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The perfect middle
I'm AK — an experience designer who believes the best work happens when designers and AI stop competing and start collaborating. I help teams find that equilibrium.
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RUX: Fighting fake UX with real UX (and what it actually takes)
Real UX doesn't come from better methodologies. It comes from enforcement mechanisms that make user research non-negotiable. Here's how organisations actually escaped FaUX.
FaUX: The rise of fake UX (and how to know if you're practicing it)
Workshops that go nowhere. Research that's ignored. Designers with no influence. It's called FaUX — Fake UX — and it's costing more than you think.
Design for grammar, not layout
The future of interface design is not about making more beautiful screens. It is about defining the grammar from which infinite appropriate interfaces can emerge and knowing when to let the system generate, and when to hold firm to what humans have designed.
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