Twice Nigeria's No. 1 Product Designer: Who Is Eno-obong Akpan?
A Vanguard headline names Eno-obong Akpan twice Nigeria's No. 1 product designer after an engineering start — but names no ranking body, method, or dates.
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A Medium Guide Maps Product Design Survival for 2026–27
A Medium guide titled “How to Survive as a Product Designer in 2026–27” frames the next two years as a passag…
DFA Design for Asia Awards 2026 Names Its Winners
The DFA Design for Asia Awards 2026 has unveiled its winners, marking another cycle of the Hong Kong Design C…
IIT Delhi Opens Applications for Six-Month UX Design Certificate
IIT Delhi has opened applications for a six-month UX Design certificate programme aimed at working professionals seekin…
Manisha Gupta Joins Atlassian as Design Leader
Atlassian has appointed Manisha Gupta to a design leadership role, BW People reports. The company has not yet detailed…
Boston University Launches Its First Human Centered Design Degree
Boston University's College of Communication will launch the university's first degree program in Human Centered Design…
MICA Turns UX Into a Degree: Art School Launches Bachelor of Design
Maryland Institute College of Art has launched a Bachelor of Design in UX, turning a field most practitioners enter sid…
Psychological Ownership: Designers Who Own the Wrong Things Burn Out
Ownership makes designers more motivated and satisfied — but attached to the wrong things, the same drive fuels underpe…
Tokyo Coined the Design Engineer Role. Carlos Lastres on Why So Few Work There
Tokyo named the design engineer role, yet employs few of them. Design engineer Carlos Lastres attributes the shortage t…
Klaviyo cuts roles in design and product departments
Klaviyo has eliminated positions in its design and product departments. The company has not disclosed headcount figures…
Snap's Design Hiring Chief: Portfolios Beat Credentials
Snap's director of product design says she ignores degrees and evaluates candidates purely on what they have built. Shi…