Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
“I woke up this morning to see Figma stocks had plummeted by nearly 12% as a result of Google formally launching its Google Stitch AI design tool. I was in a 1:1 call with my manager today, and she was telling me about how she thinks something big is brewing. She was there during the rise of Figma when the majority of the design market was still using Sketch.”
Google says “Vibe Design” is here, but it didn’t pass my vibe check →
By Elvis Hsiao
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Editor picks
- The hidden cost of AI design tools →
What we’re outsourcing without noticing.
By Andy Bhattacharyya - Forget your “lovable” products →
The real leverage point was always learning.
By Ian Batterbee - Could AI do designers a favor? →
The subtle ingredients behind “AI obsession.”
By Dmytro Galov
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Matchbook Book: the archive keeping a lost design legacy alight →
Make me think
- How to make sense of AI →
“During times of upheaval, the attention economy creates large incentives for people to prey on fears in order to advance their followings. You should expect to see plenty of content that are perfectly tuned to go viral. All such content is for the author’s benefit, not yours.” - The 49MB web page →
“I went to the New York Times to glimpse at four headlines and was greeted with 422 network requests and 49 megabytes of data. It took two minutes before the page settled. And then you wonder why every sane tech person has an adblocker installed on systems of all their loved ones.” - The last quiet thing →
“Your thermostat has opinions now. Your television requires a login. Your car updates itself overnight, and sometimes when you start it in the morning, the interface has rearranged itself, as if someone broke in and reorganized your dashboard while you slept.”
Little gems this week
Are games really “dumbing down”? →
By Rita Kind-Envy
A designer’s field report on the Iconic blind spot in AI world models →
By Peter (Zak) Zakrzewski
The first fruit of the Google-Apple AI pact →
By Neel Dozome
Tools and resources
- Design maturity guide →
How to level up design across your entire organization.
By Joe Smiley - Context engineering →
A repeatable AI workflow for product designers.
By Vadym Grin - Livable products →
Building digital products people want to live in.
By Dalia Katan
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