Miroslav (Mirko)

Buddy, u aren't gonna get killed because AI went evil, ur gonna get killed because an AI robot traffic cone placement robot thought u looked like a traffic cone

Three more fantastic talks from #DMMexico23 by: • Information Designer & Data Artist @Altiziana • @MiroslavAzis, Design Principal at IBM Experience Ecosystem, discussing #terraforming • @pablostanley from @humankindArt and CEO of @buenonft Photo credit: @centro_news

@bencallahan likewise! thanks for giving such a wonderful talk! and so awesome to meet someone else in design with an impeccable taste in denim :)

@MiroslavAzis So fantastic to meet you in NOLA! Hope to see you again sometime!

@eleanorbartosh 💕 may our employer overlords never bother to read our slack threads 🥹

Come see me in January 🖤

@Adam_Cutler @visualnotepad Point being: designers DO need to not only understand “the business” because it means being able to see when the ppl within it are shooting themselves in the foot…and of course to also identify when the needs “the business” is at odds with the needs of a society, etc.

@visualnotepad @MiroslavAzis The business is as much of a “user” as our actual users are. To actively ignore or brush off understanding business needs make us a part of the problem instead of a part of the solution. @MiroslavAzis , your take is quite cynical, no?

“designers need to understand business” is often code for “designers need to accept that these meaningless numbers need to go up for the VP to earn his bonus”

@Adam_Cutler @visualnotepad The opposite. Internal stakeholder req inherited from misguided/legacy/exploitative incentives ≠ actual business + customer requirements. So much change work = finding daring leaders or helping checked out cynical stakeholders find safety/courage to overcome their own system.

Often people think design systems are a big ui kit. Think of it like this: Design = decision System = governance @MiroslavAzis and Jeannie Servaas #WDSW2022 #UXYall2022

this holiday season i’m thankful that Zillow, DocuSign and Apple Pay haven’t partnered up yet, can you IMAGINE 💸 💸💸

@eleanorbartosh HAHA

there is still hope in this world

its kinda amazing: juneteenth is gonna be a federal holiday for reasons teachers won't be allowed to explain to their students out of fear critical race theory backlash

@eleanorbartosh me except my article is about how the fungus in my coffee mug is on the cusp of developing primitive language

Plus the harmful colonial imposition of Design Thinking: Empathise > Define > Ideate > Prototype > Test. On folks who have been doing this in much more direct, situated and rapid manner for years, but without the sophisticated language and selling skills to international donors.

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When people think of solutions, they tend to overlook those that involve removing parts of a system. This bias towards adding, may help explain creeps of features in software, regulation in policy, hiring in organizations, etc. nature.com/articles/d4158…