Humility: An Essential Value
AI & ML

Humility: An Essential Value

Humility, a designer’s essential value—that has a nice ring to it. What about humility, an office manager’s essential value? Or a dentist’s? Or a librarian’s? They all sound great. When humility is ou...

Aug 08, 2026 5 min
User Research Is Storytelling
AI & ML

User Research Is Storytelling

Ever since I was a boy, I’ve been fascinated with movies. I loved the characters and the excitement—but most of all the stories. I wanted to be an actor. And I believed that I’d get to do the things t...

Aug 08, 2026 5 min
Designed for a Dead Language
AI & ML

Designed for a Dead Language

Every language app in your pocket inherited a teaching method built for Latin. Understanding why that happened is a more useful design lesson than anything the apps themselves will teach you. In 1788,...

Aug 08, 2026 5 min
Good designers, bad websites: a proposal
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Good designers, bad websites: a proposal

I want to discuss accessibility because it is the most important thing for making websites. Other A List Apart articles give you innovation and insight. This article will give you homework. These are ...

Aug 08, 2026 5 min
Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna
AI & ML

Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna

Today’s web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising “One Weird Trick!” to cure your ailments...

Aug 08, 2026 5 min