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Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.

“At some point in history, the feeling mind was viewed as an important faculty too. Although viewed in the area of the arts, the ability to make deep observations and connect abstract concepts also brings about great innovation too. Therefore, the cultivation of the feeling mind is important.

However, our educational system indoctrinates analytical thinking, partly due to the pseudo scientific management of Taylorism. As mass production kicks in, optimisation and productivity become the rule of thumb, and rigorous thinking takes over.”

It’s time for design to think less and feel more →
By Darren Yeo

Editor picks

• How I review design work →
  Defining what “good design” actually looks like.
  By Ted Goas
• Design yourself out of a job →
  Before your next role, figure out how and when you plan to leave.
  By Jared Zimmerman
• Decolonizing AI →
  A UX approach to cultural biases and power dynamics.
  By Micaela Dixon

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AI emoji generator →

Make me think

• How do we sell product design when no one is buying? →
  “In the mean time, the expectations from designers have seriously risen up. The competition is global, and people from all over the world are fighting for their piece of the pie. You can do UX but not UI? Sorry, you lose.”
• The end of programming as we know it →
  “There’s a lot of chatter in the media that software developers will soon lose their jobs to AI. I don’t buy it. It is not the end of programming. It is the end of programming as we know it today. That is not new.”
• Thoughts on daylight computer →
  “This is a piece of hardware that makes me want to go outside instead of keeping me trapped inside. Something that doesn’t blind me at night with an artificial sun in my face, keeping me from seeing the actual sun the following morning.”

Little gems this week

My kids and I used AI to build a game →
By Ben Snyder

A really (really) long but authentic history of design evolution in India →
By Kapil Moon

The effort paradox in AI design →
By Sean J. Savage

Tools and resources

• Interaction design demands more than visual creativity →
  Our field has changed; update yourself.
  By Filipe Nzongo
• A guide to AI prototyping for product designers →
  How AI is changing how we design.
  By Ben
• UI patterns you need to know →
  A reference article with guiding principles, patterns, and personas.
  By Eve Weinberg

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Feel more, decolonizing AI, design in India, prototyping with AI was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.