You might not know it yet, but you beautiful designer, have an almighty power in your hands: the power of understanding humans’ needs.

Most of the time you probably aren’t directly thinking about how typefaces are persuading you in a design. But everything about the font choices can create tiny reactions in your brain that make you feel a certain way about what you are seeing.

The “dos and don’ts” of letting go for designers

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Designers often complain about the quality of feedback they get from senior stakeholders without realizing it’s usually because of the way they initially have framed the request. In this article, Andy Budd shares a better way of requesting feedback: rather than sharing a linear case study that explains every design revision, the first thing to do would be to better frame the problem.

Designing for disabilities is gaining some traction but designing for inclusiveness of other aspects of our identities — our race/ethnicity, gender, skin color, age, size, sexual orientation — is still widely overlooked.

Stellar is a new platform that solves this issue, connecting serious design-minded businesses to expert freelancers. The platform features an exclusive group of hand-picked freelancers across branding, photography, web design, product design, illustration, motion, and copywriting. It is invite-only, guaranteeing quality at every turn.

ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s garnered widespread attention since its launch two months ago, is on track to surpass 100 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to data compiled by UBS.

You’re flourishing in your career, you’re performing brilliantly, and your credibility is soaring. But there can be a negative side to this experience: When you’re so effective, you can be saddled with even more work.

The bizarre and grotesque images seen in ads at the end of an article aren’t an accident. They are now part of the internet’s native language.