Links

1. Design X Stories: Customise

   Some really unique approaches to customisation in product design to increase creativity, collaboration and create more accessible and inclusive products for a diverse range of customers.

   Links to context and related content:

   • https://vuild.co.jp/en/projects/
   • https://www.whatdesigncando.com/stories/misaki-tanaka-on-making-sustainable-fashion-more-inclusive/

2. Is the clock ticking for TicTok?

   The argument for and against banning TikTok, the staggering magnitude of data stolen by the Meta Pixel.

3. AI Fireside Chat - Scott Salisbury and Matt Garbutt - DIBI Conference 2023.

   Thirty minutes of honest conversation about the inputs and outputs of machine learning, what drives our motivation to use it and the ethics of our choices. There were some really interesting questions from a research standpoint that makes me want to track down the other talks.

4. For the RSS lovers in the room, we hear you.

   If you’re looking for some delicious brain food to feed upon look no further than the smart folks at optional.is/feeds/ – All killer, no filler.

5. Wakuni Cafe: New Tokyo Cafe Made from 700 Bronze Plates Salvaged from Hayatani Shrine

   Beautiful regenerative project in Tokyo using ~80 year old bronze plates salvaged from Hayatani Shrine in Hiroshima.

6. How to embrace inclusivity in UX research

   Kelly Erickson gives some useful tips on how to make our research more inclusive.

7. Recipeasly promised to ‘fix’ online recipes. After critics called it theft, the site shut down.

   @timcarman’s very thought provoking article about innovation, copyright, and cultural stories of underrecognised groups.

   The stories are personal. They’re cultural. They’re often told from the perspective of women, immigrants and people of color who have created and invested in a platform to share their stories. The recipe aggregator sites, bloggers note, basically tell the creators that their stories have no value. It’s the same message America has told immigrants and women for centuries, now just in electronic form.

8. Writing UX Research Objectives — Using S.M.A.R.T. Goals Method

   Edward Beebe-Tron introduces the benefit of setting research objectives using the S.M.A.R.T. goals method.

9. Meet the Robowaiter APIs Serving Us Data

   @mappletons’s beautifully illustrated introduction to APIs.

10. The role of research in Design Systems

    A decent overview of design systems with a slight hintof how research could play it’s part.