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AI as an ideation tool: Dall-E outdoor baby carriage

  • Artificial Intelligence, Consumer products, Design, Design Tools and Software, New and Emerging Technologies, Sketching, UX Magazine

UX designer Asbjørn Mejlvang shows how to use Dall-E, an AI system that generates realistic visuals from a description given, to reach your design goals.

Article by Asbjørn Mejlvang
IDEAS IN BRIEF
AI as an ideation tool: Dall-E outdoor baby carriage
  • The author gives a brief example of how to use Dall-E, an AI system that can produce art and realistic visuals from a description given in plain language, as a tool in the brainstorming process.
  • According to the author, the process of AI ideation is as simple as that:
    • Write a sentence.
    • Go through generated visuals.
    • Choose a direction to get the most accurate realization of your idea.
    • Receive generated variations from the selected output.
  • Traditional ideation process versus AI ideation process – the article covers how to combine them to get the best result in the most efficient way.
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The Designer’s Gaze

  • Customer Experience, Design, Design Theory, Human factors, UX Education, UX Magazine

The “designer’s gaze” has a huge impact on users’ perception — the way designers view and translate the world can have both intended and unintended consequences.

Article by Srishti Mehrotra
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The Designer’s Gaze

• Now designers start adopting a very particular perspective, referred to as the designer’s gaze, through which they begin to view their work and the wider world. The author speculates on the concept of the “designer’s gaze” and how much control over users it has.

• We are aware that many of our current issues are a result of the fixes we found for earlier issues. That’s why it’s vital to find a balance between intended and unintended consequences as a designer.

• In order to contribute insights to our work that go beyond those framed by flows and personas, we must seek out opportunities to listen to the world around us. That’s the key to equity design.

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Conscious AI models?

  • Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Behavioral Science, Customer Experience, Design, Empathy, Usability, UX Education, UX Magazine, UX World Changing Ideas

If it looks like a duck…

Article by Daniel Godoy
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Conscious AI models?
  • The author uncovers what LaMDA and consciousness are, and how they correlate.
  • While exploring conscious AI models, there are a few things that need to be considered:
    • Conscious Access
    • Reflexive Processing
    • The Question of Reporting
    • Autonomy
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Building Delight in Your Design System

  • Accessibility, Behavioral Science, Customer Experience, Design, Design Theory, Empathy, Usability, UX Education, UX Magazine, UX World Changing Ideas

There seems to be a pervasive idea that using systems to help your work will lead to everything being a homogenous, grey, functional, meh experience. But delight is important! So, how can we design our processes to make sure that delight is a key part in what makes your MVPs ‘viable’?

Article by Luke Murphy
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Building Delight in Your Design System
  • The author shares the edited version of the talk about design systems that he delivered to Design Matters in Copenhagen in September, 2022.
  • The author separates and explains the difference between “Deep Delight vs Surface Delight” in design based on the user experience of McDonalds.
  • The author explains the way the Kano model works (Noriaki Kano developed the Kano model back in the 80s that shows that customer loyalty is connected to our emotional responses to product features.
  • There are 5 types of delight according to Microsoft’s categorizations:
    • Playful experiences
    • Attractive experiences
    • Natural experiences
    • Personal experiences
    • Empowered experiences
  • The author gives tips on how to build delight into your system and how to make that delight repeatable by measuring it and not forgetting your (internal) users.
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Age of Invisible Machines

  • Accessibility, Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality, Behavioral Science, Conversational Design, Customer Experience, Defining AI, Design, Usability, UX Education, UX Magazine

Conversational AI is the infinitely scalable interface.

Article by Cobus Greyling
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Age of Invisible Machines
  • Cobus Greyling shares his take on the new Wall Street Journal bestselling business book, Age of Invisible Machines by Robb Wilson with Josh Tyson
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Creating a Fight Club

  • Customer Experience, Design, Design Theory, Employee Experience, Employment and Hiring, Internal Company Dynamics, Usability, UX Education, UX Magazine

Making a space for healthy conflict in an organization to work through confusion and disagreement.

Article by Nate Schloesser
IDEAS IN BRIEF
Creating a Fight Club
  • The author shares ideas that helped him organize better communication within the company he was working at.
  • The author went through the following steps and processes:
    • Setting Topics
    • Choosing a Facilitator
    • Participants
    • The Structure
    • Rules of Engagement
    • Rules of Etiquette
    • Chatham House Rule
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