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Design lessons from the grim fate of the Segway8 min read · Aug 15th · The Segway failed because it solved no actual problems. Electric scooters and e-bikes are thriving, because they do
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For these tech guys, walking was a problem that needed to be solved.
We frequently have to travel distances that are too short for a car but too long for a walk. This is precisely where a portable e-scooter, which you can pick up and carry into your destination, shines.
If you create all that cutting-edge Segway balancing gear, you wind up with something so expensive it breaks the market.
Andy Budd
A Future of Design Without Designers?design
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This article looks at how the rise of generative design and AI software agents may make it easier for non traditional designers (execs, engineers and PMs) to affect design decisions. When this happens,  what does this mean for design as a distinct profession? 
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UX Collective
Giving, seeking, and receiving feedback in UX~15 min read · Aug 29th · Each individual is a universe of its own and each company or UX department has a set of unwritten rules. When you’re in doubt, the…
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radix-ui.com
Colors — Radix UIJul 1st · An open-source color system for designing beautiful, accessible websites and apps.
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visual design
colors
Fast Company
Watching the Olympics has been a UX nightmare7 min read · Aug 4th · Broadcast monopolies have created the hellscape that is just trying to watch the Olympics.
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A List Apart
Designing for the Unexpected~15 min read · Jul 15th · As devices continue to diversify in dizzying ways, how can we make sure our work on the web stays as relevant as ever for the long haul? Cathy Dutton shares how practitioners must design for the un…
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Designing responsive or fluid sites has always been about removing limitations, producing content that can be viewed on any device.
The second ingredient for responsive design is media queries. Without them, content would shrink to fit the available space regardless of whether that content remained readable
Media queries prevented this by allowing us to add breakpoints where the design could adapt.
UX Collective
No, standardization doesn’t stifle creativity9 min read · Aug 2nd · The maturation of UX isn’t making you an uncreative robot or replaceable commodity.
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creativity
inclusivedesign24.org
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24)10 min read · Aug 13th · A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion
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Every design decision has the power to either include or exclude people.
jamiemill.com
The elements of product design2 min read · Jul 15th · A model explaining product design as a stack of decisions built on top of a stack of knowledge. With apologies to Jesse James Garrett.
product design
product management
UX Collective
Why do people hate redesigns?9 min read · Aug 14th · Recently, Twitter unveiled a new design for its website and app, including a new font, higher-contrast colors, and less visual clutter…
psychology
product design
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Everything was fine, the same as always. I hate it when you find a product you like that fits a particular need of yours, and then they change it.
Users automatically navigate in interfaces that are used to for a long time. In a way, navigation is similar to a routine, a habit, and when the interface design changes, the user navigation habits must change as well. This increases cognitive load and can reduce user satisfaction with the product.
Radical redesigns should be avoided whenever possible. Making small incremental changes is another way to redesign products without upsetting the users. Previous studies have found that small changes are usually not observed when people behave habitually.
Times Open
Product Design at the Pace of News~17 min read · Jul 16th · A Q&A with The New York Times Live design team.
product design
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marcandrew.me
UI & UX Micro-Tips: Volume Seven.6 min read · Jul 21st · In this follow-up article I’ve brought you another selection of easy to put into practice UI & UX micro-tips.
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Always try to keep those messages short and to the point, and talk to the user in a voice they’ll easily understand.
Fast Company
Why bad design can actually be good10 min read · Jul 15th · Ken Carbone, Ayse Birsel, and Allan Chochinov discuss how bad design can prompt creative breakthroughs—and what even constitutes ‘bad design’ in the first place.
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The Atlantic
NFTs Are an Art Project Gone Awry8 min read · Apr 2nd · When we invented non-fungible tokens, we were trying to protect artists. But tech-world opportunism has struck again.
art
finance
technology
Fast Company
Why are so many products badly designed?4 min read · Jun 16th · The basics of good design are often ignored. But it’s time for companies and consumers to start demanding more.
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Everyone, from consumers to programmers to business leaders, must become more educated about what good design really means
We’re often told that we live in the greatest era of technological progress in history. But this can’t be true if the technologies we depend on are hard to use
Without expert help we are all prone to forgetting that a design that’s intuitive to us can simultaneously be confusing to others. The damage of this natural bias of “what’s good for me is good for all” goes deeper into society—and can have devastating consequences. Consider how women are more likely to be injured in car accidents because crash test dummies are usually based on men’s bodies. Or how facial recognition and machine learning systems often favor white people, who are better represented in the data used.
UX Collective
Developing an eye for design6 min read · Aug 1st · Change the way you look at things to become a better designer.
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