A lot going on in the world, and among the flurry of news about Elon Musk, Twitter and the Metaverse, Internation Design Day 2022 is coming up this week. It asks us to imagine how design will matter in the future, and how will the industry evolve. To spark some ideas, you'll find below Andy Budd's article about the evolution of the UX Design, the new AI tool DALL-E, and some great examples of the power of imagination in Eye Candy.

And last but not the least, we have a special guest for the upcoming session of UpSide on May 1st. RSVP here!

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International Design Day on 27th April

The theme of International Design Day 2022 is ‘Suspended in Transition'. They ask: What about design will matter in the near or far futures? How will the design industry make space for new approaches? Additional details at @internationaldesignday.

ICYMI: The Slow But Inevitable Demise of UX Design by Andy Budd — andybudd.medium.com

How the practice of UX has changed, in a 6 min nutshell by designer leader Andy Budd.

How to Develop Your UX Design Philosophy — www.uxmatters.com

The way UX designers approach their design process should never be an afterthought. Here's a guide for crafting a modern design philosophy for UX Designers.

Elon's Twitter: A UX Theory 🧠 — builtformars.com

Designer Peter Ramsay imagines how Elon Musk's Twitter could look, and how clever UX could help promote transparency and freedom of speech.

DALL-E and the Metaverse on Stratechery — stratechery.com

What you need to know about DALL-E, and does it mean competition for artists and illustrators?

🌟 Eye Candy

9 Ways to Imagine Jeff Bezos’ Wealth - The New York Times — www.nytimes.com

A fortune of $172 billion is almost impossible to fathom. For the magazine’s Money Issue, the artist Mona Chalabi came up with some extremely original comparisons.

10 Ways We See Peace — www.embacy.io

A special project that explores the visual language of staying hopeful and keeping peace in hearts. Created with Figma and Webflow by Embacy.

Kawaii Japanese Food: 36 Days of Type — www.behance.net

Motion designer Roger Roque ID is based his alphabet this year on Japanese cuisine to create this set of charming Kawaii characters.

🍳 UpSide from DesignUp

The second UpSide meetup is on May 1st, and we have a special guest too! RSVP here to join.

Mondrian Walk — www.instagram.com

A side project by Prasanta Kumar Dutta, as a part of #Genuary2021. He says, "A random walk, in Maths, is a process that describes a path in space as a succession of steps. I find math to be really elegant and it has a strong influence on my creative coding work. In Mondrian Walk, I have encoded the position of the walker, length of steps, turning points, and color."

Stay cool and stay inspired,

@jdallcaps and @soosixty