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UX & Thinking
130 stories curated in ux & thinking.
UX Collective
ThinkingRethinking friction in an AI world
Frictionless design can sometimes be counterproductive, as removing all obstacles can lead to a lack of engagement or understanding.
30 Jul6 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingYour people get AI. Get out of their way.
Ninety-five percent of corporate AI projects fail due to company bureaucracy and lack of trust in employees.
29 Jul13 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingBattling AI fatigue as a designer and developer: a practical guide
Designers and developers can combat AI fatigue by limiting AI usage in personal life and doing fun tasks themselves.
29 Jul8 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe UX of Contrast: Lessons from Indika’s Game Design
Indika's game design uses contrast to shape player interpretation of the story and emotional conflict.
29 Jul14 min read
Smashing Magazine
ThinkingThe Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI
AI may give designers greater autonomy to create and implement design solutions with less need for permission from others.
29 Jul10 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe MOS 6502: the people’s princess
The MOS 6502 chip impacted design by blending arcade game UI concepts with affordable 1970s calculator chips.
28 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingFrom frictionless to meaningful
Friction in design can create memorable experiences, invite reflection, and help users connect with others and consume less.
27 Jul11 min read
UX Planet
ThinkingClaude Opus 5 for Product Designers
Anthropic released Opus 5, its latest AI model, which is capable but slow and expensive.
27 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingInformation architecture is the foundation artificial intelligence is starving for
Poor information architecture causes AI problems like hallucinations and wrong answers due to disorganized content stores.
26 Jul12 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingYour website is boring (but that might just set it free)
The templated web, driven by efficiency and conversion optimization, has led to homogenized websites, sacrificing brand differentiation and making them forgettable.
26 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe seams are where the system lives
Partitioning a system into clean modules does not remove complexity, it instead relocates the complexity to the seams between those modules, as seen in city zoning and software microservices.
26 Jul8 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingSteal this UX framework from Dubai’s most over-the-top hotel
A Google UX researcher suggests studying hotels, specifically Dubai's Atlantis The Palm, to uncover hidden user experience design principles in hospitality.
23 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingFour questions every tool should answer (even Figma) about AI training model usage
Design tools should answer four questions regarding their AI model training practices to build user trust, especially after recent controversies involving Figma, Zoom, Slack, and Adobe.
23 Jul17 min read
UX Planet
ThinkingFigma vs. Claude Design: Two Fundamentally Different Design Workflows
Figma and Claude Design represent two fundamentally different design workflows.
23 Jul6 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe screens are getting demoted
As AI advances, user experience design shifts from creating screens to questioning their necessity, with AI performing tasks previously requiring multiple user interface steps.
22 Jul12 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingI handed a UX review over to AI. Here’s what happened.
AI assists UX reviews but does not replace human expertise, requiring user input for accuracy.
21 Jul6 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingAI can fake your portfolio. It can’t fake the second question.
AI can fake a portfolio, but it cannot replicate the live, unprepared moments in an interview.
21 Jul13 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe feature trap
Product teams often confuse building with validating, responding to cues rather than actual problems.
21 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingResearch shouldn’t end in a deck
Research should not end with a presentation deck, but rather become a living artifact.
20 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingHow to apply Nir Eyal’s Hook Model to AI products, safely
Nir Eyal's Hook Model applies to AI products through a four-step loop of trigger, action, variable reward, and investment.
20 Jul18 min read
UX Planet
ThinkingHow to Turn a CSV into Interactive Charts with Claude Code
Claude Code helps turn static CSV files into interactive data visualizations.
20 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe weakest channel
The enduring design of the 1970 FIFA World Cup soccer ball, a black and white pentagon-hexagon sphere, demonstrates that universality in design emerges from surviving constraints, not inherent beauty or popularity.
19 Jul7 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingThe “mocked, then loved” AirPods effect
AirPods and Apple Watch overcame initial mockery to become highly popular products through iteration and user experience.
17 Jul6 min read
UX Collective
ThinkingFrom vibe to specs: reclaiming the design process with SAID framework
AI-native teams replace static handoffs with continuous, spec-driven product engines using the SAID framework and Git as a shared workspace.
16 Jul9 min read
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