WELCOME
Being Designerly 108 has curated content to boost your creative mindset. This last issue of 2024 has designerly content looking back at 2024 including greatest innovations, the creative space, top UX articles, top 1% ecomm UX, and creativity, branding, AI UX, and design for accessibility.
Hope you enjoyed Being Designerly in 2024 - see you next year!
FEATURE
Popular Science's 50 greatest innovations of 2024
In the Best of What's New 2024, Popular Science highlights promising innovations—from things that make life at home easier to literal out-of-this-world explorations. Innovation of the year? Apple's Vision Pro...
popsci.com
CREATIVITY
2024: a year in review for the creative industries
Creative Boom looks back at the biggest creative stories of 2024, what was behind them, and why they mattered.
creativeboom.com
Creativity Will Never Be Efficient—And That’s A Good Thing
Ernest Hemingway was curious—and patient. He understood that new ideas emerge from unexpected places and take time to come together. He worked hard at his craft but welcomed the daydream and a wander in the gardens. As we increasingly turn to generative AI to help us create—the trait that separates our species from all others on this planet—we have to ask if an “optimal” process is really what we want. Especially from a tool that’s supposed to help.
forbes.com
VISUAL
Reclaim the internet: Mozilla’s rebrand for the next era of tech
Mozilla jumped on the rebrand wagon. The flag symbol highlights their activist spirit, signifying a commitment to ‘Reclaim the Internet.’ What do you feel about it?
mozilla.org
UX
NNG's Top 10 UX Articles of 2024
The most-read articles by the Nielsen Norman Group in 2024. Contains a mix of conceptual and tactical articles. How many of these have you read or find relevant?
nngroup.com
The Top 1% E-Commerce UX Awards 2024
As 2024 comes to a close, Baymard is again awarding the companies with the top 1% UX performance across 18 industries, as well as the top 1% for theme and platform (e.g. Top 1% Cart & Checkout UX performance, etc.). Each of the 400+ e-commerce websites considered for a UX Award has been manually rated using 500+ UX guidelines; to be clear - some of the top 1% in some industries have mediocre ratings...
baymard.com
Using AI to design better experiences: Why we need UXers now more than ever
User experience (UX) designers are among those currently asking themselves ‘Will AI help me or replace me?’ Declan Massicott of Jack X argues that, right now, excellent UXers are very valuable indeed.
thedrum.com
INCLUSIVE
Why should businesses design goods for better accessibility to people with disabilities?
Businesses are increasingly acknowledging the importance of accessibility due to the significant number of individuals with disabilities worldwide. This demographic represents a vast market potential that remains largely untapped, as many consumer packaged goods are still not accessible.
weforum.org
