Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “In November 2022, Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, began a tweet thread with “I’ve heard you loud and clear” in response to a customer backlash over the way they hid additional costs till the checkout page. …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “This has been the trend since 2000, when Pantone announced the color of the year every 1st week of December of each year. The 2023 Color of the Year was Viva Magenta. In a single sentence, the descriptions of the chosen colors are as follows: a shade rooted in nature…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Do you have enough experience to use it effectively without losing everyone’s trust? That’s the view Jakob Nielsen, co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group, has taken. …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Look around us. Every business is an app and every app feels the same, because every designer has the same resume, follows the same process, graduates from the same program, uses the same tool, scrolls the same Dribbble feed, reads the same Medium articles, expects the same career outcome, lives…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Current AI systems seek to mitigate AI mistakes by requiring human oversight, by keeping the human in the loop and relying on them to detect and fix the AI output if needed. If an AI, like ChatGPT, is right most of the time, it is really hard as a human…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “As a UX Designer deeply invested in the world of apps and user experience, there’s a subject that has been occupying my mind lately — the fascinating interplay between anticipatory, persuasive, and emotional design in UX. We’ve all encountered those products that seem to hold an irresistible allure, effortlessly keeping…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Considering the availability of modern tools and recent advancements in governance (design systems), one might think designers could relax and enjoy some leisure time. That’s not the case. In fact, it feels like designers have even less time than before. …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “So you’ve just got your hands on the latest iPhone. It’s sleek, it’s shiny, and it’s engineered to perfection. But then — bam! — you slap a case on it. It’s like buying a sports car and then driving it only in a school zone. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Over the past months, AI tool makers have been working hard to limit AI hallucinations. For large language models (such as ChatGPT), fighting hallucinations means making sure the chatbot won’t cite fake science publications or judicial decisions. For image generation, it means avoiding dreamlike and uncanny images. As we are…