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Escaping AI sludge: why MVPs should be delightful
Function is the floor, not the ceiling. It’s time to raise the bar and prove that the most viable products are the ones that feel human.Escaping the AI SludgeAI is now omnipresent in our workflows, but it's come at a cost: a sea of sameness.…
UX Collective • 13 min read
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The rise of industrial software
AI coding is making available paths of production which are cheaper, faster, and increasingly disconnected from the expertise of humans.
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Balance of power
We like progress—whether in technology, economy or culture—but we fear the most powerful generators of such progress.
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The guide to design
A self-guided class to help you get started in UX and answer key questions about craft, design, and career.
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10 ideas for 2026
Thinking is the foundation of everything we do and, for most of us that foundation has many cracks.
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data-visualizationA Nano Banana with color theory
Using Google Gemini to build an Accessible Perceptual Uniform Triad Continue reading on UX Collective »
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ai10 UX design shifts you can’t ignore in 2026
Another year, another wave of “What to expect in 2026” guides. I’m sure you’ve already scrolled through a few.In this article, the first one I’ll be publishing this year, I won’t make bold predictions. Instead, I’m sharing what I’m observing firsthand while collaborating with enterprise…
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uxWell, thats a wrap…
Why designing for ongoing reflection mattersImage of a character unpleasantly gift wrappedIt’s that time of year again where apps confidently tell us who we are. This year, Spotify informed me that I’m 78 years old in Spotify years (I’m 33 in human ones). I personally…
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Business / Artificial IntelligenceAI Labor Is Boring. AI Lust Is Big Business
After years of hype about generative AI increasing productivity and making lives easier, 2025 was the year erotic chatbots defined AI’s narrative.
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uxReliability by design
Designing trustworthy AI for healthcare products.User holding a phone using an AI healthcare assistantAI is entering one of the most human domains: healthcare. It helps people track sleep, manage chronic conditions, monitor mental health, and navigate loneliness. It listens, advises, and sometimes comforts. Yet despite…
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editor-picksThe algorithmic atelier
Generative AI and the long history of artistic automationImage generated via Google Nano BananaThe discourse surrounding generative AI in the creative arts is frequently characterised by a sense of historical rupture, a seismic shift unlike any that has come before. Critics often frame the emergence…
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CultureAI-Powered Dating Is All Hype. IRL Cruising Is the Future
Dating apps and AI companies have been touting bot wingmen for months. But the future might just be good old-fashioned meet-cutes.
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brandingDesign for the nose
Why do people pay for smells? Why is everything nowadays vanilla? How to indefinitely earn money on the same product? Continue reading on UX Collective »
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How to design for (and with) Deaf people
Practical UX guidelines to keep in mind for 466 million people who experience hearing loss.
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Back to the starting line
Programming with AI is still in its infancy, and yet it has already redefined what programming will be about in the immediate future.
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Why are people starting to sound like ChatGPT?
Algorithms and AI don't just show us reality — they warp it in ways that benefit platforms built to exploit people for profit.
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