UI
Separate trend signal from pattern evidence
Inspiration sources and pattern sources are kept in separate buckets, so aesthetic trends never get adopted as usability decisions.
How to run it
- 01
Treat Dribbble, Behance, and Instagram as trend signal only - they show unshipped concepts with no usability constraint.
- 02
Require a shipped-product example plus a principle citation before any pattern enters your system.
- 03
When a trend is genuinely compelling, prototype and test it rather than adopting it on appearance.
- 04
Record rejected trends and the reason, so the same idea does not recur every quarter.
Anti-pattern this prevents
A glassmorphic dashboard shipped from a Dribbble shot, failing contrast requirements and confusing every user over forty.