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Ed Orozco

Honest feels on AI slop

I wrote this for myself on 2025–05–01.

Oct 21

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Oct 21

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The world is more complex than ever.

Making life less complex should be every designer’s mantra for the next decade.

Oct 6

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Oct 6

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Making useful filters

Filters can make or break your UX, and designing them is not as straightforward as you might think.

Sep 27

Two venn diagrams, the one of the left has the intersection highlighted in orange and the word “AND”. the other diagram is fully colored in orange with the word “OR”

Sep 27

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Making Figma and Notion play ball

A flexible workflow to convert text layers in Figma into Notion databases.

Sep 7

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Sep 7

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Raycast for designers

Not all design happens in Figma.

Aug 23

Aug 23

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Great products are made by small teams of specialists

From Wright Brothers to the iPhone, small teams of specialists are consistently responsible for radically innovative products

Aug 14

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Aug 14

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How to sell the European Accessibility Act to your boss

Yet another reason to invest in accessibility, but this time, it can impact the bottom line

Jul 23

A vector illustration of 5 stars arching over the bottom half. The center star is bright yellow. Above it, there’s a gel pill featuring the letters EEA. — Illustration by Ed Orozco

Jul 23

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The solo designer: One seat, all the hats

It will teach you everything you need, if you survive.

Jun 23

A vector illustration of a chair in isometric perspective casting a long shadow. Illustration by Ed Orozco.

Jun 23

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The zero-to-one research

Why big tech B2B research doesn’t work for your startup.

May 23

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May 23

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Upskill your communication

If you can’t articulate your value without buzzwords, how will you advocate for design in front of stakeholders?

Apr 26

A comicbook-style image of a man with a lightbulb over his head and the word INTUITION. Generated by ChatGPT, prompted by Ed Orozco.

Apr 26

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Designer by trade, writer by the way · opinions are everybody's ∼ edorozco.com

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