Digital Skills

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “I woke up this morning to see Figma stocks had plummeted by nearly 12% as a result of Google formally launching its Google Stitch AI design tool. I was in a 1:1 call with my manager today, and she was telling me about how she thinks something big is … Weiterlesen

On judgement, context, and why AI makes taste more important, not less. Photo by Juan Miguel Agudo on Unsplash “Taste has no system and no proofs. But there is something like a logic of taste: the consistent sensibility which underlies and gives rise to a certain taste.” — Susan Sontag, 1964 1 Sixty years later, that line lands with a … Weiterlesen

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What we lost when design became mainly UI, and what AI gives us the chance to reclaim Design practice is changing again. The process is shrinking, and most tasks, especially the ones usually reserved for junior designers, are being automated. Speed is even more important than before, and the go-to-market timeline is reducing consistently with the … Weiterlesen

AI-designed experiences are failing real people. The designer, the PM, the vendor, and the company are all pointing somewhere else. Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash A man’s father died. He asked a chatbot what to do next. Jake Moffatt’s father had just passed away. He needed to book a last-minute flight. He went to Air Canada’s … Weiterlesen

Trying to define Design Engineering today, and why the confusion around it turned out to matter. “UX Designer”, “UX/UI Builder”, “UX Engineer”, “Product Builder”, “Design Engineer”… As job titles multiply, so does the confusion about what’s actually expected. — Made with Gemini Have you ever read a job title and felt like it was made for you, only to … Weiterlesen

An entire generation of designers climbed the ladder. A third say it got better. A third say it got worse. A third aren’t sure. Photo by 360floralflaves on Unsplash Someone asked me what I do at a dinner last month. Normal question. I’ve answered it a thousand times. But this time I paused. Not because I didn’t … Weiterlesen

What are we willing to pay to get paid? Embracing non-commercial creativity. I used to dream of having a job where I could be creative. I wanted to be paid to do the thing I loved. I had read about starving artists and struggling creatives, and I was happy and proud when I found a … Weiterlesen