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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Salesforce & Shopify CEOs just declared war on human-only teams

3 weeks 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.
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

Feb 14, 2025 | 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

Feb 5, 2025 | 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

Feb 3, 2025 | 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

Jan 30, 2025 | 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

Jan 27, 2025 | 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

Jan 25, 2025 | 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.