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Lord of the TTL chips
One Steve to rule them all, One Steve to find them, One Bill to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them (or, the role of the 7400... Continue reading on UX Collective »
3 hours ago
UX Collective
Lord of the TTL chips
smashing magazine
Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
In a world where AI is informing more design choices, it’s easy to mistake predictions for certainties. This article introduces Probabilistic Design, a mindset that allows UX and product teams to accept uncertainty, decipher AI outputs with nuance, and make smart, adaptive decisions.
11 hours ago
smashing magazine
Designing With Uncertainty: How AI Supercharges Probabilistic Thinking
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FastCompany Design
PopSockets’ new ultrathin grip is the product its founder wanted to make all along
More than 15 years ago, David Barnett was working as a philosophy professor at the University of Colorado when he came across a problem. His headphones kept getting tangled up. He ventured to a Joann fabrics store, where he bought two buttons he glued to the back of his phone; he would wrap the wire ...
13 hours ago
FastCompany Design
PopSockets’ new ultrathin grip is the product its founder wanted to make all along
FastCompany Design
Disney is about to get AI-generated theme park designs
Walt Disney Imagineering, the media and entertainment company's design and engineering firm behind its parks and cruises, has its own new bespoke AI model from Adobe. The goal is to use the technology to help create attractions and environmental design, like storefronts and architecture, at a pace that ...
13 hours ago
FastCompany Design
Disney is about to get AI-generated theme park designs
UX Collective
How one of the oldest design portfolio formats needs to change in 2026
There's a better version of the before/after that shows what employers want. Continue reading on UX Collective »
15 hours ago
UX Collective
How one of the oldest design portfolio formats needs to change in 2026
UX Collective
The hidden UX of payments
15 hours ago
UX Collective
The hidden UX of payments
FastCompany Design
From tech platforms to parks, these companies are putting humanity and community first
Among this year's crop of Fast Company's World Changing Ideas are organizations and initiatives with an unmistakably people-forward impact. For Aon and Mona, that meant getting money in the hands of people that need it—in Aon’s case, building a catastrophe bond in the event of devastating hurricanes, ...
15 hours ago
FastCompany Design
From tech platforms to parks, these companies are putting humanity and community first
FastCompany Design
How 5 companies are centering accessibility and social equity
From cosmetics to captioning, these companies are sparking an industry conversation around accessibility and inclusivity. Their ideas are pinpointing areas for improvement and meeting their consumers’ needs with inventive solutions. Winners Accessible and ergonomic makeup, Tilt BeautyWhen Tilt ...
15 hours ago
FastCompany Design
How 5 companies are centering accessibility and social equity
FastCompany Design
Meet the long-standing businesses still bringing fresh, meaningful ideas to the world
During their 15-plus years in business, these World Changing Ideas honorees have made strides in solving some of today’s most pressing problems—from cancer detection to carbon capture. Their projects simplify complex issues, like implementing carbon-capture filters to reduce factory emissions at ...
15 hours ago
FastCompany Design
Meet the long-standing businesses still bringing fresh, meaningful ideas to the world
FastCompany Design
These 6 companies show that Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are still cradles of innovation
There is apparently no problem too big for the EMEA region to solve, as the 2026 World Changing Ideas honorees clearly show. Across the European continent, companies are reckoning with the issues of our time, including curbing water waste in farming, domesticating lithium mining, and showing therapeutic ...
15 hours ago
FastCompany Design
These 6 companies show that Europe, the Middle East, and Africa are still cradles of innovation
IxDF
Your Place in the Game: How to Pick the Role That Fits You
Every game you've ever loved had a team who advocated for the player experience. Someone who noticed the tutorial was too early, the feedback came too late, or the menu was too deep. Someone who saw the game through your eyes. That work has a job title and a career path, and that person could be you. ...
18 hours ago
IxDF
Your Place in the Game: How to Pick the Role That Fits You
IxDF
The Game UX Twist: Usability Principles for Games
The game Overcooked is a nightmare of cognitive overload. Orders pile up, timers run down, your teammate just threw a plate at you, and the kitchen is on fire. Every traditional usability standard would flag it as broken. But the cognitive overload is deliberate: the chaos is the game and the stress ...
20 hours ago
IxDF
The Game UX Twist: Usability Principles for Games
IxDF
The X-Factor: What Makes Games Truly Fun?
An hour into your design review, everybody's going in circles. The lead designer loves the new mechanic. The artist thinks it's flat. The producer keeps checking their phone. You've heard the word "fun" 17 times and you're no closer to a decision than when you started. The problem isn't the mechanic. ...
20 hours ago
IxDF
The X-Factor: What Makes Games Truly Fun?
UX Collective
The board is not the game
Your AI product has pieces, cards, and screens. Nobody designed the game. Continue reading on UX Collective »
1 day ago
UX Collective
The board is not the game
UX Collective
The autonomy dial: a pattern toolkit for designing human control over AI
A practical method for setting how much an AI does on its own, plus six control patterns for human oversight. Continue reading on UX Collective »
1 day ago
UX Collective
The autonomy dial: a pattern toolkit for designing human control over AI
UX Collective
No, design is not dead. Neither is engineering or product.
1 day ago
UX Collective
No, design is not dead. Neither is engineering or product.
Muzli
Nobody Tells You What a Designer’s Life Actually Looks Like. So I will.
1 day ago
Muzli
Nobody Tells You What a Designer’s Life Actually Looks Like. So I will.
Muzli
6 Best AI UI Design Tools I Tested With the Same Prompt (2026 Review)
1 day ago
Muzli
6 Best AI UI Design Tools I Tested With the Same Prompt (2026 Review)
IxDF
Design for Working Memory (Players Will Remember What Matters)
You arrive home from grocery shopping with your mind full of tasks, arms loaded with bags, going through the motions of unlocking your door and putting everything away. Ten minutes later, you can't find your keys. They're in the refrigerator next to the milk because your working memory was so overloaded ...
1 day ago
IxDF
Design for Working Memory (Players Will Remember What Matters)
IxDF
Design for Real People, Not Brain Myths
"Players have goldfish attention spans now," your creative director says. "Add more popups, more notifications, and more UI alerts to keep them engaged." You do. Players quit within 10 minutes, overwhelmed. The problem? You believed a myth. Attention is limited and your design just overloaded it.Brain ...
1 day ago
IxDF
Design for Real People, Not Brain Myths
IxDF
Why User Testing Is the Only Reliable Way to Verify Your Design
You designed a healer character: flowing robes, gentle colors, a staff with a glowing crystal. During your first playtest, three players immediately identify her as the damage dealer. "The staff looks powerful," one explains. This is exactly why you test, to identify the mismatches between your intention ...
1 day ago
IxDF
Why User Testing Is the Only Reliable Way to Verify Your Design
Muzli
Five UX Lessons From the WebCrawler and Ask Jeeves Era About the AI Experience Transition
2 days ago
Muzli
Five UX Lessons From the WebCrawler and Ask Jeeves Era About the AI Experience Transition
Muzli
We Designed for Flows. Users Don’t Live in Them.
2 days ago
Muzli
We Designed for Flows. Users Don’t Live in Them.
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