The Brief

The Brief: What designers can learn from filmmakers

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

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The Brief: What designers can learn from musicians

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Dec 4 •

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The Brief: All your work will soon disappear

There’s a brutal reality to working in software: What we make is ephemeral. This reality raises a challenging question: when we look back on our…

Oct 31 •

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The Brief: Design thinking in the age of AI

What does it mean to be a human-centered designer in the age of AI? This is something my colleague Bobby Hughes and I have been asking ourselves since…

Sep 27 •

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The Brief: Creativity multipliers and how nature informs design

This issue is sponsored by UserTesting. Join us in Austin Oct 28-30 for The Human Insight Summit.

Aug 22 •

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The Brief: Where design breaks as startups scale

In this issue of The Brief: Lessons on scaling design from Google, Airbnb, and Apple Inspiring quotes about creativity Recent job openings Things to…

Jul 11 •

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The Brief: Why taste is your most important design tool

In this issue of The Brief: Lessons on taste from Jonathan Adler, Herbie Hancock, Ira Glass, and Wakanda Forever cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw…

Jun 5 •

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