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The AI Factory has No Design Department
#056: The Agile Manifesto was written without a designer in the room, and we spent 25 years retrofitting ourselves into the result. It's happening again…
Aug 5
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Justin Delabar
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July 2026
Why AI Can Never Be Truly Creative
#055: Human emotion drives creative divergence and empathy is what makes it work. A machine can imitate both but possesses neither.
Jul 31
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Justin Delabar
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Flock's Frictionless Dragnet
#054: What a hundred thousand cameras and a single search box reveal about surveillance, the design of consent, and the importance of intentional…
Jul 22
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Justin Delabar
Between Patterns and Pages
#053: On sections, shared vocabulary, and why the best thing you can do for a design system taxonomy is sometimes cut a word.
Jul 15
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Justin Delabar
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Load-Bearing Paperwork
#052: What a buckling Manhattan high-rise reveals about why governance systems pass every check right up until the thing they govern fails.
Jul 8
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Justin Delabar
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A Very Comfortable Extinction
#051: What a 1968 experiment tells us about abundance, the criticality of purpose, and the transition to an AI-enabled future.
Jul 2
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Justin Delabar
June 2026
A Design System You Can Drive
#50: We've spent years debating whether design systems free designers or handcuff them. A $25K truck makes the answer feel clear.
Jun 27
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Justin Delabar
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April 2026
Your Career OS is a Living System
#049: The system only works if you allow it to grow and evolve. The final part of Design Your Next Move.
Apr 27
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Justin Delabar
Filters, Skills, and Your Influence Network
#048: The decision-making tools that keep you focused on your design career vision. Part 8 of Design Your Next Move.
Apr 15
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Justin Delabar
Write Your Career Vision
#047: Strip away the shoulds and find what actually energizes you. Part 7 of Design Your Next Move.
Apr 13
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Justin Delabar
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The Career Lattice
#046: Why the future of design careers looks more like a network than a ladder. Part 6 of Design Your Next Move.
Apr 10
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Justin Delabar
Make the Invisible Visible
#045: The work nobody sees is often the most valuable work that you do. Part 5 of Design Your Next Move.
Apr 8
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Justin Delabar
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