What speaking at Figma Config 2026 taught me about product leadership and choosing observation over prescription.

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.
What speaking at Figma Config 2026 taught me about product leadership and choosing observation over prescription.

You may not have known it at the time, but chances are you've probably used a product we've designed.

Team, I’ve spent a lot of time over the past year talking about AI—at conferences, in customer meetings, and in plenty of one-on-ones. But I realized I hadn’t really sat down with all of you as a team to share where my head’s at, what I’m seeing, and


4 ideas for those who have stepped away from pushing pixels

Judge for Mobbin's first ever Awards celebrating the best in UI craftsmanship across iOS, Web, Sites, Animation, and Innovation.



Judge for Vibeathon, a global remote Gen AI competition for creators in design, product, film, music, games, marketing.

Zalando product designers share their honed stakeholder management approaches, from the interpersonal to the strategic.

From handling user interfaces to handling people: Part III


Trying to explain why we are where we are, where we might be going, and how that makes me feel

Over the past 17 years, Metalab has been quietly shaping the internet through product design and development (obligatory name drop from our marketing team: Slack,...








A practical discussion for product designers, product managers, and AI builders who need to ship AI features that users can rely on—without sleepwalking into manipulation, privacy pitfalls, or reputational harm.


