Design debt is brand debt
Every off-brand one-pager is a small loan against your brand's equity. Nobody notices one. Everybody notices the balance.
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Design like a good conversation
The interfaces people call intuitive are mostly just polite. On listening, responding, and knowing when to stop talking.
Nobody scrolls by accident
Every scroll is a small yes, renewed viewport by viewport. Pages that get read all the way down are the ones that…
Why simple is hard
Complexity never announces itself. It arrives as a series of good points, one reasonable request at a time, and nobody's job is…
The case for craft
When everyone owns the same tools, the work starts to converge. Care is the thing that doesn't, and people can feel it…
Design is decision-making
The drawing is the last mile. What you're actually looking at, on any finished page, is a stack of decisions somebody either…