Year: 2025

Musings on how to prepare ourselves and steer a new direction of the craft and design now that AI is challenging the status quo Continue reading on UX Collective » Why Silicon Valley has a weird Nietzsche obsession Portrait of Nietzsche by Edvard Munch, 1906 Some Silicon Valley leaders have a bizarre adoration for philosophers like …

Rethinking web audio in the age of user-first design Dircksny.com | Way Back Machine web archive I recently had to track down a screenshot of a website from 2008 — Dircksny.com, a small agency where I landed my first real design job. I eventually found a live web archive of it on Wayback Machine. And the moment it …

How user behaviours shape product design architecture, and how AI will reshape the digital products landscape. Image is generated by ChatGPT. Architecture in digital product design is controversial and ambiguous. On one hand, there is Information Architecture; on the other, there is System Design. Career ladders and design positions often require one or the other. They …

A detox guide for designers navigating today’s AI discourse. AI-generated image by Mike Schindler. We really have some shitty ways of talking about AI. We’re about a year into the Great AI Divide, or whatever our history-keeping algorithms decide to call this moment, and even the most literate among us can’t help falling into the same …

Diagnosing UX problems through Garrett’s Elements of User Experience. You walk into a doctor’s office with sharp stomach pain. You describe your symptoms in great detail, outlining all the issues and how they’re impacting you. The doctor patiently listens, then says, “I have just the thing. BRB.” After a few moments, the doc returns and …

Shopify has removed UX from their titles, but at what cost to user-centred design? Continue reading on UX Collective » At WWDC 2025, Apple introduced Liquid Glass and broke key design rules and principles. Will it hurt usability and accessibility? For years, Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) was a bible for software designers. It was …

Understanding unintended consequences in design and how to plan for them. Illustration by Sh8peshifters / Source: https://www.designingtomorrowbook.com Co-written by Martin Tomitsch and Steve Baty Each minute, millions of teens scroll through videos on social media platforms. These platforms are designed to connect people, but their overuse among young users is leading to serious, unintended consequences. The impact …

Maybe it’s the state of the world, or just the state of my life, but it feels like everything in the world of digital content has gotten more fraught. Photo by Riccardo, Pexels It’s a weekday morning and I’m sipping coffee, scanning my calendar for my meetings today, preparing my work, swimming in a slog of …

Designing without modern tools isn’t regression — it’s a stance against authoritative, tech-imposed aesthetics. The Art of Suminagashi Japanese Marbling | Image source: youtube.com I find most design trends irritating — not because they exist, but because too many designers follow them instead of forging their own. Then again, maybe that’s just my rebellious nature talking. There’s nothing wrong with …

Real-world journeys that blend digital, physical, and emotional touchpoints At the very beginning, there were no templates When e-commerce first took off, every website was a handcrafted experience. Brands hired developers to code their stores from scratch, pouring hours into every layout decision and line of code. It was messy, expensive, and full of quirks — but …