Social media on trial
How design was used to target vulnerable childrenContinue reading on UX Collective »
Interactivity
The old design workshop is dead. Long live design workshops.
How new leaner design workshops are succeeding in 2026Continue reading on UX Collective »
Identifying Necessary Transparency Moments In Agentic AI (Part 1)
Designing for autonomous agents presents a unique frustration. We hand a complex task to an AI, it vanishes for 30 seconds (or 30 minutes), and then it returns with a result. We stare at the screen. Did it work? Did it hallucinate? Did it check the compliance database or skip that step?We typically respond to this anxiety with one of two extremes. We either keep the system a Black Box, hiding everything to maintain simplicity, or we panic and provide a Data Dump, streaming every log line and API
Careful, liable UX is a thing now
The recent ruling against Meta signals a shift that’s been brewing for a minute. Deceptive or dark patterns are no longer just…Continue reading on UX Collective »
Beyond the user: why design needs to widen its circle
Human-centred design changed everything. But optimising for the individual while ignoring the planet may be the field’s most expensive blind spot.There’s a thought experiment doing the rounds in design circles that goes something like this. Imagine you’re designing a car. A human-centred approach asks: how comfortable is the driver? Is the seat ergonomic? Is the dashboard intuitive? It’s all perfectly sensible. Now zoom out.How comfortable is the planet with this car riding on its surface?That’s
Designing for the invisible customer
Are consumers’ Openclaw agents becoming the real consumers?Continue reading on UX Collective »
Show HN: LogiCart – Agentic shopping using Generative UI (A2UI pattern)
Hey HN, I’m the solo builder behind LogiCart.I recently refactored my frontend to use a Generative UI pattern (inspired by Google's new A2UI framework) because I realized a static chat interface fails for complex shopping intents.The Problem: A user buying a single item needs a completely different UX than a user planning a complex project. A standard "list of cards" doesn't work for both.The Solution: I built an Intent-to-UI engine where the LLM decides the interface structu
Show HN: Subatix – your local-first consulting team in an AI-workspace
Hello HN!We, a team of 2, built Subatix after one of us spent almost 6 years in big consulting and at certain point came to a thought like «90% of what consulting is usually data-analysis related, why not make smth so any business get same level of insights without externals and 6-figure+ checks and fast?!». Based the experience during every project everyone wants - fast answers from their data, but real ops/business data is messy, sensitive, and hard to outsource to generic AI tools due to
Not Useless: Why Experimental Websites Matter More Than You Think
The web isn’t dead—it’s just weird, and that’s a good thing. Experimental websites, from playful portfolios to surreal 3D worlds, aren’t pointless gimmicks—they’re the R&D labs shaping the future of design. Here’s why the strangest sites online are secretly the ones pushing the web forward.
The UX ground is shaking, synthetic users, building perspective
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“To have a perspective is to say ‘no’ to things that are technically possible but strategically wrong. Most products fail not because they lack features, but because they lack a clear stance on what they are not. Every feature added without a clear perspective dilutes the ones that actually matter. Design is an editorial act: the more you leave out, the more weight you give to what remains.”Perspective →5 design links a day, curated by
Data models: the shared language your AI and team are both missing
The one thing your team needs to agree on before prompting any AI toolHave you seen that meme with the guy pointing at a wall covered in papers, pictures, and strings and conspiracy theories? That was me when ChatGPT came out, pointing at a screen saying “it’s just clusters and vectors, it’s not magic.” Nobody cared. Yet.This is what it looks like when you understand something before everyone else does. Or at least that’s what it feels like.Charlie Kelly from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, F
We didn’t mean to build this- engagement at any cost
We didn’t mean to build this— engagement at any costHow well-meaning designers became complicit in broken systems and why handing those same briefs to AI could prove catastrophic.Image generated with AIGood intentions, broken systemsA New Mexico state court slapped Meta with a $375m fine on 24 March ’26, for misleading users about their platform’s safety. For a trillion-dollar organisation this amounts to a speeding ticket. But what makes this landmark ruling so interesting, is that the winning
Who are we really designing for?
A guide to the conflicting needs of the individual User and the collective Customer.Continue reading on UX Collective »
Pixels of the Week – April 5, 2026
This edition covers web accessibility getting worse, some Figma mockups design pattern implementation pitfalls, and native HTML not guaranteeing good UX. Also cute pastel kawaii art, a product design course, and a pocket second brain.
The invisible layer of UX most designers ignore
How your design decisions translate to screen reader outputMost designers spend their time editing and improving what our users see, like color palettes, layout grids, and type hierarchy. We obsess over high-fidelity polish and happily push pixels until everything feels right.But there’s another version of your interface that most designers never experience–how the interface is announced by a screen reader.Users who rely on screen readers don’t really care about the visual polish of an interface
“Vibe coding” is accelerating the erosion of design authority
When artifacts replace architecture, we substitute simulation for trusted judgment.Image source: Adobe StockI recently reviewed several demonstrations of Google Stitch. It is genuinely impressive as a rapid interface generator. However, it still exhibits the same problems nearly all so-called “vibe coding” tools possess, including a visual homogeneity that makes every output feel like it came from the same template, limited control over refinement, and code that is not ready for production.Despi
Why Do We Not Act on Climate Change?
Why do we struggle to act on climate change? In this video, Father of UX design, Don Norman, sheds light on the key reasons behind our inaction. Don will explain why we humans react more effectively to immediate threats and why we often don’t understand and address longer-term, slower-moving, complex problems that don't have immediate, visible symptoms. Don will also investigate why successful and powerful companies are reluctant to change.[[video:1455]]People Will Respond to Disasters but Not P
Instagram Video Downloader: How SSSInstagram Helps Save Videos Easily
What Makes SSSInstagram Different?SSSInstagram is an online service designed specifically for downloading Instagram videos without any technical knowledge. Unlike many apps that require installation or registration, SSSInstagram works directly in your browser and is completely free.The tool supports all major Instagram content types and works equally well on desktop and mobile devices.What Can You Download with SSSInstagram?SSSInstagram allows users to download:- Instagram videos- Reels- Stories
Show HN: Zen Moment – A Developer-Friendly Breathing and Meditation Platform
Backstory: As a developer who spent years in front of screens dealing with stress and focus issues, I found most meditation apps either too childish or too commercial. I wanted to create a minimalist, developer-oriented tool that treats meditation as a productivity and mental health necessity rather than a trendy accessory. After optimizing the neumorphic design, SEO performance, and curating a library of natural soundscapes, I'm excited to share this with the HN community. What ma
The Limits of Today's AI Systems
Recently, I’ve increasingly come to believe that intelligence is no longer AI’s bottleneck. The systems we build around it are. Input Paradox (1) The first issue is the input paradox. When interacting with AI, if the prompt is highly detailed, the model tends to overfit to the user’s framing and assumptions. If it is too concise, the model lacks the context needed to generate something truly useful. This creates a paradox: to preserve the model’s independent reasoning, you should say less — but