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Developing UX/AI thinking for a new design world

Steven Spielberg’s movie reminded us of how far AI will bring us. UX/AI designers will remind us of our humanity in the designs of the…

Nov 21, 2023

Steven Spielberg’s movie reminded us of how far AI will bring us. UX/AI designers will remind us of our humanity in the designs of the future (image source: Yeo)

Nov 21, 2023

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The dark side of Figma’s Dev Mode

A cautionary tale of Figma and the series of events that led to its latest release at the Config23 Conference. Read to the end to see the…

Dec 8, 2023

The dark side of Figma’s Dev Mode: A cautionary tale of Figma and the series of events that led to its latest release in the Config23 Conference

Dec 8, 2023

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Lamenting about good design

How can we rethink the concept of “good “ into something “better”?

Oct 21

I think the time for good design is over where we are satisfied with the status quo. We may want to feel accomplished with our greatest design achievement, but even the universe doesn’t stop in motion. As a famous innovator once said, we should never settle. At least for me, I am keen on looking and designing for better.

Oct 21

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What’s next on Figma’s mind? Redesigning design systems

With a new UI3, Figma Slides, AI, and Code Connect, the necessary building blocks for a revamped design system feature in Figma are…

Oct 2

All that is left is for Dylan to do a Steve Jobs when he unveiled the Macbook Air from a Manila envelope, but this time to come on stage with a three-ringed folder and the design system literally in his hands. (image source: typeroom)

Oct 2

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It’s time for design to think less and feel more

By embracing sensitivity over logic, designers can learn from old masters and create new solutions that reconnect to us being humans.

Sep 11

We see a caricature of emotions as 5 faces in a customer satisfaction survey, missing out on an entire vocabulary of feelings, sensitivity, and emotional meaning. (Yeo, 2024)

Sep 11

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What UX can learn from 2024 Olympics fashion

The 2024 Summer Olympics is finally over, but we can apply contextual design into our practices.

Aug 18

Winners for best outfit at the Summer Olympics 2024: Mongolia, Haiti and Canada

Aug 18

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The evolution of attention

It’s not about designing alerts, but redesigning attention, resulting in 8 features capitalised by Duolingo.

Aug 1

Companies that deliberately learn from nature with radical observation can derive new features and innovation. Duolingo may have learned how to seize attention by learning from canaries. The Duolingo owl, Duo, is none other than our modern canary in the gold mine of education, where he does many tricks to get you to learn a new skill (image source: Yeo)

Aug 1

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Figma AI is going to change your design job applications

And it starts with your design portfolios.

Jul 12

The official release of Figma AI at Config 2024 in San Francisco. It is probably the start of a new era of how we think about creating UI. What will now matter to design managers when it comes to hiring. (image source: Figma)

Jul 12

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From small-c to big-C in creativity

Why creativity needs to happen across systems.

Aug 2

The Creative Systems Canvas is a tool that helps organisations identify where different types of creativity could exist to achieve a whole-system approach. At the centre of the canvas is culture, where norms of creative behaviour are formed within individuals and groups. (Yeo, 2024)

Aug 2

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Design fables: Bird in hand principle

Who you are, what you know, who you know.

Aug 2

The Bird in Hand Principle, part of Saras Sarasvathy’s effectuation theory, emphasizes leveraging one’s traits, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities. Success in design and entrepreneurship often arises from collaboration and utilizing immediate resources, as shown by the founders of Airbnb and Pinterest. (image source: Yeo, 2024)

Aug 2

Darren Yeo

Darren Yeo

Design Innovator | UX/AI | Humanity-Centered Designer | SystemOps | Rethinking Design, Redesigning Thinking | Living, Breathing Experience

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