The process is the point
Using LLMs to rush the design process to the output at the end cuts out the very feedback loop that makes design worth doing in the first place.
Verschlimmbessern
Elevating quantitative methods above all other ways of informing decisions is a great example of "making things worse by making them better."
The outputs of design are memetic, not visual
Like our products, visual artifacts should be designed to fit their audience and purpose. That purpose is not "so that someone can look at it."
Hiring learners 👍 vs hiring to learn 👎
UX teams are optimizing themselves into being bad at UX.
Tools for not-thinking
User research helps prevent extremely expensive mistakes that leaders are determined to make - so user researchers must go, replaced by tools for not-thinking.
A good day for a picnic
The inaugural post of the Product Picnic newsletter