The State of UX in 2023: A vibe shift is coming

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In culture, as well as in design, things sometimes change at an accelerated pace, and a once-dominant social wavelength can suddenly start to feel dated. The year 2023 brings the culmination of various changes in the realms of technology, behavior, and society that have been underway since before COVID. As designers, instead of simply flocking from one new thing to the next, this is the time to think critically about the direction our industry is heading — and the path we want to walk ourselves.



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Allison P. Davis, Sean Monahan, Roger Lee, Alex Wilhelm, Nathaniel Mott, Jeff Goldschrafe, Jim Harter, Matthias Dittrich, Chuánqí Sun, Jan Takacs, Jennifer Elias, Kathryn Moody, Elizabeth Dwoskin, Faiz Siddiqui, Gerrit De Vynck, Jeremy B. Merrill, Isa Watson, Sarah Todd, Jennifer Faull, Chris Ashby, Mahan Mehrvarz, Shannon Rhodes, Nat Rubio-Licht, Michelle Ma, Garron Engstrom, Aly Blenkin, Chuck Rice, Jerry Chang, Fedora Devena, John Cutler, Jiri Mocicka, Michael Mignano, Vasudha Mamtani, Zizi Papacharissi, Rachel Hawley, Luciano Infanti, Nathan Baschez, Douglas Rushkoff, Ahmed Hamoudy, Drew Harwell, Daley Wilhelm, Celine Lenoble, David Serrault, Antonio Cao, Darren Yeo, Teisanu Tudor, Alen Faljic, Molly White, Thor, Jenny Odell, Arjun Kharpal, Ryan Browne, Jeff Horwitz, Salvador Rodriguez, Meghan Bobrowsky, Liron Shapira.
We dedicate this project to all the readers, authors, and friends of the UX Collective. Thank you for another year.

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