The economy is tanking, and the market is flooding with experienced designers. It is now more challenging than ever to get a job as a junior designer. But the world needs you, please don’t give in.

User Persona is a tool that uses AI to generate detailed user personas for businesses and organizations. A user persona is a fictional character that represents a company’s ideal customer, based on market research and customer data.

The last inspirational website of the week is Constance Souville’s lovely portfolio which boasts a visually appealing and distinctive design with engaging details.

Outlook’s key design challenge is that of many heritage products: how do you chart a path forward that modernizes a beloved product, while also honoring its legacy and maintaining familiarity for the millions of people who rely on it?

If you are happily avoiding producing full-blown illustrations with these tools, there are plenty of more ethical, smaller ways to include them in your process for a product or web design.

Microsoft Paint has always been there for us, so when I heard the ‘Microsoft Designer’ announcement, there was a natural excitement. Combine that with AI, and the hype was real – Microsoft are bringing AI to the masses! Not only with Microsoft Designer, but they’re sprinkling AI onto many Microsoft products.

Design critiques, also called “crits”, are one of those feedback-focused design rituals that feel so essential to the design process. When done well, they help us improve our design, avoid blind spots, explore new angles, and create higher-quality work.

Build healthy technology habits with a mindful approach to internet browsing, encourages self-accountability, and automatically start Pomodoro whenever you visit your focus sites.

Expect the tech to go more mainstream—and to see heightened scrutiny from regulators.

In this post, we’ll take a look at some of the fresh resources for our fellow web developers to stay ahead of the curve and start the new year off right. This includes a host of new JavaScript, PHP, HTML, JS, and CSS libraries, plus a breakthrough in WordPress.