Product Design - Attila Ando

llustration of an AI-powered design operations system connecting prompting, design systems, workflow automation, quality governance, and team collaboration.

22 June 2026

34 min read

Why Design Distribution Will Shape AI Transformation

Summary: This article explains why AI adoption in product design is not...

AI AI Leadership Design Ops

Split-view illustration showing a disciplined design process on one side and a costly chaotic product workflow on the other, representing how leadership decisions affect design cost.

17 June 2026

16 min read

Design Has a Price: You Decide How High It Goes

For the people who own the trade-offs. Summary: Design cost is not...

Design Ops

Illustration of a designer standing under a spotlight while stakeholders challenge ideas, representing design credibility, influence, and professional confidence.

9 June 2026

11 min read

Designer Credibility: 3 Patterns That Undermine Influence

Summary: Most designers believe they are being dismissed when their work gets...

Design Ops

Split illustration of a person standing between a rigid structured path and a fluid organic path, representing process versus framework in design teams.

25 May 2026

9 min read

Process Is What You Do When You Don't Trust Judgment

Summary: Most design teams debate how much structure they need, but they...

Design Ops

Team reviewing a whiteboard full of confusing feature estimates, deadline pressure, and planning errors, representing design work built on a broken foundation.

21 May 2026

17 min read

Good Design on a Broken Foundation: Check What You're Standing On

Summary: Most designers underestimate redesigns and feature additions not because they’re bad...

Design Strategy

Designer surrounded by stakeholders holding business value, delivery plan, and policy risk documents, representing design influence and the risk of overreach.

5 April 2026

20 min read

When design gains influence, the next risk is overreach

Summary: This article explores one of the biggest risks that appears when...

Design Strategy

Abstract illustration of a designer moving a vision through approval gates, supported by storytelling, business framing, risk awareness, and organizational decision paths.

17 February 2026

14 min read

From Vision to Approval - Move to work through organizations, and how design leaders shape decisions

Summary: This article explains how senior designers and Heads of Design move...

Design Ops

Person facing a digital interface with a glowing question mark and warning icon, representing uncertainty and broken trust in AI products.

28 January 2026

10 min read

How Guessing Breaks Trust in AI-Driven Products

Summary: This article explains how trust breaks down in AI-driven products when...

AI Design Strategy

Split-screen illustration comparing a blank AI prompt box with a guided prompt interface, representing recognition over recall in AI UX design.

22 January 2026

21 min read

Recognition Over Recall: Applying Core UX Principles to AI Interfaces

Summary: This article explains how the classic UX principle of recognition over...

AI AI Leadership Design Strategy

Split-screen illustration showing a validated UX process on one side and a chaotic decision system on the other, representing the cost of AI-driven UX choices.

6 January 2026

14 min read

The Falling Cost of UX with AI, and the Rising Cost of Wrong Choices

Summary: This article explains how AI and mature design tools are reducing...

AI AI Leadership Design Strategy