Signals
A curated feed for designers, leaders, and makers surfacing early signals shaping products and systems.
Signal Transmission #10

Starting a business is an ego death for designers
When you’re employed, it’s easy to blame PMs who “don’t listen to designers”, the company for not being “design-driven”, and executives for not giving you a seat at the table. When you start a business, all of that disappears. All these obstacles, real or imaginary, are gone. You probably think this is when you finally feel unchained and reach the design nirvana.
SubstackArtiom Dashinsky

The Designer's Essential Skills for Claude Code: Your Installation Checklist
Sorted PixelsTommaso Nervegna

Luis Ouriach - How are design systems changing?
Dive ClubMichael Riddering & Luis Ouriach
Signal Transmission #9

Product Designers Are Not Being Replaced. They Are Being Sorted.
The question was never whether AI replaces you. The question is which side of the split you end up on.
BootcampMuhammad Dani Asyrofi

The 2026 shortlist: 11 design trends that are about to go mainstream
Zalando DesignZalando Product Design

This is how I use AI for Design Systems at Monday.com
Sneak PeekJayneil Dalal & Elad Mizrahi







