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Being Designerly 87 has carefully curated content to help you think, feel and act like a designer. Read about conversational AI, design agencies using AI, creativity, future thinking, advice for young designers, weird, wacky gizmos, accessibility advocacy, and a visualization of the 100 most valuable brands in 2024
FEATURE
This Company Says Conversational AI Will Kill Apps and Websites
Sierra's cofounders feel that conversational AI is an advance on par with the graphical user interface or the smartphone, and will have at least as much an impact on our lives. ”In the future, a company’s AI agent—basically the AI version of that company—will be just as important as their website,” says Taylor. “It's going to completely change the way companies exist digitally.”
wired.com
Special report: how design agencies are actually using AI in 2024
Forget the hype: how are AI tools actually being employed in the creative world right now? For this special report, Creative Boom spoke to more than 25 creative agencies to find out.
creativeboom.com
CREATIVITY
Try A “Bonus Day” To Boost Your Creativity At Work
We all had a "bonus day" recently because of leap year. The author suggests creating your own bonus day to try new things can set the scene for long-lasting changes. Note that these ideas are completely analog, which is great for your creative juices.
forbes.com
What’s the best way to increase productivity? Stop producing
... and make time to think about the future.
fastcompany.com
CURIOSITY
Brian Collins on the secret no one wants to tell young creatives today
The graphic designer talks to Fast Company about what occupies his mind these days, how to find the next big thing in design, and what he’d redesign given the chance.
fastcompany.com
The Weird, Wacky Gizmos and Gadgets We Saw at MWC 2024
Have you played Doom on a robot lawn mower? WIRED did. From app-free phones to an electric bike with AI and 5G, staff at WIRED combed the halls of the Mobile World Congress in search of all things quirky and bizarre.
wired.com
INCLUSIVE
A Web Designer’s Accessibility Advocacy Toolkit
Digital designer Yichan Wang has put together this collection of strategies and selling points to help you encourage and advocate for accessibility in your place of work, including useful scripts you can use as starting points.
smashingmagazine.com
VISUAL
The Top 100 Most Valuable Brands in 2024
This visualization ranks the top 100 brands by brand value, based on the annual global ranking from Brand Finance. A brand’s value was calculated by the degree that it generated profits for the company. Brand Finance analyzed individual companies along with their subsidiaries, like in the case of Meta which owns Instagram and WhatsApp.
visualcapitalist.com
