Writing

7 articles

• Git for Product Designers

  September 11, 2026

  A practical guide to the Git concepts, commands, and workflows product designers need to work confidently alongside developers.

  • Methods
  • Design Systems
• Rethinking Human Error

  August 10, 2026

  What recent cognitive psychology research on slips, lapses, and intention offloading actually means for interface design.

  • Cognitive Science
  • Interface Design
• Design System Governance: Choosing the Right Model

  August 1, 2026

  Every design system already has a governance model, chosen or not — how to pick one deliberately, build a contribution pipeline that matches it, and keep AI-generated drift from outpacing your review process.

  • Design Systems
  • Management
• Every Pixel Asks Something of the User

  July 1, 2026

  A four-rung model of how users actually perceive an interface — sensing, recognizing, understanding, deciding — and why working memory is the real constraint behind cognitive load.

  • Cognitive Science
  • Frameworks
• The UX of Animation

  September 14, 2025

  Motion as a communication tool, not decoration — and how to know when to hold back.

  • Interface Design
  • Visual Design
• Designing Icons for User Interfaces

  November 13, 2020

  How icons work as visual metaphors, why they matter less for usability than people assume, and a practical process for designing and validating them within an icon grid.

  • Visual Design
  • Interface Design
• Getting Started with High-Fidelity Prototyping

  March 28, 2020

  What separates a prototype from a sketch or wireframe, and how to weigh low- versus high-fidelity prototyping against your goals, timeline, and budget.

  • Methods
  • Interface Design