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 …
Year: 2026
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, …
What you count is what they feel
What a Jakarta city bus taught me about where experience is really made. Continue reading on UX Collective » His principles were never about technology for its own sake. They were about restraint, honesty and most importantly clarity — exactly what the rush to ship AI keeps leaving out. Ten rules from a designer who keeps no screens, read …
AI-created document fatigue: how I designed my way out of it
AI promised us a leisure revolution but delivered us more documents to consume. I designed a voice-first app to move my work away from the desk and into the spaces that suit me. Using ARC (Audio Review Companion), to provide document feedback away from the desk. Image generated by AI. A false promise Generative AI will change the …
We haven’t lost the battle for Empathy. Have we?
A meditation on presence, AI, and the uncomfortable work of understanding people before we design for them. Continue reading on UX Collective » But not the sort of conflict you usually see on the news Most journalism doesn’t cut to the reasons behind conflicts. It only reports on the conflict and, in many cases, dramatizes that …