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4d ago

Your design job is merging with the ones next to it

Christian Crumlish saw three publishing jobs become one in the nineties. He thinks design, research and product are heading the same way.

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Aug 31

You can’t grow roses in a cornfield

A conversation with Whitney Hess, on careers, whispers, and where to plant yourself

You can’t grow roses in a cornfield

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Vlad Derdeicea

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Aug 12

The evening shift

A conversation with Jamie Rothwell, on layoffs, evenings, and getting the fun back.

The evening shift

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Jul 21

AI can fake your portfolio. It can’t fake the second question.

The artifact just became the cheapest thing in hiring. The room test is the live follow-up you can’t generate, and it’s where interviews…

AI can fake your portfolio. It can’t fake the second question.

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Jul 6

The promotion that didn’t take

Your title and your actual level are two different measurements. I built an instrument, and nearly half of the designers came apart from…

The promotion that didn’t take

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Mar 25

The three thirds

An entire generation of designers climbed the ladder. A third say it got better. A third say it got worse. A third aren’t sure.

Three types of pasta, same background, same ingredients

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Mar 3

The justification tax

Why design decisions take 5x longer to approve — and what to do about it

A designer sitting next to a concept car in the 1900s surrounded by horses and carrages

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Feb 11

The 80% job: how design leads are using AI — and it’s not about mockups

Design leads spend 80% of their time communicating, aligning, and justifying. That’s exactly where AI helps most.

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Aug 26, 2024

Designing for impact, from user-flow to cash-flow

Discover how aligning UX design with business goals drives impact and success, featuring real-world examples.

Spotify’s data science hierarchy of needs

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Oct 19, 2023

AI & UX: Navigating the new age of data visualization

Blending pixels and predictions using AI for elevated UX in analytics

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Vlad Derdeicea

Vlad Derdeicea

Leading designers at a European bank. Ex-agency founder (8 yrs, 40+ clients). The messy reality of design leadership in the AI era. derdeicea.com

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