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Another year, another opportunity to step back and look at the patterns around what the design community is thinking about, publishing, and discussing. Here’s a glimpse into some of our favorite (and most shared) pieces from 2024. Thanks for being part of the conversation — catch you in the new year.
On creativity and the human differentiator
- Creativity is the only thing →
An open letter to my fellow creatives in a dark hour.
By Joe Alterio - If you want to be creative, you can’t be certain →
Embracing ambiguity as a superpower.
By Ida Persson - How not to lose yourself to the AI storm →
Exploring how AI lives in the past and dreams of the future.
By Yuna Shin
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On big transformations in our industry
- UX design isn’t dead, you’re just confused →
Where has all the delight gone within UX?
By Meghan Logan - The problem with growth: why everything is failing now →
Agile is where the trouble started.
By Joanna Weber - Life after Spotify: what no one tells you about life after layoffs →
The turmoil caused by losing my job.
By Sophia Omarji
On our tools and processes
- The story of Figma →
Living long enough as a hero to become a villain?
By Jan Takacs - Complicated sticks →
The rise of tools for everything and nothing in particular.
By Stephen Farrugia - Tech’s obsession with speed →
AI + Hermes (speed) worship.
By Chris R Becker
On finding meaning
- It’s time for design to think less and feel more →
How designers can reconnect to us being humans.
By Darren Yeo - Designers: you need to read science fiction →
To anticipate future needs, you need to imagine the future.
By Daley Wilhelm - Beautiful, boring, and without soul →
Something more than merely a green space.
By Steyn Viljoen
On the role of designers
- The features investors want are not the ones your users need →
Why UX should care about the business… but not too much.
By Lindsey M. West Wallace - Never skip research day →
It’s a powerful tool for organizational influence.
By Trip Carroll - Why designers need to be more like gardeners →
And how it would benefit both people and the planet.
By Kelly Smith
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