

Imperial Business School

Charting the course for a platform change

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Gone are the days of endless search results. Users now expect direct answers. Our Senior UX Strategist explores how to stand out👉https://clearleft.com/thinking/how-ai-is-redefining-the-way-we-find-content?utm_source=CL_Bluesky_AI%20content%20blog&utm_medium=CL_Bluesky&utm_campaign=CL_BlogPosts

This month’s curated links is a varied mix of our latest news, some nostalgic throw-backs and talking shop. With thanks to our featured authors and publications 👏 Let's get stuck in 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/januar...

January's news and links

Hello friends, The out-of-office is off again, the inbox is up to date(ish) and we’re slowly easing into another year. So here's a few January updates and links to kick-start things: We’re delighted t...

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We are partnering with our friends at @clearleft.com and offering all SotB attendees a ticket discount for Web Day Out and WDO attendees a discount for SotB. You get double the insights and inspiration! If you haven’t bought a ticket for WDO or SotB yet, now is the time.