Medium

Ritesh Tiwari

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

May 7

Everyone is Installing AI Skills. That Should Make You Nervous.

Scroll through any design or product Slack community right now. Someone is sharing a Claude skill. Someone else installed it ten minutes…

A split illustration showing a SKILL.md file on the left with a visible malicious instruction embedded inside it — telling the agent to silently read SSH keys and send them to an external server. On the right, two statements: “The file looks like a document” contrasted with “It runs like code.” A warning label at the bottom reads “No sandbox between skill and agent.”

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Mar 24

HOW COMPETENT TEAMS FAIL

When Design Decisions Create Fragile Enterprise Systems

A dark image with the headline “Why It Feels Right” showing an “Approved” stamp surrounded by warning triangles, with the subtext “When intuition and consensus feel convincing.”

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Nov 20, 2025

Second-Order UX™: Designing for What Happens After the Click

I am introducing the concept of Second-Order UX™ — the discipline of designing for the invisible, systemic consequences of a user…

Side-by-side black-and-white line illustration showing the difference between first-order and second-order UX. On the left, a hand taps a simple tablet interface labeled ‘Submit.’ On the right, a hand taps a similar tablet, but the device’s internals explode into a dense tangle of gears, wires, warning icons, and outward arrows. The left caption reads ‘First-Order UX: What You See.’ The right caption reads ‘What You Set in Motion.

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Jun 15, 2025

Liquid Design Isn’t Aesthetic Flair — It’s Apple Leading the Way to the Spatial Future

Apple’s new UI change might appear to be a styling adjustment — but it’s so much more. Here’s why Liquid Design is quietly retooling our…

Gif playing some features of the newly introduced Apple Liquid-Glass design for all its operating system.

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

May 17, 2025

When Figma Thinks for You: Are We Outsourcing Creativity?

The neuroscience of design, the paradox of automation, and the quiet erosion of creative thinking.

A designer sits at a desk, deep in thought, with a pen in hand and a notebook open. Around them float various translucent UI elements like web layouts and video players. A robotic hand hovers over their shoulder, offering a pre-made design block. The background is softly blurred with neural patterns subtly embedded, symbolizing cognitive complexity and internal conflict.

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Apr 29, 2025

The Confident Non-Designer: Fighting Dunning-Kruger with Data and Empathy

What is it?

Illustration showing four design communication strategies: (1) Avoid Condescension — educating stakeholders without assuming prior knowledge, (2) Leverage User Evidence — using prototypes and testing to support decisions, (3) Problem-Focused Discussions — framing around user problems instead of UI solutions, and (4) Project Confidence — humbly and confidently presenting design choices. Centered image of a hand holding a touchscreen device connects the strategies.

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Feb 13, 2025

Master Design Prompt Interviews with the SCOPE Framework

Introduction

A flowchart illustrating the SCOPE framework for design prompts, with each stage represented by a hexagon icon and a label: Scenario Analysis (Identifying and understanding the design scenario), Core Features (Determining the essential elements of the design), Organization (Structuring the design components logically), Presentation (Effectively communicating the design solution), and Evaluation (Assessing the design’s effectiveness and impact). The hexagons are connected by a dashed line, symbol

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Jan 25, 2025

User Control vs. Automation: Finding the Sweet Spot in AI Design

Okay, let’s talk UI/UX. I’ve been doing this for over a decade, working on everything from super-polished consumer apps to the…

Image shows a balance between AI efficiency and User control. It shows a subtle yet color image to show one needs to balance these two.

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Oct 7, 2024

Design Education should change

Its not the designers, its the education. The schools need to create more responsible and sensible designers.

Design Education should change

In

Bootcamp

by

Ritesh Tiwari

·

Oct 3, 2024

Defamiliarization in Design: New View on the Product Design

In the field of product design, we are frequently operating in the known space, employing well-trodden solutions and guidelines. On one…

Monochromatic UI design elements with icons, buttons, and toggles showing some components regularly used in Product Design systems

Ritesh Tiwari

Ritesh Tiwari

Design Lead @Arista | Design Strategy | Tech Enthusiast | MS-Computer Sci @Syracuse, NY; MS-Human Computer Interface @UCIrvine, California

Following

See all (1,240)

Help

Status

About

Careers

Press

Blog

Store

Privacy

Rules

Terms

Text to speech