Design is iterative
The idea that good design emerges from a single moment of inspiration is a convenient fiction. Good design is the result of repeated attempts to understand a pr…
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From Figma variables to CSS tokens
We used to maintain design tokens by hand in CSS, aliased to Mantine (–type-body-size: var(–mantine-…
Huge update to Colour Palette Generator
I’ve pushed a whole load of changes to my free colour palette generator! I’m using this tool regular…
The design market in 2026
I recently changed roles, moving from Faculty (recently acquired by Accenture) to Arva AI.…
What’s next for shipping code, now the design handoff wall has been breached?
Like the Greeks besieging Troy, designers have snuck into GitHub and GitLab. Armed with AI…
CSS Grid vs. Flexbox: When to Use Which
If you’re like a lot of designers who write CSS, Flexbox is probably your default. It’s fl…
Designing for the Use Case You Didn’t Map
0→1 Product Work Is Supposed to Be Messy
AI Won’t Replace Software With Services. It Will Change What Software Does.
Human-in-the-Loop Is Not a UX Pattern
Can consultants shake their curse?
Good Design Starts With Utility
Ask yourself: are users better off?
Designing Agent Interfaces for High-Stakes Decisions
The Forward-Deployed Designer
Agentic Interfaces: Beyond the Chat Window
Systems thinking > pixel perfection
Prompts are becoming a design material
The Design Process in 2026
Build AI Tools or Build AI Builders?
