11 lessons from a year of using AI in my daily work
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
“Communication is the ultimate skill. Clear communication is not just key for working with people, but it’s also how you get the most out of AI. Whether it’s with text, voice, or visuals, the better I express what I need, the better results I get. It’s a skill that keeps proving itself essential.”
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Editor picks
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What tomato plants taught me about design.AI might be the best thing to happen to design communication →
Language-first workflows.How many NYT Spelling Bees are left? →
Or: How I used AI to solve a math problem for myself.
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Tooooools: apply lo-fi effects to your images and videos →
Make me think
The rise of the designer as influencer →
“As social platforms reward visibility, creatives are increasingly expected to make their practice public. Designers are no longer just making work; they are the work. But what started as promotion now risks swallowing design itself.”Addicted to every possibility →
“Designers operating in the crowded centre of the Venn diagram where user needs, business goals, and technical innovation overlap could be forgiven for wishing for fewer constraints, not more. Yet I would argue that there is real value in designers choosing to self-impose even more, albeit somewhat artificial, restrictions on their practice.”It's rude to show AI output to people →
“For the longest time, writing was more expensive than reading. If you encountered a body of written text, you could be sure that at the very least, a human spent some time writing it down. The text used to have an innate proof-of-thought, a basic token of humanity. Now, AI has made text very, very, very cheap.”
Little gems this week
Standing in the shadow of Giotto →
Is Figma Make ready for dev-handoff? →
Tools and resources
How to sell the European Accessibility Act to your boss →
Yet another reason to invest.3 steps to create a future proof career ladder →
Creating strong career plans for your team.Designing reusable, versatile journey maps with cards →
What poker decks, medieval maps, and Google can teach us.
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