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Sketching for UX Newsletter Issue #34 - my favorite design resources I discovered last month (September, 2025)
Hey dear subscriber,
This issue is about
a sketchnote of my favorite Dive Club episode about AI Design Patterns with Vitaly Friedman and
AI Literacy for designers - Part 1 (new sketch)
10 +1 design resources I loved the most in September
✏️ Beyond Chat: What’s Next for AI Design Patterns
Here is my sketchnote of my all time favorite episode of the Dive Club podcast: Beyond Chat: What’s Next for AI Design Patterns — Vitaly Friedman & Michael Riddering explore how might we help users specify intent better.
Read my summary of the episode.
If you liked this episode, you should consider attending Vitaly’s Design Patterns For AI Interfaces workshop (I have already registered! :) )
✏️ AI Literacy for designers — Part 1 (newest sketch)
Some of you asked for AI topics, so here is the first one, I hope you’ll enjoy it! And as always, I’m going to publish a more detailed article, too, you’ll find it here soon.
✏️ Favorite resources
Here are my favorite discoveries of September, 2025:
#1 How to create a typographic hierarchy
”It tells them what to look at first, what to skim, and what to remember. Done right, it’s seamless. Done wrong, it can be extremely confusing.”
#2 How can AI UI capture intent? by
”Exploring contextual prompt patterns that capture user intent as it is typed”
#3 Taste Is Now Our Scarcest Asset by FIELD.IO
”Taste begins and ends with people. Machines can amplify output, but they cannot replace the human capacity to judge what resonates and what feels empty. The role of any system should be to support this judgment, never to erase it.”
A related article I liked: Taste vs. empathy by
#4 AI UX Patterns by Luke Bennis
”An exploration of the UX design patterns applicable to designing effective experiences for AI.”
#5 Loadmo.re by Kim Lê Boutin
”A selection of unconventional web references. It collects distinctive mobile experiences as a living archive for design inspiration.”
#6 When UX dad meets board games for kids by Ke Lyu
”…excellent children’s board games are essentially tangible user experience journeys.”
A related resource I love: Stephen P. Anderson: What Boardgames Can Teach Us About Designing Experiences (a talk from Amuse UX Conference 2017)
(Btw. I’m a huge board game geek, I have been collecting and playing games for decades, let me know in the comments if you are also passionate about board games :) ).
#7 UX scenarios + GenAI by
Using AI for ideation, UX scenarios, and the value of world-building in UX design
Video lecture: Using Generative AI to improve UX Scenarios
#8 Most viral website of 2025 - Behind-the-scenes with the designer — Dive Club episode by
”Cory Watilo absolutely broke social media with the release of the new Posthog website”
#9 Why Confetti Celebrations Backfire (and How to Make Them Work) by
”It’s intended to be a motivational slingshot, nudging users into another action. But it’s often timed poorly and feels like a cheap gimmick.”
A related sketch: Designing for emotional highs & lows
Btw. great new tools have been added to the Built for Mars universe:
BFM’s new Figma plugin: Your UX Assistant
#10 everyday ux by Jess Eddy
Concise posts, actionable insights/tips, and ready-to-use resources for your everyday UX work.
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