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Issue 531

Articles

We built UX. We broke UX. And now we have to fix it
UX professionals need to stop accepting silence, reclaim our seat at the table, and design with strategic clarity.

What Makes Designers and Developers Happy at Work?
The five key factors impacting the happiness of designers and developers at work—and how to optimize them.

The Return of the UX Generalist
AI advances make UX generalists valuable, reversing the trend toward specialization.

Building product alignment through design strategy
How the design team behind Adobe GenStudio strengthens stakeholder confidence and conviction.

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Tools and Resources

Bring Out Your Design Dead
A growing collection of the articles, reports, and hot takes declaring the many deaths of design.

AI Color Match
Instantly match colors from any image.

Moio
Design interfaces and interactions at the same time.

UX Portfolio

Ji Park
Ji is a designer and farming practitioner living in Brooklyn, New York.

Last But Not Least

Design for a Small Planet
A simple list meant to summarize the “gist” of the issue and then encourage team communication and teamwork to get a shared decision.

“The best kind of design isn’t necessarily an object, a space, or a structure: it’s a process—dynamic and adaptable.”
— Don Norman

Thanks to this issue’s sponsor:

Interaction Design Foundation