UX Collective

Much of our understanding of user experience (UX) is gathered from various online sources like articles, tutorials, and blogs. While there's a wealth of information available, it can often feel overwhelming and chaotic, especially as interest in UX grows. The UX Collective aims to sift through this abundance of content and present it to the community in a clearer and more organized format. The polar bear symbolizes the book "Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond," which is a well-known resource in the UX field.

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Vibe coding, hype-driven CEOs, should you copy a competitor?

1 month ago | uxdesign.cc | Pete Sena |Trip Carroll |Peter Cho |Daley Wilhelm

Vibe coding, hype-driven CEOs, should you copy a competitor? Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Are you wondering WTF all this vibe coding stuff is that’s been sweeping your social feeds? You probably get the gist that it’s about having a vision of an app or software you want to build and vibing your way into it with the help of an AI tool.
The design game has changed and I don’t know where I fit anymore | by Pascal Potvin | Feb, 2025 | UX Collective

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Pascal Potvin

Reflecting on my journey, I’ve had the privilege of navigating the dynamic world of design for over two decades. From leading a 10-person team at my own agency to scaling You.i TV from 22 to more…
Dumb AI is pushing out good UX

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Chris Raymond

Dumb AI is pushing out good UXA cautionary tale about the Washington Post. Photo by Miguel Á. Padriñán, Pexels. Over the past four months, the Washington Post, my local newspaper, has doubled down on inserting poorly conceived AI throughout its website, to the detriment of good UX. First came a revamped search feature that violates well established best practices.
AI transparency framework, DeepSeek’s UX, a new AI-powered design workflow

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Josh Lamar |Michael Buckley |Stephen Moore |Kike Peña

AI transparency framework, DeepSeek’s UX, a new AI-powered design workflowWeekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Transparency matters because it ensures Trust between the author and the reader. It’s often an unspoken ethical contract: I sign my name on this article and you, the reader, believe me when I said that I wrote it (I did). But AI disrupts this assumption. Should we disclose our use of AI in the first place?
The internet is unusable

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Stephen Moore

In pursuit of marketing dollars, increasing stock prices and filling shareholder wallets, it’s been broken beyond repair. Image: Created by authorWe’ve reached the point where the Internet — once a tool that offered us the entire world of information at our fingertips — is now completely unusable. The root cause is adverting, and it’s gotten so bad it’s being called the ‘adpocalypse.’Almost every website I go on now is bursting at the digital seams with adverts.
Designing for older audiences: checklist + best practices

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Matthew Stephens

Designing for older audiences: checklist + best practicesSimple steps to improve usability for all generations. Prompt: A contemporary collage featuring diverse older adults interacting with oversized UI elements, bold typography, and playful shapes that represent easy-to-use tech, modern, abstract, colorful, editorial styleWe’re experiencing a global demographic shift.
AI-generated art is postmodern art

2 months ago | uxdesign.cc | Michael Buckley

AI-generated art is postmodern artThe art world embraced absurdity — until AI joined the game. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan’s “Comedian,” a conceptual artwork comprising a banana stuck to a wall with duct tape which recently sold for $6.24 million. In 2019, Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan duct-taped a banana to a wall, titled it Comedian, and sold it for $120,000. In 2024, another version of the piece fetched $6.24 million. The absurdity wasn’t lost on anyone — but that was the point.
In the future, humans will exclusively create content for AI

Jan 17, 2025 | uxdesign.cc | Michael Buckley

In the future, humans will exclusively create content for AIIntelligent machines were meant to enhance human creativity, but in time, human creativity will exist only to sustain them. Getty Images | Stanislaw PytelThe year is 2035. Nearly everything we consume — articles, music, films, social media posts — is AI-generated. Newsfeeds are curated by algorithms, with AI journalists churning out stories in real-time.
Why is the UX job market such a mess right now?

Jan 17, 2025 | uxdesign.cc | Jared M. Spool

Why is the UX job market such a mess right now? A comprehensive explanation. Photo taken by author. Every day, I talk with people struggling to find a UX design, research, or content job. The UX job market has never been this difficult to navigate. Even seasoned, talented UX professionals are struggling to land their next job. Many report applying to hundreds of positions without getting invited to a single interview.
Sidebar is back from its break

Jan 15, 2025 | uxdesign.cc | Fabricio Teixeira

Sidebar is back from its break5 links a day to keep your design demons away. Sidebar’s Public announcement back in June 2024Of ideas that can’t cease to existThe news that Sidebar.io was taking a break felt a bit like a heartbreak. Sidebar has been one of my favorite sources to keep up with design, and with content that would make me a better, smarter, more informed designer. No noise, no endless scrolling, just the good stuff.