Taking a bit of a reality check on how empathic you really are and for whom can help make you a more effective designer, not just an idealistic one.

Every time you start drawing a doodle, a machine learning algorithm tries to finish it and match the category you've selected.

It was a good year. I periodically have flashbacks to working in Photoshop, and it gives me anxiety. Never again, never forget. It makes me happy to think young designers may never know that pain.

Automatic background removal that works almost frighteningly well — would be great for product images shot in a DIY studio setting.

Google's annual review highlighting the year’s noteworthy design projects.