Trends Report 2026
Read the first annual trends report written by Dan Silveira for the Strategic Foresight Guild. This year-long study explored the emerging signals and key trends that shaped technology in 2025 for product teams and strategists to develop stronger product strategies for the year ahead.
The Design-Knowledge Framework
Discover a new framework for structuring AI prompts using established design principles and contextual understanding. The Design-Knowledge Framework teaches AI tools to follow the same critical thinking process designers use, moving beyond pattern-matching to produce outputs grounded in human-centered design thinking.
The Fog of Now
Explore how organizations become so fixated on present-day customer needs and agile sprint cycles that they lose sight of emerging futures. This article argues for layering strategic foresight methodologies onto agile practices, enabling teams to develop future-oriented visions guided by emerging trends rather than optimizing solely for the present.
We're Surrounded by Signals, Now What?
While we're all natural signal-gatherers, organizations fail to harness this collective intelligence because knowledge remains siloed within subject matter experts. This article provides a practical framework for documenting and organizing signals into a Central Signal Repository, enabling teams to spot emerging trends before they fully materialize.
A Brief Guide to Creating a UI Style Guide
Creating a UI style guide takes time but will help you streamline the design process and keep all team members aligned as you design new products. If you’re developing a style guide for your design team, this article has all the information you’ll need to get started.
Design Inspiration for UX and UI Workflows
One of the most difficult parts of being a designer is when you receive a brand-new project but have no idea how to get started. That’s why it’s vital for all designers, no matter their level of experience, to maintain a list of places to visit for design inspiration.
Empathy | A UX Perspective
We as UX Designers are curious by nature. We often spend our time thinking of questions and exploring new ways to better understand the people we build products for.
What is the Unity Principle of Design?
Unity is the principle of design that unifies all other principles within a piece of work, allowing each individual element to coexist with one another to form an aesthetically pleasing design.