☕️ Design Space and the Generative Spectrum
Untangling some of the abstract and ambiguous possibilities of designing with AI.
Liam Spradlin
interdisciplinary designer focused on the future + philosophy of the interface
Latest
How Severance Interrogates The Modern Aesthetic
There might be spoilers in here. But I need to talk about the furniture.
Beauty Across the Board: Rich Fulcher, UX Director
Rich Fulcher on game design, UX systems, and beautifying Google products
☕️ Letting Go of Geometry (Again)
How type design made me see all the “fixed” logos on social media in a new, dimmer light.
Breaking Silos (and Metaphors): Adrian Secord, ‘Roving Engineer,’ Google
The complexities of large-scale design systems and how designers and engineers can find common ground.
Essays
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The Family Reunion
There’s something to be said for the preservation of interaction, ideas, and execution.
Tips
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📚 Read This: “How humans became microplastic” on UnHerd
Plastic promised a world in which our inventive capabilities would be unbound and infinite. It’s easy to hear an echo (or a warning voice) of those proclamations today.
Essays
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Unpacking “Craft” in the Software Interface
The more I see craft mentioned as a power of design, the more I feel that a working definition is urgently needed.
Code, Creativity, Performance: Will Larche, Engineering Manager, Google
Engineering as the "study of making choices."
Fab Components: Bethany Fong, Design Director
How the heady early days of Material unfolded.
☕️ Doubleshot • Staying Creative with Design Systems
Staying creative with a design system means knowing when and how to break it.