PinnedEmily KuretThe Case for Intellectual LonelinessI recently had lunch with a dear friend — one of those friends that you start with the obligatory “what’s new since I last saw you (four…May 25311May 25311
PinnedEmily KuretinUX CollectiveMetaverse, you’re cringe (right now)We’re going to start with The Canned-Food Phenomenon. Yeah I made that up. But bear with me.Jan 26, 202313Jan 26, 202313
PinnedEmily KuretLife after burnoutMoving from burnout, to existential crisis, and back into life as a design leader.Sep 19, 20219Sep 19, 20219
PinnedEmily KuretinUX CollectiveUnderstanding why you’re not happy at workApplying the Hierarchy of NeedsOct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Emily KuretinBetter ProgrammingWork Isn’t Working for WomenRecounting a box-ticking, DEI nightmare of a meetingMar 11, 202337Mar 11, 202337
Emily KuretDesign feels irrelevant these daysI can’t help but feel like design is in a crisis. It’s restless, agitated, and uncomfortable at worst. At best, it’s irrelevant.Aug 16, 20222Aug 16, 20222
Emily KuretinUX CollectiveThe instability of the 3-legged UX stoolFor all of you in the UX field, you have probably been exposed to and used the 3-legged stool of user experience.May 2, 20201May 2, 20201
Emily KuretinPrototyprDefining yourself as a designer, when we can’t even define design.As designers, we work in a field that I will argue has the most ambiguous titles of all professions. With every new definition and…Jul 5, 2019Jul 5, 2019
Emily KuretinPrototyprAssessing Your (Design’s) ImpactA few years ago, I attended a guest lecture by a professor from Emily Carr. She talked about throwing design process out the window and…Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019
Emily KuretinPrototyprWhy are designers so critical?The Tetris effect (also known as Tetris Syndrome) occurs when people devote so much time and attention to an activity that it begins to…Sep 26, 20183Sep 26, 20183