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“Despite the title proliferation, there is a shared DNA. Design Engineering lives at the intersection of visual design and front-end development. Not simply being good at both, but a distinct discipline focused on the space where design decisions meet technical implementation.”
The design engineer symptom: what a rising job title reveals →
By Anna Lefour
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Editor picks
- Who can actually afford AI tools now? →
They keep arriving with open arms and leaving with your wallet.
By Dora Czerna - The mirage of UX Design’s demise keeps coming back →
Why do we declare endings when we don’t understand transitions?
By Luis Berumen Castro - Sorry, designers, we don’t decide the future of design →
How AI is forcing a renegotiation of what it means to be a designer.
By Michael Buckley
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Make me think
- So where are all the AI apps? →
“So, skeptics reasonably ask, where are all the apps? If AI users are becoming (let’s be conservative) merely 2x more productive, then where do we look to see 2x more software being produced?” - The political use of operating systems →
“Choosing an operating system means not only choosing the stack of our virtual life, but it also means adopting a particular perspective, prioritizing certain needs and choosing the way we interact with technology.” - Some things just take time →
“Trees take quite a while to grow. If someone 50 years ago planted a row of oaks or a chestnut tree on your plot of land, you have something that no amount of money or effort can replicate. The only way is to wait. Tree-lined roads, old gardens, houses sheltered by decades of canopy: if you want to start fresh on an empty plot, you will not be able to get that.”
Little gems this week
What AI exposes about design →
By Alessandro Molinaro
When AI experiences fail, who is held accountable? →
By Dolphia
You can’t design what you won’t maintain →
By Rita Kind-Envy
Tools and resources
- Design career: The three thirds →
A third say it got better. A third say it got worse. A third aren’t sure.
By Vlad Derdeicea - Design systems in the age of AI →
What happens to the design system when AI changes the product?
By Wenbin - Forget your “lovable” products →
The real leverage point was always learning.
By Ian Batterbee
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