I’ve asked my 3rd year illustration students at just be. to come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover. Here is what they sent in:

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Refreshingly practical explanation of the research synthesis workflow from Jon Kolko soundcloud.com/user-612708135…

I was looking to post Djavan’s pop masterpiece “Sina”—and I found this brilliant cover from Vanessa Moreno. Perfect, breezy arrangement. Absolute peak sexy Brazilian hipster vibes. Full video: youtu.be/ksQSDzVyeag

"We are not a social impact company." Jason Fried world.hey.com/jason/changes-…

“…[T]here is one and only one social responsibility of business — to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits so long as it stays within the rules of the game.”  —Milton Friedman, Sept. 13, 1970 nytimes.com/1970/09/13/arc…

"America Inc was built on top of a legal innovation: the limited liability company." — The Economist economist.com/business/2021/…

Observe people as they try to use your product. This is never a waste of time.

You can now use the Agenda Kit stickers in figmadesign FigJam with the power of variants. Change the status of to do items. Change the color of the clipboard while keeping your text, change up your collaborator card style! We use these in our team meetings :)

Good representation of a researcher workflow using research tooling software. #researchsystems #reops #researchops #uxresearch #ux

In a few weeks, it’s time for the biannual figmadesign Maker Week. The whole company switches to working on new ideas for how we can improve the product/s. What would you like us to work on? 🎨

Good stuff

And although they may not be ready to admit it, researchers of different stripes are part of the problem [...] Various research initiatives can too easily create disconnected streams of “the latest” content, vying for attention.  — @jakeburghardt link.medium.com/yYhf1Ye1Tgb

validating product ideas with field research can sometimes feel like …

Fill in the blank for your company. “It was 2021 and most people ________”

“We only hear stories of the founders who plow forward. Not enough people talk about those who arrive at the precipice, stare down into the void, take a deep breath, and courageously turn around at the sound of an inner knowing.” Steve Schlafman

The poor design of our built environment perpetuates chronic loneliness and car dependency. I really can’t think of a bigger challenge to our collective wellness.

nothing beats good old-fashioned field research..

I have honestly used this template 10+ times to frame my user problem statements. Thank you gadbaw.eth! [situation] + [need] + [how the user solves the problem today] + [shortcomings of current solution]

When forming new habits It’s helpful to remember It’s much easier to practice toward a possibility than to stop doing something