✨ AI-generated Screens and Matters of Taste ✨
Figma has added the sparkle emoji to our design tools. What does it really mean?
Theory
Design at its intersections with sociology, philosophy, and cognition.
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☕️ Doubleshot • The Sparkle Emojis are Here
The phrase “make designs,” I would argue, does not describe what occurs when the button is pressed.
☕️ Doubleshot • Tension
The most interesting explorations are those that show something unexpected: a constellation of system features that creates a slight unbalance or a new focal point in the composition.
AI
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Generative AI and the Urge to Transcend “Human Error”
In some AI discourse, “error” can be anything that’s open to multiple interpretations. In other words, error can be seen as subjectivity itself.
Theory
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The Chair as Interface
Continuing the exploration of how tangible objects present us with an interface of everyday life.
☕️ Doubleshot • Draw to Feel
Drawing to feel, and the chair as interface.
Art
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Skeuomorphism and the Morphology of UI
What to make of aesthetics in the interface, “neu” and old.
Theory
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Metaphor and Transformation in the Interface
The way metaphor permeates the interface points to a continued struggle to live with the complexity introduced by the very media we’ve created to manage it.
Tips
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☕️ Doubleshot • Reframing Design Rationale
The first doubleshot newsletter, with practical advice on reframing your design rationale and a bit about the theory of metaphor in the interface.
Tips
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📚 Read This: Jarrett Fuller on Simple Tools
The irony of recommending this essay on Interface Café, which is hosted on Ghost, a CMS platform, is not lost on me.
Theory
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📚 Read This: “What Things Do” by Peter-Paul Verbeek
A quick book recommendation: What Things Do, Philosophical Reflections on Technology, Agency, and Design by contemporary philosopher of technology Peter-Paul