I reviewed another 250 junior UX/UI portfolios this year (500 last year) and noticed some additional patterns in Dark Mode designs. Dark mode is becoming a thing, with most of modern products offering it, and it also looks cool. No wonder many juniors take the challenge and try to create a dark mode design all on their own.

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00:00 - Five quality levels of UI
00:32 - Level 1
04:00 - Level 2
07:04 - Learn design
07:14 - Is this design funny?
07:50 - Level 3
10:34 - Common dark mode ui problem
11:04 - Level 4
12:15 - Level 5
13:15 - How to improve?
14:05 - Hidden message