Virtue ethics in everyday interface design
How wording, hierarchy, and moments of friction can support considered action.Aristotle statue by Jerry Anderson at Southern Utah Unive...
Sparkle buttons, Autonomy by design, AI reckoning in UX, Figma with MCP
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“Open any product you pay for and look at the top right corner. There is a...
Context is the new interface
The future of design lies in what happens between productsA conceptual illustration of how AI agents use onscreen context to help the s...
How to design transparent AI cost controls
A practical guide to choosing usage units, designing spending limits, and explaining AI costs before, during, and after the work.Every ...
The people using AI should set its strategy
A researcher checks a generated synthesis against her own interview notes while a stack of vendor contracts sits unopened at the edge o...
The AI reckoning in UX was 20 years in the making
The field has blown up and rebuilt itself three times in twenty years. This is the third.Everyone thinks AI is coming for design. The t...
Smaller teams want design leaders who make, again. Here’s how.
A design lead works on a screen alongside two designers at a shared table. AI assisted.AI is shrinking teams we run and raising the bar...
Going nowhere fast
When speed disguises itself as progress.One driver worked hard to get to a stoplight. (Rounded Bevel Icons)I distinctly remember my fat...
Does Apple’s HomeView reduce effort, or ask for our attention?
Truly useful domestic technology fades into the background. Too many smart home screens demand centre stage.The Apple HomeView, image c...
Who gets to name the future?
Cracked, maxxed, and forward deployed: a field guide to AI’s boys’ club.My 4-year-old’s Halloween cat and the general vibe of this arti...