UND - Episode 8

Unrequested design news

How beautiful is the new Swiss passport? It's uncommon to see such a powerful design in an institutional object.

How's it going with Vibe coding? I've tried a few things myself, and it didn't go that badly. Of course, maintenance is still tricky, but I think it will become easier in the future.

The return of UX generalists – what do you think? Personally, I believe it's always been this way, especially in startups.

Unrequested UX/UI mini-lessons

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Making a user flow from scratch can be a bit… slow.
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3. Use AI to help your ideas → Click the sparkle icon “Generate ideas” and MAGIC.

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I'm Alessandra Stagno, a Lead Product Designer from Italy, now based in the Netherlands, with over 8 years of experience in Product Design – not the physical kind, though. The UX and UI kind. Yes, because in Italy, people think you make chairs if you say you’re a Product Designer. Never made chairs – unfortunately. But give me a horrible website or software with a questionable user experience, and you’ll find me in a room fixing it, saying: “Oooh! Now it’s clean, and I understand what I’m supposed to do, let’s test it!”