Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Prototypes are no longer as special as they once were. They’re now the bare minimum. But this speed comes with limitations. Many AI-generated prototypes are never meant to survive past the moment they’re validated. They do their job in a meeting or a user test, but then they’re rebuilt by … Weiterlesen
Most AI features fail because they start with hype, not humans. Image Credit: AI Generated Image Most AI products fail before the first user interaction because they don’t solve a real user problem. That may sound dramatic, but I keep hearing the same sentence in executive rooms: “We need an AI feature. Our competitor just launched … Weiterlesen
Writing AI prompts isn’t just a new technical skill — it’s how we can make our own thinking visible In this collage: Baby photo in front of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pennsylvania; “Towers on String — Variant Dispersed” by Haegue Yang, 2013; example of a writing instruction with corresponding output. Image credit: Personal photograph (Fallingwater, 2005); Haegue … Weiterlesen
A practical guide to designing with code in 2026 Someone drops a link in a thread — not a deck, not a Figma file — something you can click through, interact with. The conversation shifts from opinions to behavior. This keeps happening at Dust. We’ve been experimenting with making prototypes our default design artifact. The question driving us: What should designers … Weiterlesen
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I showed my team an AI-generated design. Two senior designers called it ‘solid.’ None of them questioned where it came from. Continue reading on UX Collective »
AI doesn’t just reflect human bias. It amplifies it through everyday use, quietly shaping judgement, trust, and decisions. Image generated by author You’re halfway through a stack of job applications, AI assistant humming along beside you, flagging promising candidates like an eager intern. It disagrees with your gut feeling about one applicant. You pause. Reconsider. A … Weiterlesen
The future of digital advertising should feel less like a distraction and more like recommendations from a friend. High relevance ads could enhance the quality of the content. I’m a product designer and for the last four years I have been working in digital advertising for tech. I wouldn’t have imagined building part of my career in … Weiterlesen
On self-surveillance, professional performance, and the cost of forgetting that we built the cage. Is this one me? (All conceptual images in this article were generated by the author using AI.) As designers, we live this performance twice over: as users who perform constantly, and as the creators of the systems that encourage that performance. This article … Weiterlesen
AI-generated image based on the original from this article https://www.queppelin.com/ar-glasses-for-navigation/ When I talk about AR glasses, I don’t mean bulky headsets. I mean devices that look like regular eyewear capable of whispering information into your ear and displaying 3D content or flat panels overlaid on the real world. This article is neither a validation of the … Weiterlesen