Digital Skills

How to gain influence when your org doesn’t prioritize designers Continue reading on UX Collective »

Adobe Animate, Flash, was like an old friend. We didn’t keep in touch. A Farewell to Flash. Macromedia Flash, now Adobe Animate was my first introduction to both design for the web and web development. It was the first program I learned inside and out — after Adobe Photoshop. Knowing Flash (as I prefer to call it) was my … Weiterlesen

Why design decisions take 5x longer to approve — and what to do about it Image generated with Midjourney Every design decision carries a surcharge. When your engineering counterpart walks into a meeting and says “we need to refactor the authentication module,” the room nods. It’s technical. It sounds expensive to ignore. Nobody asks for a prototype. When … Weiterlesen

The invisible design layer that helps us reach large-scale robotics sooner Continue reading on UX Collective »

How to balance Total Project Demand with Team Capacity to take control of your workload, avoid burn out, & set your team up for success. © 2026 Jeremy Bird One of the problems I have seen UX teams and entire UX practices struggle with again and again is getting their capacity accounted for when creating roadmaps or … Weiterlesen

Designers aren’t burning out because AI is hard to use. They’re burning out because nothing else changed around it. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “I’m a firm believer in Josef Müller-Brockmann’s principles of designing with intentionality. At the same time, I’ve watched the same demos Shumer has. I’ve felt that initial rush of adrenaline when viewing the insane capabilities of each AI model, with each release dropping my jaw to the floor. But after … Weiterlesen

An LLM that can reason, synthesize, generate, and adapt, sitting right there in your workflow. That part is real. The problem is what… Continue reading on UX Collective »

What designers can learn from the pioneers of “Long Design.” Toolsets have a shelf life; wisdom is evergreen. Exploring how designers can move past the ego to find meaning in the ‘Instructor Curve’ and the pinnacle of human needs (image source: Yeo using Google Gemini) Did you know that I have a 70-year-old colleague in my workplace? … Weiterlesen

Data Visualization with the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year Continue reading on UX Collective »