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The UX butterfly effect

Understanding unintended consequences in design and how to plan for them.

figma.com

6 winning Figma Makes and what you can learn from them

This year’s Make-a-thon winners offer insights on how to prototype smarter, structure products better, and push Figma Make further.

mechanicalsurvival.com

Team dynamics after AI

So much of the discourse around AI assumes an inevitability to adoption, seeing quality as the only barrier to that.

nav.al

Complex systems emerge from iterations on simple designs

Whenever you find a complex system working in nature, it’s usually the output of a very simple system or thing that was iterated over and over.

mrkaran.dev

AI and home-cooked software

AI is enabling a new category of personal software. Welcome to the era of home-cooked applications.

emilkowal.ski

7 practical animation tips

Seven simple ideas you can use to improve your animations today.

blog.florianschulz.info

Tidy text: Sloppy notes that auto-correct

What if you could type sloppily and the text could correct itself line by line?

lukew.com

Wrapper vs. embedded AI apps

Most AI applications built to date have adopted a wrapper approach but increasingly, being embedded is becoming a viable option too.

youtube.com

Gboard Dial Version

A new proposal from Google's Gboard team, the Gboard Dial Version.

bit.ly

PUSH UX Conference 2025 (Oct 23-24 • Munich, Germany)Sponsored

Two conference days, 50+ world-class sessions, and Munich’s best cake. Join us in the heart of Europe for PUSH UX 2025!

suffsyed.com

Designers should look to Demis Hassabis, not Jony Ive

The future of design will still be shaped—just not by designers like Jony Ive.

uxdesign.cc

Making useful filters

Filters can make or break your UX, and designing them is not as straightforward as you might think.

matthewstrom.com

Decentralizing quality

Why moving judgment to the edges wins in the long run.

daverupert.com

Why I hate the MVP car

Despite taking the time to get the context and being a lover of iteration, I think I have built up petty grievances over the years with the MVP car.

itsnicethat.com

Light and shade: exploring creativity’s AI conundrum

A series interrogating the challenges and opportunities at the heart of the AI-creative conversation.

dennisdeacon.com

Baby steps accessibility

Low contrast text represents 79.1% of all errors. Find out how to make a dent on these issues.

ft.com

Why designers abandoned their dreams of changing the world

Design was once seen as a tool to improve lives — but as modernism has become marketing, that sense of social purpose has drifted away.

andybudd.com

Should designers be paid the same as engineers?

People aren’t remunerated based on knowledge or effort, but on how much value they generate, protect, or multiply—plus accountability.

equalentry.com

Accessible content for people with limited English proficiency

Unclear language and poor design can turn everyday tasks into stressful barriers, eroding independence and dignity.

agenticcommerce.dev

Agentic commerce protocol

An open standard that enables programmatic commerce flows between AI agents and businesses. Developed by Stripe + OpenAI.