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Designers as agent orchestrators: what I learnt shipping with AI in 2025

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UX Collective

Designers as agent orchestrators: what I learnt shipping with AI in 2025

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FastCompany Design

This skyline-stealing mural also powers its building

At first glance, the most striking part of the SunRise, a recently redeveloped residential tower in Edmonton, Alberta, is the boldly colored facade, with strips of primary color and a lively mural. Called The Land We Share, the vibrant landscape sketch has sparkled on the skyline since its unveiling ...

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FastCompany Design

This skyline-stealing mural also powers its building

FastCompany Design

Algorithms killed taste. Lulu and Georgia wants to bring it back to life

A cozy, neutral sameness defines our era of interior design. Velvet sofas. Bouclé armchairs. All-white living rooms. Beds layered with fluffy faux-fur blankets. Calming sage green kitchen cabinets. You see it in furniture catalogs, social media feeds, perhaps even your own home. And we've got algorithms ...

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FastCompany Design

Algorithms killed taste. Lulu and Georgia wants to bring it back to life

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FastCompany Design

These super-insulating windows are as energy-efficient as walls—and could help save the power grid

As utilities struggle to keep up with surging energy demand, they’re starting to turn to an unexpected tool: windows that insulate like walls. “Think of it like a thermos bottle in your walls,” says LuxWall CEO and founder Scott Thomsen, who worked in the semiconductor and flat-panel display ...

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FastCompany Design

These super-insulating windows are as energy-efficient as walls—and could help save the power grid

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FastCompany Design

Why X changed its Iranian flag emoji

Iran hasn't changed its flag, but the emoji for it has changed on X, the social network previously known as Twitter. Iran's tricolor flag features green, white, and red horizontal stripes, with the country's national emblem displayed in its center white stripe. But some opposition groups use a ...

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FastCompany Design

Why X changed its Iranian flag emoji

UX Collective

Your product is a theme park

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UX Collective

Your product is a theme park

UX Collective

From playwright to stage manager

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UX Collective

From playwright to stage manager

FastCompany Design

How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers

Imagine you are searching for a new mattress online and find something surprising. The retailer displays an ad featuring a “Mattress Comfort Scale” running from 1 (soft) to 10 (firm), followed by the message that if your firmness preference is at either end, this mattress is not for you. Wait . ...

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FastCompany Design

How exclusionary ads can win over the right customers

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10 Best AI Tools for UX Designers in 2026

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Muzli

10 Best AI Tools for UX Designers in 2026

Muzli

When “Good Design” Wasn’t Enough and What Finally Changed Everything

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Muzli

When “Good Design” Wasn’t Enough and What Finally Changed Everything

FastCompany Design

Mattel’s latest Barbie to celebrate diversity has autism

Mattel Inc. is introducing an autistic Barbie on Monday as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a Ken with vitiligo, and other models the toymaker added to make its fashion dolls ...

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FastCompany Design

Mattel’s latest Barbie to celebrate diversity has autism

UX Collective

Escaping AI sludge, Figma Make prompts, UX for board games

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UX Collective

Escaping AI sludge, Figma Make prompts, UX for board games

smashing magazine

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

How to shape your career path for 2026, with decision trees for designers and a UX skills self-assessment matrix. The only limits for tomorrow are the doubts we have today. Brought to you by Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

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smashing magazine

UX And Product Designer’s Career Paths In 2026

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8 Best Prototyping Tools for UX Designers in 2026

Prototyping is the bridge that carries you, as a designer, between a concept and the first attempts to get it into some concrete form in UX design (User Experience). It allows you to move ideas from your mind into hands-on experiences for others to see, test, and critique, and for you to iterate on and ...

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IxDF

8 Best Prototyping Tools for UX Designers in 2026

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Complementary Colors: The Ultimate Guide in 2026

Part of the magic of how colors work together in impressive designs lies in the art of color selection. Designers often use complementary colors to craft visually appealing and efficient UX (User Experience). Complementary colors sit on the opposite ends of the color wheel, such as orange and blue, red ...

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IxDF

Complementary Colors: The Ultimate Guide in 2026

UX Collective

A Green Book for AI Apps

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UX Collective

A Green Book for AI Apps

UX Collective

Who’s Spotting You When You Automate

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UX Collective

Who’s Spotting You When You Automate

IxDF

How to Use Narrative as a Design Tool

Storytelling is ubiquitous; it transcends time, place, and culture. It also transcends technology, but takes a central position in virtual reality (VR). Humans are born storytellers, story-listeners, and story-lovers, so it’s no surprise that narrative—a feature from humans’ earliest times of tales ...

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IxDF

How to Use Narrative as a Design Tool