Figma AI, the bad design virus, ideal designer profile
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.
“Design bootcamps are the main culprits for the demise of design portfolios. Somehow, there is a sterile treatment to the design process. Use a persona template. Create a journey map. Sketches first, then wireframes, then high-fidelity screens. Especially with the junior designer position, the likelihood of seeing the same formula applied in every portfolio is three-four times higher due to the nature of group work in such bootcamps. Design portfolios become predictable.
I am also sure that Figma AI can generate countless portfolio templates from a single prompt. As AI boils down to the accuracy of the algorithm to predict what the user wants from their prompt, it will be no surprise that most outputs will be marginally different after thousands of similar portfolios are used as their foundational model.”
Figma AI is going to change your design job applications →
By Darren Yeo
Editor picks
- Simulated AIs are the future of internet business →
You’re not hallucinating.
By Pete Sena - Bad design is like a virus →
Design defects and latent failures.
By Michael Parent - What changed with AI today? →
Why today’s AI is different (and its design implications).
By Elaine Lu
The UX Collective is an independent design publication that elevates unheard design voices and helps designers think more critically about their work.
Make me think
- Art →
“An artist usually feels something towards their creation, but often times it’s a selfish, ego-centrical feeling they need to feel at this point in time. It’s why they did it in the first place. It’s their way of dealing with it, and more often than not all of us outside, we don’t give a shit to be honest.” - Everyone into the grinder →
“One of the most direct ways to improve a flawed system is simply to end the ability of rich and powerful people to exclude themselves from it. If, for example, you outlawed private schools, the public schools would get better. They would get better not because every child deserves to have a quality education, but rather because it would be the only way for rich and powerful people to ensure that their children were going to good schools.” - Creativity is the byproduct of work →
“With my design work I know this to be true: just keep iterating and eventually a novel approach will accidentally happen. My cursor will slip, or I’ll click the wrong button, and it will lead to a cascade of changes and improvements that eventually turn into something resembling good.”
Tools and resources
- Product glossary →
When and why to create one for your team.
By Lisa Vorobeva - What grade level are you writing at? →
Guides and tools to determine your copy’s grade level.
By Daley Wilhelm - Designing multimodal interfaces →
Voice and screen.
By Laura Reyes
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