Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 06/10/2026I can't get sick today, I must drive shareholder value 000
Reposted by Justin DelabarMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Me when my parents rented DEEP IMPACT from Blockbuster 1348852947
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 01/10/2026The new Saves the Day single actively holding my shiiii together todaystatic.klipy.comTobey Maguire's Spider-Man 2 Train SceneALT: Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man 2 Train Scene 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 05/09/2026The prologue of The Blood of Dawnwalker is a masterclass of writing and world building. Calling it "inspired by Witcher 3" isn't inaccurate, but is a massive disservice. I'm truly blown away so far. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 25/08/2026Major progress made on the personalized home experience. Avg load time <1 second on decent broadband. Also, the Playstyle-based recommendations module now supports near real-time updates based on user feedback. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 25/08/2026Getting closer to the Gamefeels beta launch. Loving how these "feel collection" cards have come together. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 23/08/2026Late stage capitalism in a single screenshot: you just want dark mode so ESPN stops burning your retinas and its Settings page is like, nah, how about some sports betting though? 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 22/08/2026Maybe Tottenham should've taken the relegation last year. 😅 Losing 3-0 to Brentford after 55 mins is mental. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 14/08/2026My feed is 90% Instagram logotype redesign takes, which makes me want to defenestrate myself. It looks fine, albeit more boring, and doesn't matter when Meta is training its LLM models without consent and continues to destroy society. Find something meaningful to care about instead. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 06/08/2026Hi! I'm building something new with a small team. If you're a gamer and struggle to figure out what to pick up next, may I suggest Gamefeels? We're exploring emotion-based game discovery that beats the storefront algos. Launching soon, and you can sign up to be notified now: www.gamefeels.appgamefeels.appgamefeels — coming soongamefeels matches games to how you want to feel. Coming soon. 110
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 03/08/2026Spent part of the weekend trying to revive skeuomorphic design. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 01/08/2026LLMs will never be truly creative because they lack what we have: emotion, empathy, and lived experience. Emotion knocks you off the well-worn path, wired to your own memories and griefs. Your creative engine is your biography. More on the newsletter: www.systemsandsignals.co/p/why-ai-can...systemsandsignals.coWhy AI Can Never Be Truly Creative#055: Human emotion drives creative divergence and empathy is what makes it work. A machine can imitate both but possesses neither. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 03/07/2026The result of my latest ADHD fixation: An essay on what a 1968 mouse utopia can teach about AI, the job market, and purpose. Yeah, I dunno man. I just type what the brain tells me. www.systemsandsignals.co/p/a-very-com...systemsandsignals.coA Very Comfortable Extinction#051: What a 1968 experiment tells us about abundance, the criticality of purpose, and the transition to an AI-enabled future. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 26/06/2026Steam: Hey, just saw you bought head tracking software for flight sims. You must be a foot freak, right? 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 23/06/2026My Lyft driver is vibe coding an app while driving. Wish me luck.static.klipy.comTim Robinson: What Have They Done To Us?ALT: Tim Robinson: What Have They Done To Us? 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 12/06/2026I wonder how Comrade Curry feels about the SpaceX IPO.static.klipy.comTim Curry's Iconic 'Space Corrupt' MemeALT: Tim Curry's Iconic 'Space Corrupt' Meme 020
Reposted by Justin DelabarMatthew Highton @matthighton.bsky.social · 07/05/2026I legit love the new Star Fox character designs. 14844184
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 07/04/2026One of my team members is of Iranian descent. The American president threatening civilizational genocide is not a topic in the leadership handbook. This is beyond insanity. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 06/04/2026Wrote down some thoughts on how design skill sets need to evolve to meet the moment, including designing for predictive and generative experiences instead of static and deterministic ones. www.systemsandsignals.co/p/the-new-de...systemsandsignals.coThe New Design Skill Stack#044: What to learn and what to keep. Part 4 of Design Your Next Move. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 01/04/2026The world has ruined April Fools' Day for me. I already can't tell what's real on the daily, why make it worse. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 31/03/2026Ah, my favorite time of year: is it the existential dread I'm feeling or just allergies. 100
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 31/03/2026Most designers are running career strategies built for stable roles and clear ladders, and that market is gone. New issue on building a Career OS, a living framework for intentional moves instead of reactive ones. systemsandsignals.co/p/why-designers-need-a-career-os-nowsystemsandsignals.co 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 24/03/202655% of CEOs who fired designers "because of AI" already regret it. Most never actually replaced anyone with AI. The anticipatory layoff is doing damage that won't show up until they need to ship something good.hbr.orgCompanies Are Laying Off Workers Because of AI’s Potential—Not Its PerformanceAI has been cited as a cause of layoffs, but is it actually displacing jobs? And if not, what’s going on? Based on a survey of 1,006 global executives in December 2025, AI is behind at least some layoffs,... 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 24/03/2026IBM shipped Carbon MCP. Design systems connecting directly to AI coding environments so generated UI stays on-system. If your DS team has to justify headcount, this is part of the answer.carbondesignsystem.comCarbon Design SystemCarbon is IBM’s open source design system for products and digital experiences. With the IBM Design Language as its foundation, the system consists of working code, design tools and resources, human... 020
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 23/03/2026Lifting Iran's sanctions to lower gas prices is the geopolitical equivalent of breaking your own window and paying the kid who sets fires to sweep up the glass. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 23/03/2026Smashing Magazine's February piece on agentic UX changed how I think about this. We're no longer just designing screens, we're designing trust protocols, escalation patterns, and how much autonomy a system gets before it checks in.smashingmagazine.comDesigning For Agentic AI: Practical UX Patterns For Control, Consent, And Accountability — Smashing MagazineAutonomy is an output of a technical system. Trustworthiness is an output of a design process. Here are concrete design patterns, operational frameworks, and organizational practices for building agentic... 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 23/03/2026IBM and SAP independently shipped MCP servers for their design systems this quarter, and the fact that they arrived at the same conclusion through completely different architectures says more than either one alone. Wrote about what it means for your system. www.systemsandsignals.co/p/design-sys...systemsandsignals.coDesign Systems as AI Infrastructure#039: What IBM and SAP's newly launched design system MCP servers mean for how you build and structure your system. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 20/03/2026My work calendar is filled with meetings about using AI more with agendas written by AI. I would like off this train, please. 000
Reposted by Justin DelabarPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 06/02/2026You're laughing? Bovino had to go to his second favorite bar, a hollow tree stump where the bartender is a mouse serving raspberry cordial inside cups made out of acorns, and you're laughing 523131
Reposted by Justin DelabarAftermath @aftermath.site · 12/12/2025Doom studio id Software unionizes to secure AI protections, benefits: "We see the direction the industry is headed" aftermath.site/id-software-un... 142396751
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 12/12/2025Everyone sharing the celebrities from the Epstein photo release while I'm over here being horrified by how cursed this is. 150
Reposted by Justin DelabarSeaTea @tierno158.bsky.social · 16/11/2025A study finds that deep sleep rewires the brain to eliminate anxiety. My own study suggests that anxiety rewires the brain to eliminate deep sleep. 862782359
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 15/11/2025Look Back hit me right in the feels and made me want to pick up a pencil again. The fact that it's semi-autobiographical and was an outlet for Fujimoto to work through his own grief is clear from the first frame. Absolutely loved it. Now, time for a pick me up... *turns on A Silent Voice* 030
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 12/11/2025Design’s gotten loud again. Glass, gradients, motion everywhere. It’s fun to look at... until you try to use it. On Apple, Airbnb, and design’s “extra” era: www.systemsandsignals.co/p/designs-ex...systemsandsignals.coDesign’s Extra Era: When Expression Outruns Purpose#034: Why design’s return to texture and motion feels more like performance than progress. 020
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 08/11/2025Daring to brave the outside world to see this lil dude on the big screen. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 24/10/2025What the management handbook doesn’t prepare you for: A direct report asks what the company RTO policy is if you could be snatched off the street by ICE on the way to the office for being brown. These are the times in which we now live. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 18/09/2025Three months in Chicago and I’ve got opinions about the L. It’s more than transit — it’s memory, a snapshot of who the city once prioritized. Quick fixes became permanent defaults. Design isn’t just what we admire. It’s what everyone else has to live with. delabar.substack.com/p/the-design...delabar.substack.comThe Design We Leave Behind#027: Every design choice leaves a trace — in steel, in process, in memory. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 11/08/2025AI is automating craft. UI is becoming a commodity. Titles and tools change overnight. Your design career needs more than a resume and a portfolio. It needs an operating system. Get The Designer’s Career OS guide for free: www.systemsandsignals.co/p/design-car...systemsandsignals.coDesign Career OS GuidebookThe rules of design are changing fast: AI is automating craft, UI design is becoming a commodity, and titles and tools shift overnight. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 07/08/2025Not every design job is worth taking. Some companies build tools for surveillance, deportation, and war — and they need good UX to make it all run smoothly. My latest covers a handful of tech companies that designers should avoid on ethical grounds. www.systemsandsignals.co/p/do-not-des...systemsandsignals.coDo Not Design: A Starter List of Ethically Dangerous Employers#015: When elegant systems mask violent outcomes, it’s time to step away from the keyboard. 030
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 22/07/2025Design leadership's true impact lies beyond pixels — in recognizing organizational patterns, managing politics, and providing air cover for teams. It's often invisible work, but crucial for those looking to reach the highest levels of leadership. open.substack.com/pub/delabar/...open.substack.comThe Invisible Work of Design Leaders#010: Why your job isn’t pixels — it’s patterns, politics, and permission. 010
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 30/06/2025Been thinking about how the most impactful design work I’ve done had nothing to do with UI. It was shifting how people see their users, their teammates, the system they’re working in, and potential futures. That’s a form of design that AI won't be able to automate away. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 26/06/2025We used to design interfaces. Now we’re designing futures. A short thread on simulation, AI, and the new terrain designers are navigating 🧵 100
Reposted by Justin DelabarJohn DeVore @johndevore.bsky.social · 20/06/2025do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life is true in the most depressing sense 25310
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 19/06/2025🚀 Just launched: delabar.design After years of helping shape digital products, systems, and strategies behind the scenes, I finally carved out a space of my own. Take a look, and let me know what you think. #design #ux #leadership #systems #delabardesigdelabar.designJustin Delabar - Design Leadership ConsultingTransform your organization through strategic design leadership and proven methodologies. 20+ years of experience across Fortune 20 companies. 000
Justin Delabar @delabar.design · 17/06/2025🚨 New post: Design Is Not a Monolith Shopify dropped “UX” from its job titles. But flattening design roles isn’t just bad for designers — it’s bad for business. open.substack.com/pub/delabar/...open.substack.comFull-stack Design is a Myth: How Flattening Roles Undermines OutcomesIssue 003: Shopify’s decision to drop UX and Content titles is part of a broader industry trend and it’s costing companies more than they realize. 010
