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✦I handed a UX review over to AI. Here’s what happened.✦AI can fake your portfolio. It can’t fake the second question.✦The feature trap✦Research shouldn’t end in a deck✦How to apply Nir Eyal’s Hook Model to AI products, safely✦Transitioning from Graphic Design to UX✦How to Turn a CSV into Interactive Charts with Claude Code✦The weakest channel✦Why designing solutions isn’t enough and strategy is the only thing that saves you✦AI: The Mediocrity Amplifier✦Spec Driven Design — Method and tools✦Netflix CPTO on AI and the future of product and tech roles | Elizabeth Stone✦How Rejection Made Me a Better Designer✦The “mocked, then loved” AirPods effect✦ZERO: The Engineering Behind a Defiant Interactive Narrative
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Top storyThinking·21 hours ago

I handed a UX review over to AI. Here’s what happened.

AI assists UX reviews but does not replace human expertise, requiring user input for accuracy.

UX Collective
6 min read

In this edition

Stories from Wednesday, 22 July 2026

UX Collective
Thinking

Research shouldn’t end in a deck

Research should not end with a presentation deck, but rather become a living artifact.

2 days ago·7 min read
UX Collective
Thinking

How to apply Nir Eyal’s Hook Model to AI products, safely

Nir Eyal's Hook Model applies to AI products through a four-step loop of trigger, action, variable reward, and investment.

2 days ago·18 min read
NNGroup (YT)
Video

Transitioning from Graphic Design to UX

Graphic designers can transition to UX design with new skills and knowledge.

2 days ago
UX Planet
Thinking

How to Turn a CSV into Interactive Charts with Claude Code

Claude Code helps turn static CSV files into interactive data visualizations.

2 days ago·7 min read
UX Collective
Thinking

The weakest channel

The enduring design of the 1970 FIFA World Cup soccer ball, a black and white pentagon-hexagon sphere, demonstrates that universality in design emerges from surviving constraints, not inherent beauty or popularity.

3 days ago·7 min read
Muzli
Inspo

Why designing solutions isn’t enough and strategy is the only thing that saves you

Designing solutions is not enough, as strategy is necessary to deliver results.

3 days ago·7 min read

Curator's picks

Must read today

The pieces worth pausing on, hand-selected from today's edition.

UX Collective
Thinking

The feature trap

Product teams often confuse building with validating, responding to cues rather than actual problems.

21 hours ago·7 min read

Editor's pick

AI can fake your portfolio. It can’t fake the second question.

AI can fake a portfolio, but it cannot replicate the live, unprepared moments in an interview.

UX Collective
13 min read

UX & Thinking

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UX Collective
Thinking

Research shouldn’t end in a deck

2 days ago·7 min read
UX Collective
Thinking

How to apply Nir Eyal’s Hook Model to AI products, safely

2 days ago·18 min read

Look & feel

Inspiration picks

Visual references from across the design web.

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Muzli

Why designing solutions isn’t enough and strategy is the only thing that saves you

Muzli

AI: The Mediocrity Amplifier

Podcasts
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Podcasts

Why Physical AI Is the Next Frontier | Applied Intuition

1 day ago·81 min listen/watch
TechCrunch
Tech

Dimension Capital’s $800M third fund shows the intersection of science and compute is booming

17 hours ago·3 min read

Video

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NNGroup (YT)
Video

Transitioning from Graphic Design to UX

2 days ago
Femke.design (YT)
Video

I forgot how fun it is to just build something

6 days ago
Muzli

Spec Driven Design — Method and tools

Muzli

How Rejection Made Me a Better Designer