https://un-design.org/ From Problem-Solving to Purpose-Fulfilling. en https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-14/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-14/ A short day with three verified items, all from 13 October. Apple revised the Developer Program License Agreement, Google Play announced discovery and engagement tools, and Google released an agent-first Android development model. Reported facts come from the vendors' own posts; the readings of what they mean are ours. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-13/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-13/ A quiet 48 hours. Two fresh items from 7 and 9 October carry the issue, plus one dated mobile engineering note. Older items are labelled with their dates. Tue, 13 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/weekly/2026-10-12/ https://un-design.org/issues/weekly/2026-10-12/ A thin week for verified primary news, so five Signal items instead of the usual six to eight, and older items are dated. The thread: design systems are turning into files agents read (DESIGN.md, ProtoPie MCP, a reported Claude Design export), while mobile release work gets crowded by iPhone Duo submissions, Android verification and new store assets. One digest claim, Figma agent general availabil Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-10/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-10/ Store presentation becomes planned release work today. Apple has added header and search assets to App Store Connect, plus an Asset Library that lets teams get visuals approved ahead of use. Behind it sit two NN/G reads on AI context files and what makes an assistant helpful, and a macOS change that tightens consent for Full Disk Access. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-09/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-09/ A platform change with a hard date leads today. Apple has opened submissions for a new iPhone class and made store screenshots mandatory from April 2027. Behind it sit a warning about agentic AI systems that grow without a plan, a reminder that WCAG 3 is still a draft, and a guide to naming things in a design system. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-08/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-08/ A quiet day, so this issue is short. A web standard for vector graphics is back in front of implementers, a design publication offers a guide to naming UI components, and a service design piece asks what changes when the customer is an AI agent. Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-07/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-07/ Design tools are being rebuilt for two audiences at once: people and the agents that read their rules. Figma's agent is now generally available with guideline files it reads on every prompt, Google has open sourced a file format for the same idea, and EU accessibility enforcement is moving by complaint instead of by audit. Wed, 07 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-06/ https://un-design.org/issues/daily/2026-10-06/ Building and granting access have both become cheap, and the checks have not kept up. Agentic setups grow into fragile systems nobody can explain, Apple is adding explicit consent steps in front of broad file access, and AI disclosure remains a judgment call by context. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/issues/weekly/2026-10-03/ https://un-design.org/issues/weekly/2026-10-03/ Building got cheap, and nobody rebuilt the thing that decides what gets built. Design systems trusted by everyone and used by nobody. Agentic stacks grown into mud. Journey insight with no address to go to. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-boy-who-watched-airplanes/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-boy-who-watched-airplanes/ As AI makes creation nearly effortless, the experiences that matter still come down to what you notice. Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/from-surfaces-to-systems-notes-from/ https://un-design.org/essays/from-surfaces-to-systems-notes-from/ I gave a talk at Adobe Summit this week called Making Agentic AI Real: Creative Engineering for Next-Gen CX. Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/ai-gave-us-the-speed-now-what-do/ https://un-design.org/essays/ai-gave-us-the-speed-now-what-do/ For years, the product development life cycle had one predictable friction point: engineering. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-real-cost-of-friction/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-real-cost-of-friction/ We spend so much energy designing value for customers, and so little counting what the friction costs them. Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-post-app-era-has-begun-apple/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-post-app-era-has-begun-apple/ Mini Apps mark an evolution from navigation to intent, from containers to capabilities, and from engagement metrics to human fulfillment. Sun, 07 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-trojan-horse-of-journey-management/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-trojan-horse-of-journey-management/ How journeys expose what organizations don’t want to see, and why un-designing is now a leadership imperative. Sun, 23 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/another-chief-to-the-bonfire/ https://un-design.org/essays/another-chief-to-the-bonfire/ The C-suite solution to C-suite problems. Sun, 16 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/when-respect-breaks-why-fear-doesnt/ https://un-design.org/essays/when-respect-breaks-why-fear-doesnt/ A reflection on leadership and organizational behavior. What respect looks like as a system, not a service. Tue, 11 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-faster-we-go-the-less-we-know/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-faster-we-go-the-less-we-know/ AI’s real crisis isn’t speed. It’s purpose. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/when-every-player-plays-every-position/ https://un-design.org/essays/when-every-player-plays-every-position/ Why design teams need clear positions to win. Mon, 29 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/from-ego-systems-to-eco-systems-why/ https://un-design.org/essays/from-ego-systems-to-eco-systems-why/ Why the smartest people in your organization keep making systemically poor decisions, and how to change the game, not just the players. Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/every-end-is-a-new-beginning/ https://un-design.org/essays/every-end-is-a-new-beginning/ On endings, and what they make room for. Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-words-that-brought-me-home/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-words-that-brought-me-home/ How I found myself again, one sentence at a time. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/were-not-wired-for-thisand-thats/ https://un-design.org/essays/were-not-wired-for-thisand-thats/ On AI, acceleration, and why our fragile biology is actually our competitive advantage. Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/ai-for-the-people-how-switzerland/ https://un-design.org/essays/ai-for-the-people-how-switzerland/ A national model. An open-source rebellion. A democratic moonshot. Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/your-design-is-making-people-anxious/ https://un-design.org/essays/your-design-is-making-people-anxious/ Why every interface is now a mental health decision. Sun, 06 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/i-stopped-performing-for-people-i/ https://un-design.org/essays/i-stopped-performing-for-people-i/ How finding my creative voice outside of work finally freed me from the approval trap. Thu, 03 Jul 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/the-death-of-social-media-kings/ https://un-design.org/essays/the-death-of-social-media-kings/ How Bluesky is quietly dismantling the entire premise of platform ownership, and why it matters. Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/what-the-last-showgirl-taught-me/ https://un-design.org/essays/what-the-last-showgirl-taught-me/ I didn’t expect The Last Showgirl to hit so close to home. Sun, 29 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://un-design.org/essays/why-your-innovation-strategy-is-backwards/ https://un-design.org/essays/why-your-innovation-strategy-is-backwards/ Most companies are trying to build the future on foundations designed for the past. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000