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Muzli

Creative Lull: Getting unstuck

The blank canvas, every creative person's kryptonite. Overcoming that initial hurdle sometimes can seem like a big insurmountable task... Continue reading on Muzli - Design Inspiration »

13 hours ago

Muzli

Creative Lull: Getting unstuck

FastCompany Design

I met my AI twin—and now I’m in an existential crisis

Before I ever met Sam Kececi, I had already interviewed him on his career, his use of AI, and his thoughts on data privacy. In this case, “him” might be a loose word, depending on your definition—I had spoken not with Kececi himself, but with an AI chatbot that he designed to recall his memories, ...

16 hours ago

FastCompany Design

I met my AI twin—and now I’m in an existential crisis

FastCompany Design

Kizik’s next big step is a slip-on running shoe

When it was founded in 2017, the shoe brand Kizik was on a mission to bring hands-free shoe technology into the mainstream. It’s now taking two big steps to further that goal.Kizik's parent company HandsFree Labs is announcing a licensing deal with New Balance that will leverage its hands-free technology. ...

16 hours ago

FastCompany Design

Kizik’s next big step is a slip-on running shoe

FastCompany Design

John Florence’s new surf series is a peek into his brand ambitions

The most impressive move by three-time world surfing champ John Florence in his new video series isn’t riding a wave; it's flying across open ocean on a catamaran while holding his puking 1-year-old son over a bucket. The new six-part series called Vela, directed by Florence and produced with ...

18 hours ago

FastCompany Design

John Florence’s new surf series is a peek into his brand ambitions

smashing magazine

The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins

Success in modern UX isn’t about having the most content. It’s about having the most findable content. Yet even with more data and better tools than ever, internal search often fails, leaving users to rely on global search engines to find a single page on a local site. Why does the “Big Box” ...

18 hours ago

smashing magazine

The Site-Search Paradox: Why The Big Box Always Wins

FastCompany Design

This brilliant browser tool purposely makes AI chatbots worse

A new browser extension just debuted that’s designed to be used in tandem with an AI chatbot. Its goal is to make the experience worse. “Are you concerned that you or your loved ones might be experiencing a LLM-induced psychosis" Or participating in a massive de-skilling event" Or outsourcing ...

18 hours ago

FastCompany Design

This brilliant browser tool purposely makes AI chatbots worse

UX Collective

The mirage of UX Design’s demise keeps coming back

Why do we declare endings when we don't understand transitions? Continue reading on UX Collective »

19 hours ago

UX Collective

The mirage of UX Design’s demise keeps coming back

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 549

20 hours ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 549

UX Collective

What AI exposes about design

1 day ago

UX Collective

What AI exposes about design

FastCompany Design

United upgraded the economy flight experience with this brilliant new seat design

Few sectors of the economy show the growing divide between the haves and have-nots more than the airline industry—which is increasingly catering to high-income fliers in an effort to squeeze as much revenue per available seat mile as possible. United Airlines, which just announced newly designed economy ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

United upgraded the economy flight experience with this brilliant new seat design

Muzli

The Difference Between a Logo and a Brand: Why Customers Don’t Trust You Yet

1 day ago

Muzli

The Difference Between a Logo and a Brand: Why Customers Don’t Trust You Yet

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 549

1 day ago

Muzli

Weekly Designers Update 549

Muzli

The art of observing and how great product design starts beyond the screen

1 day ago

Muzli

The art of observing and how great product design starts beyond the screen

FastCompany Design

How Luka Dončić of the L.A. Lakers made himself the MVP of personal branding

As I walked into a Sunset Boulevard venue this past February, Luka Dončić's face greeted me, flashing across a wall of old-school televisions. The TV screens flickered between a surreal reel of images: Dončić's mug, a NTSC rainbow effect, a Valentine sweetheart candy image with the words “too ...

1 day ago

FastCompany Design

How Luka Dončić of the L.A. Lakers made himself the MVP of personal branding

UX Collective

The three thirds

1 day ago

UX Collective

The three thirds

Muzli

Tipping: Two apps, two philosophies

1 day ago

Muzli

Tipping: Two apps, two philosophies

UX Collective

Design debt is now as dangerous as technical debt

2 days ago

UX Collective

Design debt is now as dangerous as technical debt

UX Collective

Making vs. the machine

2 days ago

UX Collective

Making vs. the machine

UX Collective

The design engineer symptom: what a rising job title reveals

2 days ago

UX Collective

The design engineer symptom: what a rising job title reveals

smashing magazine

Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables

Accessibility works best when it blends into everyday design workflows. The goal isn’t a big transformation, but simple work processes that fit naturally into a team’s routine. With Figma variables, testing font size increases becomes part of the design flow itself, making accessibility feel almost ...

2 days ago

smashing magazine

Testing Font Scaling For Accessibility With Figma Variables