“Open any product you pay for and look at the top right corner. There is a sparkle. Behind it is a panel that slides in from the right, says “Ask anything”, and offers three suggestions you did not ask for. Close it and it comes back after the next update, sometimes with a new name.”
Nobody asked for the sparkle button →
What AI interviews taught us about designing conversational AI →
[Sponsored] Follow-ups that build on what you said. Less pressure to perform. Control over pacing. What participants, skeptics included, told us about being interviewed by AI, and what it means for anyone designing conversational experiences.
Editor picks
Who gets to name the future? →
A field guide to AI’s boys’ club.Autonomy by design →
How gamification and AI can respect (or rewrite) our choices.The AI reckoning in UX was 20 years in the making →
The field has done this to itself twice before.
The UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices and helps designers think more critically about their work.
Does Apple’s HomeView reduce effort, or ask for our attention? →
Make me think
Struggle together →
“i learned programming and design by trying, failing, and trying again. when i hit a wall, i figured out how to climb it. read something i barely understood. took things apart. asked someone for help. started over. it became like water.”Design as a garden →
“Let different things cross-pollinate. Interesting work comes from unexpected combinations. Go watch a movie. Read a book outside your field. Talk with someone who sees the world differently.”The software factory forgot about design →
“Usually design shows up as a few inspirational screenshots pasted into a ticket to direct the agent on how to design. Or it doesn’t show up at all and the agent is left to decide what the thing should look and feel like. And it will decide, pretty confidently.”
Cool finds
Hairline: line drawings that answer the pointer →
The New York Times turns 175 with an identity, events and a campaign →
Decoy Font: a TTF font that hides what you’re typing from AI →
Careers & more
How I stopped dreading AI and started studying it full-time →
I had to get serious about learning.Smaller teams want design leaders who make, again →
What a leader has to bring.Code → Figma with MCP →
Building an AI-ready design system library.
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