Who made this, Designing excuses, DesignOps in the age of AI
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When design becomes the organisation, and AI becomes the design
What happens when the entity that designs everything is itself being designed by machines? Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared…
Taste cannot be delegated
The death of design by committee in the age of AI As AI democratizes execution, strategic thinking becomes the true competitive advantage. In my previous writing,…
The interface has left the building
How chat, voice, and agentic AI are rewriting the first principles of UX design Note: I used AI tools to refine grammar and phrasing in this…
Did you verify that — or was it just too easy to believe?
The quote was fake, yet the outrage was real. While we argued about it, the water, the power and the public money slipped by unwatched.…
The Kintsugi problem
The most important design decisions aren’t made when everything works — they’re made when it doesn’t. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared…
Craft still matters, but it’s about outcomes
The craft never lived in the metal. When the medium changed, judgment moved to a new address. AI moved craft from production to judgment; the same…
AI in the WordPress Dashboard: Which Tasks Are Worth It?
AI-based features have been available in WordPress for quite some time. Several third-party plugins facilitate connections to various AI models. However, WordPress 7.0’s Connectors API…
From Kickoff To First Concept: How To Turn Brand Strategy Into Visual Direction
When a branding project fails, it usually happens long before the logo stage: in the strategy phase, when words like “modern,” “trustworthy,” “premium,” “friendly,” and…
Designing excuses
Perhaps it is the market that draws the norm into the open Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read…
DesignOps in the age of AI: when governance becomes orchestration
DesignOps is shifting from governing human-led process to orchestrating human and AI technology towards ethical, meaningful outcomes. Continue reading on UX Collective » This…
Designing For Distressed Users: Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion
Mental health applications keep facing a continuing, measurable crisis: many people stop using them quickly. The data is stark: almost 95% of users who open…
How to design for trust UX: 7 best practices for explainable AI interfaces
Designing for trust has always been an essential part of UX, but AI raises the stakes. With these 7 best practices, you can create AI…
The revolution was the easy part
The announcement is one loud night. The evolution, the slow build starts the morning after, is the whole job. I recently asked Spotify for a Fourth…
Losing the spark in their eyes
What we lose when we use AI every day. Scene from Sofia Coppola’s Lost in Translation. There was once two brothers who wanted to see the…