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Your AI Product's Biggest UX Problem Is a Spinning Circle
The loading spinner has served us well for decades — but in AI products, it's actively destroying user trust. There's a better way to design for wait states when the system is thinking.
When Everything Looks Perfect, Nothing Stands Out
AI can generate flawless design in seconds — so polish is no longer a differentiator. The smartest design moves right now are about knowing where to add a rough edge back in.
When Your AI Brand Has an Identity Crisis
Microsoft's new GitHub Copilot logo accidentally signals 'No AI' — and it's a perfect case study in the identity crisis facing every company trying to brand AI products right now.
When Users Stop Clicking and Start Watching
AI agents are flipping interface design on its head. When the machine is the one acting, our job isn't designing buttons — it's designing trust through transparency.
Your AI Tools Have a Design Problem (And It's Not the Output)
Most AI tools give designers a text box and a prayer. It's time we started judging them not by their output, but by the quality of their interface — the same way we'd judge any design tool.
AI's Biggest Design Flaw? It Can't Leave Things Unfinished
AI tools default to polish, completion, and more detail — but the best design work right now is defined by restraint and knowing when to stop. Three stories from this week prove why subtraction is the skill AI can't replicate.
Unity's AI Beta Shows Us What Happens When AI Hits the Marketplace
Unity's AI tools are now in open beta, and the debate about 'AI slop' flooding creative marketplaces is heating up. For designers, the real question isn't whether to use AI — it's whether you'll let platform defaults do the thinking for you.
AI Won't Replace Designers. It'll Just Quietly Redefine You.
AI isn't threatening to take design jobs — it's threatening to hollow them out. As the push for production-ready deliverables grows and AI replaces the small human interactions that build great teams, designers need to protect what actually makes their work valuable.
AI Isn't Generating Art. It's Operating Your Software.
Claude AI can now drive Blender directly — not generating images, but operating the actual software. For designers, this changes the conversation about AI and creative skill entirely.
AI Won't Replace You. But It's Already Rewriting Your Job Description.
AI still can't design well — but it's already changing what designers are expected to deliver. The real shift isn't replacement. It's redefinition.