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

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.

This is the 9th edition of The State of UX report by the UX Collective: a critical look at the design industry.

We conflated our employer’s growth with our own. We lost track of time and burned ourselves out. To solve this mess, we need to decouple ourselves from our work and rethink what we really expect from it.

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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