Episode Details

We’re trading clarity for speed and empathy for efficiency, a shift Brad Frost frames as a collective grief response to the devaluation of our craft. By exploring Rita Kind-Envy’s argument that low stress is a strategic design asset and Luis Berumen Castro’s call for fluid processes, we examine how slowing down might actually save us from optimizing for machines instead of people.

From The Feed

• Low cortisol solution to big problems (Rita Kind-Envy) — High stress blinds designers to details, making low stress states essential for deep observation.
• Be like water: Rethinking the design process with AI (Luis Berumen Castro) — Designers should let AI shape fluid methods rather than forcing it into rigid workflows.
• Grief in the AI Age (Brad Frost) — Anger at automation is a valid response to devalued craft, not just resistance to change.

Today's Notable Articles

• AI made the boring work visible. Cut the work, not the people. — Jeff Gothelf
• Is Figma Still Relevant in the AI Design Era? — Nick Babich
• Opening your place to the street — Hiroshi Sato

Today's Notable Discussions

• I think ai is making bad UX more dangerous not less — r/UXDesign
• After 20 years of HCD, I think we were never centring humans. We were centring the brief. — r/UXDesign
• How does your team catch when the live implementation drifts from the Figma design? — r/UXDesign
• Roast my sneaker brand homepage — designed the whole thing from scratch (logo, brand, mockups) — r/UI_Design
• Miro vs Figma: Which one is better for your team? — r/UXDesign
• What are the best courses, tutorials, or channels that showcase the full process of AI workflow in design? — r/UXDesign
• Feedback Request New UI Design — r/UI_Design
• best AI synthesis tool for mixed-method research (calls + tickets + survey) at scale in 2026? — r/UXResearch
• What to offer a client that wants her AI slope task to be performed into meaningful and workable all-round design in few days? — r/UXDesign