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INTJ sr prod dsgnr, #a11y ally, he/him, IPT grad, #1ntSL/adj instructor. #smallmultiples. Writing 19C SL histories. Sans-serif & serif-black. #444. #captionthis

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Published today: A new (or rather, old) approach to typography on the web. Typography is too often reduced to a tidy set of tokens and ratios. But no formula is universal. Different context demands different systems. We designed a type system that feels precise to the eye, not…


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You cannot ask a designer to design and have many meetings during the week. We need time to deep think, process and explore. Especially with product design. A simple 30 minute meeting is actually an extra 1-2 hours of wasted potential design time. Why? Because we’re so lost…


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BREAKING: Stanford just surveyed 1,500 workers and AI experts about which jobs AI will actually replace and automate. Turns out, we've been building AI for all the WRONG jobs. Here's what they discovered: (hint: the "AI takeover" is happening backwards)

RubenHssd's tweet image. BREAKING: Stanford just surveyed 1,500 workers and AI experts about which jobs AI will actually replace and automate.

Turns out, we've been building AI for all the WRONG jobs.

Here's what they discovered:

(hint: the "AI takeover" is happening backwards)

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liquid glass… whatever. the most important thing in iOS 26? text is *finally* left-aligned 🙏

juanbuis's tweet image. liquid glass… whatever.

the most important thing in iOS 26?

text is *finally* left-aligned 🙏
juanbuis's tweet image. liquid glass… whatever.

the most important thing in iOS 26?

text is *finally* left-aligned 🙏

hot take: does anyone else think that apple throws stuff out at #WWDC25 and then uses the response as QA/design crit?


uh, @Adobe @Illustrator, what in the wide wide world of sports? can we get some QA on error messages? i have no idea what to do with this.

stringd's tweet image. uh, @Adobe @Illustrator, what in the wide wide world of sports? can we get some QA on error messages? i have no idea what to do with this.

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Perplexity’s Head of Design @henrymodis gave a talk at SHV last night on the process and rethinking needed to design AI products and the evolving role of designers in this new landscape.


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Seven AIs. One prompt. Who nailed it? 👇 This week I gave them a landing page challenge: Design a full landing page for a fictional company called DevMode, a tool that lets you peek behind the UI to see the code. Full prompt + results in the thread 🧵

inkko44's tweet image. Seven AIs. One prompt. Who nailed it? 👇

This week I gave them a landing page challenge:
Design a full landing page for a fictional company called DevMode, a tool that lets you peek behind the UI to see the code.

Full prompt + results in the thread 🧵

unpopular opinion: ai models seem to be teaching/using #ASL built off models that are not informed by native signer microlinguistics (read: engineers who learn ten signs for their demos) which then force signers to mispronounce signs to fit engineered LMs. blogs.nvidia.com/blog/ai-sign-l…

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It’s a Sign: AI Platform for Teaching American Sign Language Aims to Bridge Communication Gaps

The Signs platform is creating a validated dataset for sign language learners and developers of ASL-based AI applications.


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2020-2024: we built hyper-accurate indoor location tech for retail stores, but the sales process is super slow. 2025: we get enquiries from event venues, airports, warehouses, campuses, every other type of space, so now we’re opening it up to all.


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🚨 The @scotgov plans to shut down ContactScotland-BSL on 31 March 2025! We need your support! 🤝 Join us at the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, 19 December, for First Minister’s Questions. Watch the video for details & share! 🚨 #SaveContactScotlandBSL @ContactScotland


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How learning actually happens:

readswithravi's tweet image. How learning actually happens:

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Airbnb is changing the way they prototype 👇


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UI design lesson learned over & over: people learn by using a product not by being told how to use a product.


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maybe a canvas for research?


“For UX designers, seeing systems often comes after asking many questions and failing to find satisfactory answers. When you keep asking ‘why,’ you eventually find the shape of structures much more complex than what was initially…” — @meghan_bausone uxdesign.cc/is-systems-thi…

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Is ‘Systems Thinking’ the new buzzword in UX?

UX professionals can successfully add systems thinking into our work, yet we should be willing to do it justice. It will be uncomfortable.


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