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1 week ago | uxdesign.cc | Federico Cella

Liquid Glass’ aesthetic entropy: your interface, your problemApple has made it easier than ever to make your devices feel like you, but also easier than ever to make them illegible — to yourself and everyone else. “Atmosphère chromoplastique no. 235” (1970) by Luis Tomasello. Photo by Rob OoLast week, I made a post on Threads voicing my own disapproval of iOS26’s readability issues, after trying the developer beta myself. I thought it would be just a private rant, but my post ignited a firestorm.

3 weeks ago | uxdesign.cc | Joao Monteiro

Every June, companies around the world swap their logos for rainbow variations (but less so this year). And every June, many LGBTQ+ folks brace themselves for the dissonance between visibility and sincerity. Pride Month is a time of celebration but also of reflection: on how far we’ve come, what still needs to change, and how we show up for one another. For many of us, it’s also a time when the contrast between corporate statements and actual lived realities feels sharpest.

1 month ago | uxdesign.cc | Alan Cooper

Don’t change your app every monthRedesigning constantly doesn’t make your product better. It makes it harder to use and easier to forget. In many startups, there’s an unsettling ritual: every month brings a redesign, a new feature set, or a completely reinvented flow. It’s like product teams believe that if nothing changes, nothing is improving. But this constant churn isn’t innovation. More often, it’s anxiety disguised as iteration.

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Ian Batterbee |Michael Buckley |Wojciech Wasilewski |Pete Sena

Everything’s a vibe, the true cost of luxury, new privacy laws, strategic typeWeekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “What started as casual slang is now everywhere — from how we code and market to how we pitch, design, and even write job descriptions. We’re witnessing a vibe-driven culture that replaces fact with feeling.

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Pete Sena

Last Wednesday, I watched a Fortune 1000 executive eliminate an entire team with a single prompt. This is not science fiction. It’s the new reality of AI-first companies. If you’re paying attention, there’s no way this is news to you. Just three years ago, it took a team of 14 people, comprising designers, copywriters, strategists, project managers, and engineers, to launch a new product line. You were likely one of those key players. I founded and ran an agency that assembled teams like that.