Most people think product design is everything.

It’s not.

Product design is what users interact with.
 Service design is how everything works behind it.

Great companies don’t just design products.

They design systems that make products work.

That’s the real leverage.

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Designing for emergence · When your product starts designing its own future https://ilo.im/16b4yg

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The product delivery lifecycle is composed of service relationships. AI's main value proposition is freedom from relationships.

When designers champion AI tools, we are not making ourselves layoff-proof. We are reinforcing a system that frames us as unnecessary friction.

If we don't want to serve as janitors for vibe prototypes, We must invest in deliberately designing the service relationships that make up the PDLC.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/ux-works-through-social-relationships-ai-tools-are-erasing-them

#UXDesign #LLM #AI #Tech #softwaredevelopment

Most icons don’t fail because of tools.

They fail because of basics.

Simple rules that make a big difference

Good icons aren’t just visuals.

They improve how fast users understand your product.

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Why most design principles fail · “The problem is that most design principles don’t work.” https://ilo.im/16bhjw

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Most people count 2 elements.
Text + image.

But they miss the most important one:
Whitespace.

Whitespace isn’t empty.

It’s what makes everything else work.

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RE: https://furries.club/@helloyanis/116269132916520242

For example, here I am quoting my previous post, but you probably don't know what I'm talking about until you finish reading this then read the quoted post below! #fediverse #mastodon #uxdesign

#Design #Guidelines
Agentic UX · 7 principles for designing systems with agents https://ilo.im/16bixe

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The worst volume control UI in the world

https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-volume-control-ui-in-the-world-60713dc86950

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