Matthew Ström
Matt Ström
New York, NY, United States
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Design-by-wire
There’s a lot of fear in the air. As AI gets better at design, it’s natural for designers to be worried about their jobs. But I think the question — will AI replace designers? — is a waste of time. Humans have always invented technology to do their work for them and will continue to do so as long as we exist. Let’s use our curiosity and creativity to imagine how technology will help us be… → Read More
What it means to design a platform
How interfaces, incentives, emergence, and second-order thinking make platforms a unique design opportunity → Read More
Ballet dancers and shot putters
Why design isn’t always creative, and why that isn’t always a bad thing → Read More
Generative art Open Graph preview images
Generative art Open Graph preview images October 29, 2022 · 17 min read I like writing and sharing essays on twitter. I especially like the way the link previews look when they have images that stand out in the timeline. In the past, I’ve created illustrations for each of my posts. But I have two problems: 1. Creating illustrations takes time, and 2. I’m not good at it. Fortunately, Zach… → Read More
Beauty in the machine: Post-industrial design
Has design become boring? Or is it just harder to notice? → Read More
How to pick the least wrong colors
An algorithm for creating color palettes for data visualization → Read More
Functions and the future of design systems
A new paradigm powering the next generation of design systems → Read More
Pictures of websites
A scene from the 2001 movie Zoolander1: INT. THE PALATIAL OFFICE OF FASHION MOGUL JACOBIM MUGATU (PLAYED BY WILL FERRELL) MUGATU desperately wants to hire DEREK ZOOLANDER (PLAYED BY BEN STILLER). MUGATU has prepared an employment offer that ZOOLANDER can’t refuse. MUGATU crosses his cavernous office to a small display stand, covered in a red velvet drape. MUGATU Without much further ado, I give… → Read More
The service-based design org
How my approach to building a design team is changing → Read More
Copying is the way design works
What exists in the space between riffing and ripping → Read More
The things of everyday design
Understanding affordances leads to better conversations about design → Read More
Collaborative design research
Deepen your design partnerships by researching together → Read More
Building Serverless GraphQL API in Node with Express and Netlify
I’ve always wanted to build an API, but was scared away by just how complicated things looked. I’d read a lot of tutorials that start with “first, install → Read More
People alignment vs. purpose alignment
When too much alignment goes wrong, and how to seek the right kind of alignment → Read More
The paradox at the heart of A/B testing
The fundamental ideas of A/B tests contain a contradiction that calls their value into question. → Read More
Learning How to See
Seeing is to designing as listening is to writing. → Read More
Intuition vs. Data
In a data-driven world, learn when to trust your intuition → Read More
What Google Search Shows Us About the Future of Product Design
From the day it launched 21 years ago, Google Search has been a case study in remarkable design. By studying its past and present, we can get a hint at what the future of product design will look like. → Read More
Using Netlify Forms and Netlify Functions to Build an Email Sign-Up Widget
Building and maintaining your own website is a great idea. Not only do you own your platform, but you get to experiment with web technologies along the → Read More
4 Ingredients for Great Digital Products – Matthew Ström –
John refers to Samin Nosrat’s fantastic cookbook, Salt Fat Acid Heat, and poses a fantastic question: as Nosrat provides a simple list of essential ingredients for any great meal, can we describe a… → Read More