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How Grok guided me through the new Adobe color interface

GenAI navigation faces challenges in the new Adobe color interface.

Is hot coral a feature or a liability? A closer look at the colour of your bank card.

Hot coral bank card color is examined as a potential feature or liability.

Should we be kind to machines (for our own sake, really)?

Treating machines with kindness may have benefits for human users themselves.

How to write a DESIGN.md file Claude can actually use

A DESIGN.md file should tell a story of the product to be useful.

Opening your place to the street

Designers consider opening channels to upstream conversations in the age of AI.

The undo problem in AI products

AI products often struggle with implementing effective undo functions.

16 May

Small by Design: The Strength of Lean Design-System Teams

Lean design-system teams, when deliberately structured, can achieve greater speed, sharper prioritization, and scaled impact by fostering cohesion and minimizing coordination overhead.

15 May9 min read

What Designers Actually Struggle with on Product Teams

Designers struggle with alignment, influence, and navigating organizational complexity on product teams.

15 May5 min read

Ten Data-Backed Truths Of User Experience ROI

Every extra second of friction has a measurable business cost, affecting revenue, retention, and long-term growth.

The one-dimensional pipe between two high-dimensional minds

Artificial intelligence interactions involve a one-dimensional pipe between two high-dimensional minds.

AI made everyone a creator, not a designer

AI enables everyone to create, but does not necessarily make them designers.

Can a typeface be safe?

Volvo's typeface is designed to enhance safety for drivers through its clarity and readability.

14 May

Practical Interface Patterns For AI Transparency (Part 2)

Traditional loading patterns like spinners fail in agentic AI experiences, requiring new interface patterns for transparency.

Low cortisol solution to big problems

Slowing down reveals strange details that often go unnoticed in daily life.

The death of the empty state in AI products

AI products are rethinking the traditional empty state design approach.

12 May

UX Writing: FAQs from Practitioners

UX writers should aim for a 6th-8th grade reading level for general audiences to improve readability.

8 May9 min read

Designing AI Agents: 4 Lessons from China’s Qwen Agent

Qwen's AI agent study reveals four design lessons for AI agents, including supporting discoverability and protecting user autonomy.

8 May9 min read

The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development

Local-first web development prioritizes the user's device as the primary data source, differing from offline-first and cache-first approaches.

6 May28 min read