WELCOME
Being Designerly 81 contains carefully curated content to help you think, feel and act like a designer. Read about the designerly behavior of collaborating and co-creating, the state of UX in 2024, trusting AI assistants based on personality, PopSci's greatest innovations of 2023, Pantone's color of 2024, top apps in Apple and Google appstores, and design maturity resources.
FEATURE
Being Designerly: Collaborate & Co-Create
My latest post in the series on Being Designerly is about the designerly behavior of collaboration & co-creation. Though they seem similar, collaboration involves working together towards a common goal, while co-creation actively includes others, like customers, in the process of creation.
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VISUAL
Pantone’s 2024 Color of the Year is everything 2023 was not
Peach Fuzz has been crowned Pantone’s Color of the Year for 2024. A soft, warm shade that is nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz is meant to be peaceful and cozy. It evokes comfort, kindness, and tenderness. It is everything 2023 hasn’t been.
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UX
The State of UX in 2024: Enter late-stage UX
UX Collective's 9th edition of The State of UX report is a critical look at our industry based on more than 1k articles published and shared with their 500k+ subscribers in 2023.
Much like late-stage capitalism, late-stage UX is characterized by its market saturation, heavy focus on financial growth, commoditization, automation, and increased financialization. Corporations exert significant influence over the economy and society, and designers can only push so far when advocating for user needs. How can we navigate this landscape as designers in 2024?
uxdesign.cc
Siri and Alexa Reimagined: Personality Match Enhances User Trust
A new study reveals how the customization of voice assistants (VAs) like Siri and Alexa, and the perceived similarity between user and VA personalities, influence user experience and resistance to misinformation.
The study results indicate that customization leads to more positive interactions with voice assistants, especially for those who view the customized virtual agents as being similar to them, according to the researchers.
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INCLUSIVE
The 50 greatest innovations of 2023
It's that time of year again - when we start seeing lists celebrating 'the best', the 'greatest' etc. of the year. This Popular Science article highlights the innovations that affected our world in 2023 - ranging from new medical treatments, infrastructure project, consumer product, or big ideas. Some address age-old annoyances while others speak to larger and even existential issues that profoundly affect people around the globe.
Sony's access controller for PS5 made it to the list as a modular gaming controller setup designed for accessibility.
Read about it and others like The Sphere in Las Vegas, the Eletta Explore espresso machine, Photoshop's Generative Fill by Adobe, and Quest 3 by Meta.
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MOBILE
Apple unveils App Store Award winners, the best apps and games of 2023
Apple's 2023 App Store Awards recognizes 14 apps and games that empowered users to unleash their creativity, discover a world of new adventures, and have fun with family and friends. This year’s winners were selected from nearly 40 finalists for delivering exceptional technical innovation, user experience, and design.
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Google Play’s best apps and games of 2023
Google Play’s Best of 2023 Awards is a roundup of the best apps, games and books on Play. To reflect this year’s trends, they introduced new award categories that recognize helpful apps using the latest technology (such as “Best with AI” and “Best Game for Good”), and experiences that work well across a wide range of devices (such as “Best Multi-device App and Game” and “Best for Google Play Games on PC”).
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TOOLS
Design maturity resources
A collection by Hang Xu to help designers become more effective leaders by focusing on design leadership, stakeholder management, strategy, org design, leveling and mental health.
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