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✦Why Your Design Career Isn't Growing And the Simple Fix Nobody Wants to Hear | w/Alex Aperios✦The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI✦The MOS 6502: the people’s princess✦Intro to Figma Motion for Edu with shader effects and fills✦From frictionless to meaningful✦Website Inspiration: Housemait✦3 Steps to Scope Your Broad Research Study✦Between Print and Digital: The Making of MERSI’s Website✦Claude Opus 5 for Product Designers✦Information architecture is the foundation artificial intelligence is starving for✦Your website is boring (but that might just set it free)✦Why Most UX Advice Fails in Tier 3 or Rural India✦Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn✦The seams are where the system lives✦Spotting Good, Bad & Ugly Error Messages: A UX Guide
✦Why Your Design Career Isn't Growing And the Simple Fix Nobody Wants to Hear | w/Alex Aperios✦The Bull And Bear Case For Digital Design In The Age Of AI✦The MOS 6502: the people’s princess✦Intro to Figma Motion for Edu with shader effects and fills✦From frictionless to meaningful✦Website Inspiration: Housemait✦3 Steps to Scope Your Broad Research Study✦Between Print and Digital: The Making of MERSI’s Website✦Claude Opus 5 for Product Designers✦Information architecture is the foundation artificial intelligence is starving for✦Your website is boring (but that might just set it free)✦Why Most UX Advice Fails in Tier 3 or Rural India✦Anthropic’s first technical PM on token maxing, the jagged edge, and living in the future | Dianne Penn✦The seams are where the system lives✦Spotting Good, Bad & Ugly Error Messages: A UX Guide
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Top storyThinking·8 hours ago

The 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.

Smashing Magazine
10 min read

In this edition

Stories from Wednesday, 29 July 2026

UX Collective
Thinking

From frictionless to meaningful

Friction in design can create memorable experiences, invite reflection, and help users connect with others and consume less.

2 days ago·11 min read
Inspiration
One Page Love
Inspo

Website Inspiration: Housemait

Housemait's long-scrolling landing page effectively showcases its family organization app, integrating an AI assistant accessible via WhatsApp for managing calendars, meals, shopping, and chores.

2 days ago
NNGroup (YT)
Video

3 Steps to Scope Your Broad Research Study

Researchers scope broad studies in three key steps.

2 days ago
Codrops
Inspo

Between Print and Digital: The Making of MERSI’s Website

MERSI's website redesign combines a tailored Webflow build with precise motion and editorial storytelling for a quiet, immersive digital presence.

2 days ago·12 min read
UX Planet
Thinking

Claude Opus 5 for Product Designers

Anthropic released Opus 5, its latest AI model, which is capable but slow and expensive.

2 days ago·7 min read
UX Collective
Thinking

Information 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.

3 days ago·12 min read

Curator's picks

Must read today

The pieces worth pausing on, hand-selected from today's edition.

Jesse Showalter
Video

Why Your Design Career Isn't Growing And the Simple Fix Nobody Wants to Hear | w/Alex Aperios

Design careers often stagnate due to simple issues that are frequently overlooked.

8 hours ago
Figma (YT)
Video

Intro to Figma Motion for Edu with shader effects and fills

2 days ago
TechCrunch
Tech

Encore AI raises $30M to build AI agents that learn from customer calls

6 hours ago·3 min read
9to5Google
Tech

Pixel 11 in green probably inspired this unreleased Pixel Buds Pro 2 color [Gallery]

7 hours ago·3 min read

Editor's pick

The MOS 6502: the people’s princess

The MOS 6502 chip impacted design by blending arcade game UI concepts with affordable 1970s calculator chips.

UX Collective
7 min read

UX & Thinking

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UX Collective
Thinking

From frictionless to meaningful

2 days ago·11 min read
UX Planet
Thinking

Claude Opus 5 for Product Designers

2 days ago·7 min read

Look & feel

Inspiration picks

Visual references from across the design web.

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Inspiration
One Page Love

Website Inspiration: Housemait

Codrops

Between Print and Digital: The Making of MERSI’s Website

Muzli

Why Most UX Advice Fails in Tier 3 or Rural India

Muzli

Spotting Good, Bad & Ugly Error Messages: A UX Guide