Real information in, invented information mixed in, one confident answer out. The interface never shows you how it got there. We built it to sound sure of everything. The best thing it can learn to say is “I’m not sure.” The latest argument my team and I are going back and forth on is whether we are …
Year: 2026
Design’s dreaded phrase is coming back. This time we’re in control.
How “Everyone can Design” means designers don’t have to wait for permission Continue reading on UX Collective » Make your website feel more luxurious using a simple CSS trick. A cover image for “The CSS hack that extends your website on iOS Safari” Introduction People who read a lot of books know that paperbacks get read faster, …
Bottle your judgment and make it outlive you
You hand it your judgment, and it wears your smile back at you. The most valuable thing you own dies with you, unless you get it out of your head. Let a machine and the person next to you finally use it. Right now I’m helping build software whose whole job is to package how one particular …
Your people get AI. Get out of their way.
Every company already has this person. The only question is whether it will let them out of the box. We are all using the same tools. Companies that win will be the ones willing to trust the people who already understand them. Here’s a number more people should be talking about: Ninety-five percent of corporate AI …
The screens are getting demoted
As AI products become more advanced, the interface is no longer the main focus. Now, the real question is which screens are still needed and which can serve as fallbacks. Illustration created by author Designers often say that UX isn’t really about screens. It’s a line I see in portfolios, I hear in interviews; that’s the …
AI systems are demanding new interaction models. Are designers ready?
The first big shift in how we use software in years is underway. For decades, most software interactions have worked the same way. You open applications, close them, drag files into folders, click through menus, move between windows… That’s the desktop metaphor, software designed to feel like a physical workspace. Mobile touch and the web brought …
The revolution was the easy part
The announcement is one loud night. The evolution, the slow build starts the morning after, is the whole job. I recently asked Spotify for a Fourth of July playlist. Specifically, a rock one. It came back with big drums and big choruses: “Born in the USA,” “Fortunate Son,” “For What It’s Worth,” “Rockin’ in the Free World.” …
How designers need to change for an AI-powered world
A recap of ideas from our panel discussion for a topic that’s on everyone’s mind Continue reading on UX Collective » An applied framework for designing AI interfaces that support appropriate reliance, user control, transparency, and responsible autonomy. Traditional interfaces are built around predictable behavior. A control has a defined function. A workflow has known …
Your design system runs on one person’s judgment-AI is about to prove it
Your design system runs on one person’s judgment — AI is about to prove it 76 open contributions to IBM’s Carbon design system, each waiting to clear the same gate. Some have been here since April. The label says it plainly: “one more review.” Source: Carbon Design System on GitHub, captured June 2026. It is 6:40 on a Friday. …
A2UI under the hood: Designing for the new era of radically adaptive UI
An introduction for designers As a designer, I am optimistic about this one, and that is not my usual reflex with AI interface design. You have probably never heard of it. That is fine, almost no designer has. A2UI still lives in developer corners, written about in code. The idea underneath is worth meeting early, …