Ari ZilnikinUX CollectiveTake-home design challenges don’t work — here’s how to fix themYou’re a hotshot designer. A cutting-edge tech startup is courting you to come join them to build the future of whatever industry. You’ve…Jan 15, 2019Jan 15, 2019
Ari ZilnikA handy guide to sending your luggage to the airport in JapanJapan is nicely set up for hands-free travel. You can still bring stuff home without needing to be sweaty and gross. This guide will help.Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
Ari ZilnikAmerica is ready for the bidet.Our friends in Europe and Asia have been doing it right for decades. In silence, without so much as a whisper, our cousins across the pond…Jun 13, 20181Jun 13, 20181
Ari ZilnikinPrototyprI’m learning to code (#3) — Frameworks and fundamentalsThis story is part of a series on my experience learning to code at Recurse Center. Go here to start reading from the very beginning.May 1, 2018May 1, 2018
Ari ZilnikI’m learning to code (#2) — Quantity leads to qualityThis story is part of a series on my experience learning to code at Recurse Center. Go here to start reading from the very beginning.Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
Ari ZilnikI’m learning to code (#1)—IntroductionThe last few years have been non-stop. I guess that’s a given, seeing as that’s how time seems to work. But my story was basically college…Apr 5, 20181Apr 5, 20181
Ari ZilnikDesign notes from the Snapchat Spectacles shop in New YorkMonday morning. November 21, 2016. 6:00 am EST. New York City wakes up to a new shop right off of Fifth Avenue, built without the public…Nov 23, 20162Nov 23, 20162
Ari ZilnikUX design for finance is secretly awesomeFinance is ripe with UX design opportunities. The possibilities are simply lost in confusing language, lots of numbers, and dense charts on…Nov 15, 20162Nov 15, 20162
Ari ZilnikinChatbots MagazineDesigning a Chatbot’s PersonalityGuiding conversations, tracking points, and reacting to users were all part of the process.Nov 8, 20161Nov 8, 20161
Ari ZilnikPatience, young KanyeI love design and hip hop — I’m really happy to be able to write about these two worlds of mine colliding.Mar 2, 20162Mar 2, 20162
