The register shift
Designing for the gap between conversation and delegation Same board. Both are playing properly. Both are playing different games. While setting up a project recently,…
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Can VR treat addiction?
Design challenges and limitations for VR addiction treatment Image created with AI tool ElevenLabs Addiction is a chronic, relapsing condition, and most people who struggle…
Designing for AI, the permalink problem, vibe designing
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “We have extraordinary capability and almost no shared conventions for handing it to people — no settled patterns, no agreed vocabulary…
Is your website ready for AI agents?
Your website just got ghosted by an AI agent and why accessibility is your new best friend. Continue reading on UX Collective » This…
Who is your content actually for?
AI and SEO are converging. The combined pressure is reshaping how content gets made and read in ways that push the human reader further down…
AI Token Scarcity and Arcade Economics
The rising cost of computing is prompting a reevaluation of designers’ expectations. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read…
YouTube is gonna auto-tag AI, and it makes me angry
So late to the party, so slimy, so angry. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More
June Is For Exploring (2026 Wallpapers Edition)
Everyone has a creative spark in them. Some bring their ideas to life with digital tools, others capture the perfect moment with a camera or…
How to help people who don’t read discover new features
Writing discovery and onboarding content for “another” new feature, but this time it’s actually gonna get read. Continue reading on UX Collective » This…
Designing for AI means designing like it’s 1999
You can’t talk about 1999 without Hamster Dance. That means looking back at the unfinished, handmade web to reinvent how we design for AI — and who we…
I benchmarked Claude Code and OpenCode on a heavy refactor: The reality of agentic CLI workflows
Every week, someone posts something like: “We are so cooked. AI has taken our jobs.” And every other week, someone else replies, maybe on X,…
Algorithmic Theming Engines: Building Self-Correcting Color Systems With `contrast-color()`
The HTTP Archive Web Almanac has been tracking color contrast failures for years. The numbers have barely moved. After half a decade of design system…
The Part of Agile Designers Fear the Most: Imperfect Work
One insight from Laura Klein that stuck with me is that in a minimum viable product, teams often forget the word “viable.” A thing that…
We haven’t lost the battle for Empathy. Have we?
A meditation on presence, AI, and the uncomfortable work of understanding people before we design for them. Continue reading on UX Collective » This…
The trust gap between AI and humans
How designers can save brilliant AI from dying in onboarding — before it’s too late. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first…