Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Is the Double Diamond still fit for purpose? The answer: probably not. The ascendance of fast-paced digital design and the complexities of the challenges designers are currently addressing with services and systems have left the Double Diamond a bit short of breath.” Double diamond v4.1: An operating manual for designers…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “It’s time we face facts: there’s really only one way to design. And to design that one way, there’s only one tool we should be using. Moreover, there’s only one process that leads to successful outcomes. And there’s only one set of artifacts worth developing.” The one true way to…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “At a fundamental level, all design is governance. We encounter inconveniences every day, both offline and in the apps we use. But it’s not enough to say it’s the result of bad design. It’s also a result of governance decisions made on behalf of the customers during the design process.” …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “The value of design is the value of creativity, of problem-solving through nimble thinking, and of outside perspective. If production is the ice, then design is the water — made of the same stuff, but inchoate, able to flow into hidden spaces. …

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “By now, it’s no secret that AI will considerably impact the future of branding and design — making us question how we can continue to provide irreplaceable value as designers. Some creatives like Alif Ibrahim from It’s Nice That have suggested it be used to automate mundane and repetitive tasks…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “When the layoffs caught up with me, I was relieved. I had been secretly hoping I would be next because I felt stuck after having worked on the same products for 12 years (6 years on user documentation and another 6 years on UX writing). I had tried looking for…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — What do we really appreciate about design? Why are we here? Why now? It was easier to ignore these questions when designers were growing in their careers and unlocking opportunities everywhere. For many with the privilege of working in Big Tech for the past decade, it was a matter of…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “I ask you, where is the open letter signed by the likes of Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and other wealthy White men, demanding that gun manufacturers cease producing military-grade weapons and urging the government to enact stricter rules and regulations? Where is the petition signed by 10k plus people demanding…

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. — “Time, and the times we are in, have both revealed that I failed to fully acknowledge who we are truly doing it all for. As tons of shocked, sad, and angry posts on LinkedIn about their layoffs suggest, many of my colleagues have also missed, denied, or ignored the bigger…