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Inspiration or remix: Are you stealing if you use AI?

Inspiration or remix: Are you stealing if you use AI?

“Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief,” Bono sang way back in 1991 on U2’s album Achtung, Baby. As art — and design —…
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Design Dept.
AI and the future of design roles

AI and the future of design roles

Five designers talk about the influence and impact of AI
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Design Dept.
Creative identity shift #5: Build a path to impact

Creative identity shift #5: Build a path to impact

You can be a designer who understands, shapes, and aligns with the business without losing your creativity.
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Mia Blume
Creative Identity Shift #4: Democratize your ecosystem

Creative Identity Shift #4: Democratize your ecosystem

You can be a designer who understands, shapes, and aligns with the business without losing your creativity.
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Mia Blume
AI is going to eat your design system

AI is going to eat your design system

AI is everywhere. You can’t scroll your socials without getting stuck on a Midjourney rendition of a t-rex in a mullet drinking a beer…
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Mia Blume
Creative identity shift #2: Stop talking about “quality”

Creative identity shift #2: Stop talking about “quality”

You can be a designer who understands, shapes, and aligns with the business without losing your creativity.
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Mia Blume
The creative identity crisis

The creative identity crisis

Why learning business basics scares the bleep out of designers
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Mia Blume
Life after a layoff

Life after a layoff

It sucks — but that’s not the end of the story
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LaDonna Witmer
Dropping the idea of “balance”

Dropping the idea of “balance”

A conversation about priorities
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I’m an individual contributor: Here’s what I look for in a good manager

I’m an individual contributor: Here’s what I look for in a good manager

A perspective from Ibrahim Hasan, UX Content Designer
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Everything we’ve been taught about career advancement is wrong

Everything we’ve been taught about career advancement is wrong

People management is not the only way
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Making an impact as an individual contributor

Making an impact as an individual contributor

6 ways to increase your influence
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Real talk with real leaders

Real talk with real leaders

The Tom Takigayama & Orr Shtuhl edition
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