Monday thoughts. Yes, I do sometimes think on a Monday evening. 😁 ✍ 👻 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? Something has been bothering me for a long time when I look at how we design digital experiences. We often try to 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. We map familiar gestures onto interfaces. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹

Last week, the world lost 𝐘𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐢 𝐊𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐚. I lost a companion in painting. 😥 Some will remember her as crazy. Others as an extraordinary artist. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦. Like Jackson Pollock liberated the gesture in painting, Yayoi Kusama seemed to liberate the artist from the frame itself. For more than 30 years, she has influenced my own painting. I was and I still am fascinated by all her work and not only the pol

Three years ago, I wrote an article about the importance of gestures in interface design. At the time, my conviction was simple: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚. Today, I think AI is taking this one step further. I've noticed something about myself recently. When I search on Google, I no longer type keywords. 🗣️ I ask complete questions. ❓ Almost like writing a prompt. 🧠 I don't think ab