Carl and Elena Schrónez: Spotlight on Detroit Small Businesses
“Don’t be limited by what others say or think, or by what others believe is possible.”
Samantha Zhang on Crafting Design Systems for Big Data
Tailoring design for one dataset is easy — designing a system that works for all datasets is much more difficult.
How a Detroit Hackathon Turned into WordPress.com’s First-Ever TV Spots
In February, a volunteer team of WordPress developers spent 48 hours launching new websites for nine small businesses in Detroit to help add visibility to the city’s rising economy.
Lisa Katayama: The Power of Stories in a Complex World
Stories connect us to ourselves and to each other.
Hajj Flemings: What Is Human Brand Design?
The connection between the physical and digital worlds requires a human element.
Caroline Sinders on Ethical Product Design for Machine Learning
What’s needed and necessary right now is for designers to have a technical understanding of machine learning.
Fatimah Kabba on The Other Unicorn Skill: Writing
In a world fascinated by the unicorn designer that is a coding savant, I want to call on designers to pay closer attention to something else: words.
