PinnedLauren LissinUX CollectiveStress-testing AI-imagined art — or “your mother is a tracer”I used machine learning to teach myself embroidery, and it helped me remember what humans are good at: editing.5 min read·Mar 18, 2023--11--11
Lauren LissinUX CollectiveWhat do Content and Paperclips have in common?Swap out “paperclips” for “content” and playing 2017’s Universal Paperclips Game shoves you right into the uncanny valley.·6 min read·Apr 7, 2023--1--1
Lauren LissGenerational Loss and Feature DriftWe change over time, but is it always towards progress? A look at the history of the embroidery hoop from a product design perspective.·3 min read·Mar 29, 2023----
Lauren LissEulogy for A Can OpenerThis Kuhn-Rikon Can Opener was my go-to example for explaining the concept of “learnability” in product design.4 min read·Mar 22, 2023----
Lauren LissAbandoning code, abandoning creativity, and rememberingHave you ever done some version of this? You have an idea, probably loosely based in some other idea, and then you try to make something…4 min read·May 19, 2022--1--1
Lauren LissChoices have consequences. Choice is a privilege.TLDR: This is a dense read. That is because it is also an Index to a Choose Your Own Adventure, if you choose to read it that way. Also…7 min read·May 3, 2022----
Lauren LissBeing a teacher makes me a better designerBesides being a parent, I am also a working parent. If you happen to have lived the last [to date] 778 days in the exquisite state of…5 min read·May 1, 2022----
Lauren LissCan we stop promoting “fun alcoholism” as “self-care” please?I bet we most of us have a story that is similar to this one. You are just living your life, a person that has been fundamentally changed…2 min read·May 1, 2022----
Lauren LissBeing a parent makes me a better designerThe best and most complicated things I have learned about human-centered design are typically situated in parenting. Nothing forces you to…3 min read·Apr 29, 2022--3--3