Designers, your next user won’t be human
And they don’t care about your pixel-perfect mockups. Continue reading on UX Collective »
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You can’t design what you won’t maintain
A marvel of design is about to collapse into the ocean, and we can’t do anything about it. Continue reading on UX Collective »
How werewolves killed my Pinterest
This is what happens when your attention is being actively hijacked — the best “inspo pics” app is now unusable. Continue reading on UX Collective »
No further questions… please.
Daniel Kahneman and the feeling of being caught Daniel Kahneman I like a good reframe. Don’t you? It used to be that saying “I don’t know” felt like honesty. Why does it now feel like it means something else? Why do follow up questions feel like predetermined resentments? (a phrase I used on my first date with … Weiterlesen
Forget your “lovable” products; the real leverage point was always learning.
Creating the products and services we always wanted to build was never about changing the definition. Continue reading on UX Collective »
The art of conversational flow
Conversational Design based on effective communication. Conversational Flow seen between human and AI | Image credit: AI-generated with Google Gemini A lot is changing Like many other Product Designers in our field, I’ve been in the throes of rapid change on a number of levels due to the advent of AI. Roles are changing and adapting. Innovation … Weiterlesen
How accepting “just build this thing” can hurt your design career
Designers are being asked to build fast. Here’s why you need to push back Continue reading on UX Collective »
A designer’s field report on the Iconic blind spot in AI world models
The Baron Munchausen trap. Baron Munchausen pulling himself and his horse from the swamp by his own hair — the original self-referential escape attempt. Image generated by Google Gemini. Image concept by the author. In my last post, I shared a surprisingly moving moment with my AI collaborator, Gemi (Google’s Gemini). By shifting into a designer’s mode of … Weiterlesen
Context engineering: A repeatable AI workflow for product designers
A step-by-step method to feed AI the right inputs in the right order, without prompt gymnastics. Continue reading on UX Collective »
The last interface, sycophancy in AI, design is how it wins
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “At the end of February, a report by Citrini Research caused major shockwaves through the software industry, sending the stock prices of heavyweight SaaS organisations like Atlassian and Slack to nosedive. The Citrini Report follows AI’s current trajectory and projects that 2028 will bring a self-inflicted corporate doom loop: … Weiterlesen