Digital Skills

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “The sentiment of the change brought on by AI has never been more relevant than it is now. Technology has always accelerated, but it feels like we are at an inflection point. Where AI business innovation, AI automation, and AI-driven technological disruption are shaping us faster than we can … Weiterlesen

The line between human expertise and AI-assisted results gets delicate, yet there are ways to befriend new technology. On my trip to Trieste, I met a colleague, a software developer, who offered a fresh view of the IT field. Our discussion ended with a classic rant on AI stealing our jobs. Yet, is it really … Weiterlesen

“Good taste” might be one of the most misleading phrases in the world of UX design at the moment. Continue reading on UX Collective »

On demos, tacit knowledge, and building your own scaffolding I’ve spent seven years in the design industry. Strip away the user research and product definition, and the core task was always the same: draw things. Wireframes, visual specs — hand them to engineering, then wait. I was essentially a translator. Translating requirements into ideas, ideas into files, and … Weiterlesen

For our juniors, organisations and future generations to come. As AI disrupts the design process and traditional hierarchies, organisations must shift to a “dual transformation” model that balances high-velocity atomic innovation with a stable tomato core. By using a Capability Link to bridge these structures, teams can scale breakthroughs while ensuring juniors develop the foundational mastery … Weiterlesen

Are we makers by nature — or consumers by design? You were wired to create. The digital environment around you was designed to keep you consuming. So, what happens when something has to give? Picture a designer at the end of a working day. They’ve reviewed a dozen AI-generated concepts, responded to Slack threads, scrolled through Dribbble for inspiration … Weiterlesen

How we turned Apple’s haptic semantics into three numeric parameters that work identically on iOS, Android, and web — and mirror our Figma components. I’m currently working on a design system for a large SDUI project, and in this article I want to share my experience implementing haptics in our applications: explore the challenges you may encounter … Weiterlesen

An idea to turn folders from passive storage into active systems that organise, act, and evolve based on your intent. Folder instructions The Claws and Claudes of the world have introduced a new way of interacting with AI assistants. Yes, they can take over your laptop, act on your behalf, organise your files, and even execute … Weiterlesen

How to feed AI coding agents the brand, patterns, and visual language that aren’t in your code. An open book of code lines beside a fanned deck of design specimens — the two artifacts of a product, only one of which the agent can read. Generated with OpenAI. TL;DR. AI coding agents can grep your codebase. They still produce … Weiterlesen