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Josh Clark: AI is your new design material, UX London 2019 from Clearleft on Vimeo.

Machine learning has become available and accessible enough to bring into your everyday work as a day-to-day design material. Like all design materials, machine-generated content, insight, and interaction have a unique grain—a texture that hints at how they want to be used and shaped for best effect. This lively and inspiring talk explores the perspectives and practical techniques that you can use today—like right now—not only to make existing products better but to imagine surprising new services. Refit familiar design and UX process to work with the grain of the algorithm and to help the machines solve real problems without creating new ones. The challenges and opportunities of AI and machine learning are plenty; discover your own influential role, and learn to handle this powerful new design material with care and respect.

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Reid Miles from Greg C on Vimeo.

From my Fall 2010 Digital Design class, based on the work of Blue Note designer Reid Miles.

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MAMMA from Aslak Danbolt on Vimeo.

It’s Christmas Eve, and Synnøve is searching for her drug-addicted daughter Michelle in an almost desolated city. During the course of the night, she'll be forced to make a fateful decision. (Synnøve and Michelle are mother and daughter in real life and play versions of themselves in a story that’s very close to their own lives.)

Cast: Synnøve Muren, Michelle Muren, Aurora Gaczek, Maren Sennels Jenssen, Ole Victor Corral.

Writer & director: Aslak Danbolt Cinematographer: Lukasz Zamaro Editor: Mathias Hamre Askeland Sound: Fanny Wadman Sound Design & Mix: Carl Svensson Production Design: Kristian Lahn Vestby Make-up: Hannah Ortner Costume: Elise Nystad Casting: Vilde Bie VFX: Pål Hoem Sletsjø Colorist: Didrik Bråten Poster Design: Jakob Vege Line Producer: Mari Ellefsæter

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In And Out Of Style from Clearleft on Vimeo.

It’s an exciting time for CSS! It feels like new features are being added every day. And yet, through it all, CSS has managed to remain an accessible language for anyone making websites. Is this an inevitable part of the design of CSS? Or has CSS been formed by chance? Let’s take a look at the history—and some alternative histories—of the World Wide Web to better understand where we are today. And then, let’s cast our gaze to the future!

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Mute Swimmer - Only Child from Michelle Ettlin on Vimeo.

muteswimmer.bandcamp.com video: michelle ettlin

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An introduction to conducting customer interviews from Clearleft on Vimeo.

By Maite Otondo

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OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo.

Buy the feature film PLANETARY: vimeo.com/ondemand/planetary For more info about PLANETARY and Planetary Collective visit weareplanetary.com.

On the 40th anniversary of the famous ‘Blue Marble’ photograph taken of Earth from space, Planetary Collective presents a short film documenting astronauts’ life-changing stories of seeing the Earth from the outside – a perspective-altering experience often described as the Overview Effect.

The Overview Effect, first described by author Frank White in 1987, is an experience that transforms astronauts’ perspective of the planet and mankind’s place upon it. Common features of the experience are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.

‘Overview’ is a short film that explores this phenomenon through interviews with five astronauts who have experienced the Overview Effect. The film also features insights from commentators and thinkers on the wider implications and importance of this understanding for society, and our relationship to the environment.

CAST • EDGAR MITCHELL – Apollo 14 astronaut and founder of the Institute of Noetic Sciences • RON GARAN – ISS astronaut and founder of humanitarian organization Fragile Oasis • NICOLE STOTT – Shuttle and ISS astronaut and member of Fragile Oasis • JEFF HOFFMAN – Shuttle astronaut and senior lecturer at MIT • SHANE KIMBROUGH – Shuttle/ISS astronaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army • FRANK WHITE – space theorist and author of the book ‘The Overview Effect’ • DAVID LOY- philosopher and author • DAVID BEAVER – philosopher and co-founder of The Overview Institute ———- CREW Producer: STEVE KENNEDY Director: GUY REID Editor: STEVE KENNEDY Director of Photography: CHRISTOPHER FERSTAD Original Score: HUMAN SUITS Dubbing Mixer: PATCH MORRISON ———- TECHNICAL INFORMATION Filmed with Canon 5D Mk ii. Additional footage from NASA / ESA archives Duration: 19 minutes ———-

Planetary Collective: planetarycollective.com/ Overview Microsite: overviewthemovie.com/ Human Suits (original score): humansuits.com/

For more information: The Overview Institute: overviewinstitute.org/ Fragile Oasis: fragileoasis.org/

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Lush - A Far From Home Movie from Philip King on Vimeo.

Super 8 footage of Lush filmed 1992 - 1996 by band's bassist Philip King.

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Sonic Lineup from Chris Cannam on Vimeo.

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Get off your island: Aarron Walter, Leading Design New York 2019 from Clearleft on Vimeo.

Why partnership building is the most important design skill

Aarron's team at InVision has a unique perspective—they work with design teams across industries and see where teams stumble and what leads to success. They recently conducted a broad study of design maturity with more than 2,200 companies around the world and saw crisp patterns emerge. Sure, high functioning design teams have their practice and process dialled in, but that’s not what really sets them apart.

The most mature design teams—the ones that create lots of business value and have great influence in their company—are in the habit of building partnerships. In this talk Aarron will share some of the findings from our design maturity study and show how partnerships will get you off the design island that’s been holding you back.

- Presented at Leading Design Conference - leadingdesign.com

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The Design Career Journey: Todd Zaki Warfel, Leading Design 2018 from Clearleft on Vimeo.

Everyone wants to hire great talent. But how do we define great? Does that change over time? How do you know you’re recruiting and hiring the right people? How do you retain and develop talent, giving your team meaning, purpose, and ownership?

In the Design Career Journey, we’ll explore a framework for recruiting, retaining, and developing top talent—including the common question of “Should I go into management?”

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The World-Wide Work from New Adventures on Vimeo.

Presented by Ethan Marcotte at New Adventures, 24th January 2019, Nottingham, UK.

These days, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed. The tech industry is facing a veritable raft of ethical, moral, and political crises. Automation and industrialisation are reshaping our world. And sitting in the middle of all that? You and me. We’re digital designers, we’re developers, we’re product owners. But each day, our work is changing — more quickly than it ever has before.

Here’s the question we have to ask ourselves: what do we want that change to be? In this talk, we’ll look at some of the challenges facing our industry, and ask ourselves: what kind of work do we want to do?

Our website has a page dedicated to Ethan's talk with related resources, reading list, and other material. newadventuresconf.com/2019/coverage/ethan/

Twitter links: twitter.com/beep twitter.com/naconf

Our next event is Thursday 23rd January, 2020. Join our mailing list for updates and early access: newadventuresconf.com/newsletter

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Bill Moggridge in "Objectified" from Film First on Vimeo.

An excerpt from Gary Hustwit's 2009 documentary "Objectified" featuring the late Bill Moggridge (1943-2012). Designer of the first laptop computer, co-founder of IDEO, and ultimately director of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Bill's pioneering work in interaction design has hugely influenced most of the digital devices we now use daily.

In this excerpt from the film, Bill talks about the birth of UX design, the first laptop computer, our relationship with objects over time, and the vintage GMC truck he loved.

Watch the full film here: vimeo.com/ondemand/objectified hustwit.com/objectified

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Life in type by Mark Porter from Web Directions on Vimeo.

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Richard Rutter | Web Typography | CSS Day 2018 from Web Conferences Amsterdam on Vimeo.

Typography is what comes between the author and the reader. This is as true on the web as it is in any other medium. If a text has anything at all significant to say, it needs a typographer’s care, which will in turn be repaid by the reader’s attention. If you design websites or use CSS then you are a typographer whether you know it or not. This talk will give you will give a set of guidelines that deftly combine implement­ation details with typographic theory and set you on the road to designing beautiful and effective responsive typography.

Slides: noti.st/rar/mz1rIY/golden-rules-of-typography-on-the-web About Richard: clagnut.com

More about CSS Day: cssday.nl or twitter.com/cssdayconf Receive updates in your inbox: cssday.nl/subscribe

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Scaling Design & Design Ops Fireside Chat hosted by Jeremy Keith from Clearleft on Vimeo.

Design isn’t a cost. Design is an investment. It’s also an opportunity.

Tackling design ops in order to scale design at your company isn’t about doing more faster. It’s about amplifying the return on investment that design gives you, making you more innovative, adaptable and competitive.

But a word of warning. Getting your ducks in a row in order to grow or scale the design capability at your company should be done with prudence as well as ambition. Because if you scale design in a way that doesn’t truly serve your business, you’ll do more damage in the long run.

Recently, some of us Clearlefties came together to collaborate on a mini content series on the subject. So whether you’re tackling issues around culture, people, process or product, we hope what follows will help you get to grips with the challenge.

First up, Jeremy hosted a Fireside Chat with James Bates, James Box, Chris, Andy T and Rowena. Something of a starter for ten, we covered a range of related topics including design ops, design sprints, the opportunities, risks and pitfalls for businesses, success metrics, the trouble with quantifying design, and the challenge of finding and retaining great design talent.

Discover more at clearleft.com and follow us on Twitter @clearleft to join the conversation.

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We Are Family! I’ve Got All My Variations With Me with David Jonathan Ross from Type@Cooper on Vimeo.

This talk took place in the Rose Auditorium at The Cooper Union as part of Type@Cooper's Herb Lubalin Lecture Series on November 6, 2017. A generous gift from Hoefler & Company made this archived recording possible.

The new OpenType variable font format will redefine what it means to make and use a typeface family; in this new format, a single font file can contain multiple weights, widths, optical sizes, and more! I will discuss the development of type families in the 20th and 21st centuries, and share my own experience creating large series of type. I will illustrate why variable fonts have the potential to influence this creative process, and in doing so how they may affect the relationship between type maker and type user.

David Jonathan Ross draws letters of all shapes and sizes for custom and retail typeface designs. A native of Los Angeles, He began drawing typefaces at Hampshire College and joined The Font Bureau in 2007 where he honed his bézier-wrangling skills. Now he publishes his designs at his own foundry, DJR, as well as working on projects with Type Network and developing display faces for his Font of the Month Club. You’ll find him in Western Massachusetts with his partner Emily and their two dogs, Sophie and Lily.