People still have bodies
Hands, eyes, attention, fatigue, the distance a thumb can reach. Every interface and every building still meets a body at some point, and the body has not been updated.
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What won’t change
What endures, whatever builds the thing.
Updated
The tools change every year. The people on the other side of the work change very slowly.
Someone still decides what is worth making
Generation answers “how”. It does not answer “whether”. Deciding what deserves to exist, and taking responsibility for it, remains the centre of the job.
Trust is still earned slowly
People trust a product the way they trust a person: through consistency over time. A system that can change its interface overnight still has to earn trust at the same old speed.
Context is still local
A site, a culture, a regulation, a neighbourhood. Global models produce global answers, and the designer’s knowledge of a particular place and particular people becomes more valuable, not less.
Version history
- v0.2Added notes on trust and on local context.
- v0.1First notes gathered.