Theme
User Autonomy
Designing for human sovereignty and deliberate choice
17 essays
First! The System That Grew While You Waited
What organisations miss while formal solutions are still on the way.
When The Road Owns The Destination
What happens when platforms control creation, curation, distribution - and the taste that decides what comes next.
It Only Looks Like Thinking
Conversational Interfaces Don’t Enable Reasoning. They Stabilise Habit In Language
Habit Is The Interface
You Are Not Designing Decisions. You Are Designing What Stops Being A Decision
Why Software Is Starting to Work Like a Restaurant
How AI Is Turning Users From Chefs Into Critics
Designing For Regret
Treating “I wish I hadn’t” As A First-Class Design Input
Decision Theatre
The Architecture Of Visible Control
In Defence of Friction (Sometimes)
When smooth systems reduce judgement
Cognitive Sovereignty in the Age of Personalisation Algorithms
On Regressive Disclosure And The Right To Browse Like A Human
The Next Scarce Skill: Curation
Why “Picking The Signal From The Noise” Becomes The Job Description In An AI-saturated World
The Art of Simplicity
Sculpting Better Products
Designing Forgiveness
How humane systems learn to fail gracefully
Predictive Complexity
When interfaces stop reacting and start expecting.
Building Something Nobody Wants
Or: The Circle We Keep Forgetting
AI Doesn’t Need Taste – It’s Defining It
“Sure, AI can copy,” someone says. “But it can’t do taste.”
When Search Stops Sending: Designing for an AI-First Google
What designers can learn from Google’s quiet shift to answer-first search.
Vibe Coding for Designers Part 1: Bringing Your Vision to Life with Cursor
Vibe Coding for Designers: Bringing Your Vision to Life with Cursor