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Jess Eddy: To retain designers, companies should enable them to grow →
“How can I have more of an impact doing what I already do? (…) Sometimes opportunities for growth or achievement are presented to you, and sometimes you must seek them out.”

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The Social Dilemma

“I finally had time to reflect on #TheSocialDilemma and as someone who has worked on tech policy issues throughout my career, had many, many thoughts.”
Read thread on Twitter →

So you watched The Social Dilemma… now what? →
By Caroline Luu

The world needs a tech diet; here is how designers can help →
By UX Collective

How design contributes to toxic individualism →
By Jason Brush

More top stories this week:

• Examining death, bereavement, and legacy through digital traces →
  By Animesh Gupta
• Brutalism in Design: why sometimes less isn’t more →
  By Malavika Doshi
• So you’re a content designer… what next? →
  By Rachel McConnell
• What makes a bad design? →
  By Srishti Garg
• 7 strategies to build a successful Design team →
  By Harrison Wheeler
• 10 key takeaways from Google’s Material Design guidelines →
  By Danny Sapio

News & ideas

• Stop doing design systems projects →
  Your design system is not a project. By Daniël De Wit.
• Future owners →
  A test to assess the ethical risk of digital products. By Cennydd Bowles.
• Failed components →
  The failed promise of Web Components.
• Jazz lettering →
  A gallery of unique musician lettering styles.

Featured work: Ingrid Emaga →

Tools & resources

• Good UX writing →
  Eight principles for every interface. By Nick DiLallo.
• Blacklight →
  A real-time website privacy inspector.
• Pattern collect →
  A curated gallery of illustrated patterns.
• Noun photos →
  The Noun Project is now offering photos.

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