Articles, talks, and conversations on the ideas shaping modern product and experience design.
Articles, talks, and conversations on the ideas shaping modern product and experience design.
Delivery HeroFrom handling user interfaces to handling people: Part III
Wolters KluwerWomen in Tech spotlight with Oluchi Imoh, sharing her journey into tech, product management, and advice for women entering the industry.
Seedable StudioPossible career directions for designers working in an AI-driven world.
AstrolabiumDesign management is a spectrum, not a single, clear-cut role
Wolters KluwerAstrolabiumAstrolabiumWarns that cutting junior roles on the bet that AI will absorb entry-level work erodes the talent pipeline, since juniors build judgment on the job and become tomorrow's seniors.
AstrolabiumWolters Kluwer
Resonant FuturesArticles on UX, UI, product design and design careers, written by people who actually do the work. References, analysis and points of view for designers who want to keep learning outside the classroom, on their own time, with no algorithm in the way.
The TimesResonant FuturesLive classes, Q&As and interviews for Design Circuit, my design school in Brazil. Running since 2020, mostly unscripted and straight to camera with a live audience.
The TimesSeedable StudioWhen you’re aiming beyond the senior level, but get stuck with leftover “strategic” tasks, leading nowhere
Wolters KluwerA body of essays by design leader Irene Au on leading design teams, hiring and UX skills, creative collaboration, career choices, and bringing mindfulness to design practice.
Khosla VenturesReflects on how personal ambition and idealistic values can align, contrasting status-driven tech careers with purpose-led public-health work aimed at systemic, equitable change.
Hard Problems
Argues that tech professionals should treat layoffs as a predictable risk and keep resumes, portfolios, networks and market awareness continuously current instead of reacting in panic.
AstrolabiumUses two case studies to argue that financial pressure often masks people's real professional motivations, and that imagining work without it clarifies authentic career purpose.
AstrolabiumOffers four practical exercises for UX practitioners to manage imposter syndrome by building evidence of competence, reframing self-talk and recognising the feelings as contextual.
AstrolabiumMakes the case for emotional autonomy, contending that professionals needlessly hand colleagues, managers and imagined audiences power over their feelings when few actually deserve that vote.
Astrolabium