The Brief

The Brief: Microscopes and telescopes

Your monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Jul 30 •

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9:49

The Brief: The hard truths designers need to hear

We all want to be the type of designer who has influence at work. Are you willing to be the designer that has it? Let’s find out.

Jun 19 •

The Brief: Stop specializing—live a multidisciplinary creative life

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Jun 11 •

13:03

The Brief: Brad Frost on the magic of design tokens

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May 23 •

Your Real Competitor Isn’t Another Brand—It’s This.

What Lyft, One Medical, and Brazil’s Treasury learned about human behavior that you could steal.

Apr 9 •

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The Curiosity Department

The Brief: Afraid of losing your job? Become irreplaceable

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Mar 20 •

7:14

The Brief: What designers can learn from writers and storytellers

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Feb 28 •

12:27

The Brief: What do many creative people have in common? ADHD.

The monthly dispatch from Design Better. This issue is free!

Jan 24 •

The Brief: What designers can learn from filmmakers

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Dec 18, 2024 •

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The Brief: What designers can learn from musicians

The monthly dispatch from Design Better.

Dec 4, 2024 •

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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, 2024 •

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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, 2024 •

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