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A kangaroo designed in 1986 still looks more contemporary than most logos generated by AI this week. That fact alone should give every designer pause.
Invisible AI Is a Design Trap
The push for invisible, intent-driven AI interfaces sounds sophisticated — but hiding the system from users isn't elegance, it's opacity. Designers should be making AI legible, not invisible.
A Toy Projector Just Nailed AI's Hardest Design Problem
A children's AI drawing projector might be the most thoughtful piece of AI product design this year. It nailed the one decision most AI teams are getting wrong: knowing where the AI should stop.
ArtStation Can't Define AI Art. Neither Can You.
ArtStation won't ban AI art — and the reason reveals a problem every designer needs to face. The line between AI-generated and human-made creative work doesn't exist. It's a spectrum, and we're all on it.
AI Won't Replace Designers — It'll Expose Them
AI tools promise designers unprecedented autonomy — but that same freedom strips away the collaborative safety net that's been quietly masking skill gaps for years. The real question isn't whether AI will take your job. It's whether you can survive without excuses.
Your AI Sparkle Icon Won't Cut It Anymore
New EU guidelines on AI labelling are raising the bar beyond decorative sparkle icons. For designers building AI-powered features, this isn't a compliance headache — it's a genuine design problem worth solving.
Stop Putting AI Behind a Chat Box
Every AI product ships with the same blinking cursor and blank text box. It's time designers stopped accepting the chat prompt as the default — and started inventing interaction models that actually fit how people work.
AI Removed the Gatekeepers — and Your Safety Net
AI tools promise designers unprecedented autonomy — fewer gatekeepers, more agency. But what happens when those 'bottlenecks' were actually the guardrails catching your blind spots?
Your Users Don't Want AI — Now You Have to Label It
The EU's new AI labelling guidelines create an awkward design problem: how do you prominently disclose something your users never asked for in the first place?
Guilty Until Proven Human
YouTube penalised Kurzgesagt's handcrafted animation as AI-generated slop. When audiences and algorithms can't tell craft from AI, your design process becomes your most valuable proof.
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