The three thirds
An entire generation of designers climbed the ladder. A third say it got better. A third say it got worse. A third aren’t sure. Photo by…
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Design debt is now as dangerous as technical debt
If you want to put AI adoption at risk, ignore the design debt at your own peril. It doesn’t announce itself, but sits there, quietly, underneath…
Making vs. the machine
What are we willing to pay to get paid? Embracing non-commercial creativity. I used to dream of having a job where I could be creative.…
The design engineer symptom: what a rising job title reveals
Trying to define Design Engineering today, and why the confusion around it turned out to matter. “UX Designer”, “UX/UI Builder”, “UX Engineer”, “Product Builder”, “Design Engineer”……
When AI experiences fail, who is held accountable?
AI-designed experiences are failing real people. The designer, the PM, the vendor, and the company are all pointing somewhere else. Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash…
The paradox of precision
Why perfect design is failing businesses. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More
Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables
Building a true culture of digital accessibility in a company is a mission of resilience and perseverance. It’s not difficult for the discourse on accessibility…
How behavioral science can help persuade our team to do one more user test
Designers are struggling to slow teams down for research. Here’s what helps. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read…
Who can actually afford AI tools now?
They keep arriving with open arms and leaving with your wallet. That’s not an accident. It’s a playbook. You notice it only in retrospect, and…
The Ethics of Personalization: When UX Crosses the Line from Helpful to Harmful
Part 4 of the “Ethical UX Series.” Personalization: UX’s double-edged sword Personalization in UX is often celebrated as a breakthrough in convenience, efficiency, and relevance.…
The intelligence revolution won’t be televised — it will be automated over a longer arc
The intelligence revolution won’t be televised — it will be automated over a longer arc If you want to understand where AI is taking us, stop staring at…
Raising the machine
Claude, Anthropic, and why the AI you choose matters more than you think. This is the first piece in a series I am writing about AI:…
AR glasses are here, but what about accessibility?
Can multi-sensory experience take it one step further? Image created by AI tool ElevenLabs Big companies like XREAL and Meta have released their new AR glasses…
Sorry, designers, we don’t decide the future of design
From making things to deciding things — how AI is forcing a renegotiation of what being a designer actually means. Photo by Meritt Thomas on Unsplash There is a…
Playing dumb: how AI is beating scammers at their own game
Fraudsters prey on human psychology. The most effective AI defences win by weaponising theirs. There is a phone ringing somewhere in a call centre. A…