What we lost when design became mainly UI, and what AI gives us the chance to reclaim Design practice is changing again. The process is shrinking, and most tasks, especially the ones usually reserved for junior designers, are being automated. Speed is even more important than before, and the go-to-market timeline is reducing consistently with the …
Year: 2026
Forget your “lovable” products; the real leverage point was always learning.
Creating the products and services we always wanted to build was never about changing the definition. Continue reading on UX Collective » Daniel Kahneman and the feeling of being caught Daniel Kahneman I like a good reframe. Don’t you? It used to be that saying “I don’t know” felt like honesty. Why does it now feel like …
What happened to the car designed for women, by women?
Lessons learned from the Volvo YCC and feminized crash test dummies Continue reading on UX Collective » Should product design teams be 100% creative, effective, or a middle ground between both? How do you know a product design is succeeding? What is our actual reality in business? These questions, and many more, are part of …
Things that don’t matter when you write
Extensive experience and “new” ideas are among them. Continue reading on UX Collective » Uncover accessibility issues that automated tools can’t catch When you evaluate a webpage for accessibility, it’s appealing to use automated scanners to quickly get an “accessibility score,” identify issues, and then move on. Browser-based accessibility extensions make this easy…in just a few …
When anyone can build anything
AI coding tools are rewriting who gets to make software. The question isn’t whether that’s good. It’s what it does to the things we use every day. In 2023, a controlled study found that developers using GitHub Copilot completed a coding task 55% faster than those without it. That’s your 4-week sprint becoming a 2-week sprint. By …
Are we performing ourselves into exhaustion?
On self-surveillance, professional performance, and the cost of forgetting that we built the cage. Is this one me? (All conceptual images in this article were generated by the author using AI.) As designers, we live this performance twice over: as users who perform constantly, and as the creators of the systems that encourage that performance. This article …
The 80% job: how design leads are using AI — and it’s not about mockups
The 80% job: how design leads are using AI — and it’s not about mockups Design leads spend 80% of their time communicating, aligning, and justifying. That’s exactly where AI helps most. Image generated with Midjourney Part 1: The Reality of Design Leadership Here’s what my job description says I do: set design vision, mentor designers, elevate craft quality, …
The art of unnecessary story
How funny and totally unnecessary writing of this Amsterdam coffee roastery makes customers happier. Continue reading on UX Collective » A practical scoring model to decide when to Delegate, Assist, or stay Human-Led. This essay was originally published on my Substack Syntax Stream, where I write about principles of human–AI interaction. For years, application design …
The rise of the Orchestrated User Interface (OUI)
Designing for intent in a brave new world. Continue reading on UX Collective » Discuss children’s preference on avatar design Image created by AI tool ElevenLabs As a developer in a children’s hospital, I’ve designed some playful VR simulations for young patients. We try to avoid serious medical settings because there are still concerns about using …
Hyperlegible Sans: a free, open-source font for accessible design
An accessibility-focused evolution of Inter that blends modern geometry with hyperlegible design principles. Hyperlegible Sans, a free, open-source typeface designed as an accessibility-focused evolution of Inter. Version 1.0 includes Regular, Medium, and Bold weights. Download Latest Font I’ve used Inter for years. It’s been my default across dozens of projects and, in my opinion, represents the best …