Product & Design 13 min read
The full stack design system
UI methodologies like Atomic Design bring logic and structure to individual screens. Now it’s time to extend that thinking to…
Emmet Connolly
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Product & Design 30 min listen
Val Head on interface animation
Val Head is aiming to change that. A designer specializing in web and UI animation, Val is both a speaker…
Product & Design 36 min watch
Design in the age of entanglement
Design is becoming a rich entanglement of different ideas, technologies, trends, cultures and patterns. And this has a profound impact…
AI & Automation 5 min read
Principles of bot design
Despite plenty of excitement it’s still unclear how conversational UIs can be made to work in a practical sense. But…
Product & Design 3 min read
Unicorns don’t exist. Generalists do.
If there’s one thing our industry loves it’s false dichotomies. Should designers learn to code or focus on design? Should…
Product & Design 1 min read
Stop focusing on the next big thing
There’s a great Twitter account that parodies dumb tech blog headlines. “Breaking: The Novelty Of Touchscreen Telephones Is Wearing Off.” It’s…
Product & Design 35 min listen
Mike Davidson on product design
Before joining Twitter, Mike was the founder and CEO of Newsvine, the social news site acquired by MSNBC, the first acquisition…
Product & Design 7 min read
Design is a conversation
It’s often said design is a dialogue between designer and user. We talk to users about what they want and…
Product & Design 11 min read
Messaging is just getting started
Messaging isn’t about text. It’s about conversations. Here’s why the simplest apps on your phone are quickly becoming the most…