Adoption
UK hiring managers want fewer, deeper case studies
UK design hiring is leaning harder on fewer, deeper case studies that show reasoning, not just polished screens. Portfolio quality is beating portfolio quantity.
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Digest for Friday 4 September 2026
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- Established
Continuous discovery beats big-bang research sprints
Teresa Torres' continuous discovery model — small, weekly touches with users instead of one big research phase — is still the method most product teams reach for. It's not new, but it's the one that's stuck.
uxdesign.cc
- Established
Material 3 Expressive shows tokens are the new UI kit
Google's Material 3 Expressive pushed design tokens further into the mainstream, treating theming as data rather than static styles. Tokens are now table stakes for a serious design system.
material.io
- Adoption
Figma Make: AI turns your Figma file into working code
Figma Make translates a Figma file into a working prototype using Claude, rather than just static screens. It's shipped and iterating, but it's an assist, not autopilot.
figma.com
- Adoption
AI design automation grows up, but needs guardrails
AI is now baked into everyday design automation, not just chatbots. Stantec's take says the real work in 2026 is building governance around it, not just adopting the tools.
stantec.com