Against performance fetishization
Let’s start with a story. Consider a tech worker at a tech company, one of the many employees caught up in a modern “high-performance” culture. The company hires a new director to "transform" the department. You know, the kind of transformation that comes with big...
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Ctlr Alt Depression (pt1)
It is 2020 I am living the dream in Montreal… My career is flourishing! I have just become the Lead Designer at one of Canada’s most exciting AI startups and I am a public speaker. My personal life is stable, with a five-year relationship going strong…
Review: What design can’t do
Silvio Lorusso provides a stinging critique of the modern design profession in "What Design Can't Do," eloquently capturing the pulse of late stage capitalism design. It is effective mirroring many of my own views and complaints over the years which has been...
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When the future is always present by default In the past few years more ethical, systemic and future thinking mindsets have gained the attention of the masses, and not only the designers. We have come to acknowledge that our decisions...
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Going through the exercise of mapping the designer journey, allows us to uncover some of the most salient moments that matter in opportunities for personal growth and professional development.
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We as the creators of software have a moral obligation to hold our work to the highest standards possible.
Design operations through the human lens
The human aspect of Design Operations is often getting overlooked simply because it might be hard to measure.
Design through transitions
How design could evolve after the pandemic and why holistic design matters.
The purpose of work is to do work with purpose
Every single human being has a purpose so why do we often miss that when it comes to businesses?
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The case for holistic design, moving beyond craft, operations and strategy.
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