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A scan of current London design job listings shows a heavy skew toward Senior, Lead and Principal Product Designer titles, with fewer entry-level roles advertised directly. That's a real pattern worth planning around, not a reason to panic.
uiuxjobsboard.com
Nielsen Norman Group's ongoing research keeps reinforcing that structured usability testing beats AI-generated assumptions about users. AI can speed up synthesis, but it can't replace watching real people struggle with your interface.
nngroup.com
Design Systems News coverage shows tokens (colour, spacing, type as structured data) have moved from edge-case practice to expected baseline for any real design system. If your system doesn't have tokens yet, that's the gap worth flagging.
designsystems.news
Penpot's own comparison page argues its open-source, self-hostable model beats Figma on data control and pricing predictability for enterprise teams. It's Penpot's marketing, so weigh the pitch against Figma's still-dominant plugin ecosystem.
penpot.app
Stantec's design automation lead says AI is moving from single-task speedups to redesigning entire workflows, letting non-coders build automation. That's a real operational shift for design teams, not just a research demo.
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