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Be Your Own Design Team

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Companies don't want "just" designers anymore, they want heroes

Jun 12, 2026

Companies don't want "just" designers anymore, they want heroes

Visionaries, captains, relentlessly resourceful and what that means for your positioning

Aneta Kmiecik
Aneta Kmiecik
How to make your design portfolio stand out in 2026

Jun 5, 2026

How to make your design portfolio stand out in 2026

A timeless design portfolio framework: promise, signal, bar

Aneta Kmiecik
Aneta Kmiecik
5 Tips for UX Research Portfolios in the AI era

May 22, 2026

5 Tips for UX Research Portfolios in the AI era

How to prove you think like a researcher, not just prompt like everyone else

Aneta Kmiecik
Aadil Khan
Aneta Kmiecik, +1
AI already learned to fake "designed by a human"

May 19, 2026

AI already learned to fake "designed by a human"

What counts as proof of human work in a designer portfolio now

Aneta Kmiecik
Aneta Kmiecik
Design portfolio without artefacts

May 8, 2026

Design portfolio without artefacts

Why visual proof is no longer enough, and what to show instead

Aneta Kmiecik
Aneta Kmiecik
Build your design portfolio with AI

May 1, 2026

Build your design portfolio with AI

A practical guide to vibe coding for designers, with tools, rules, and examples

Aneta Kmiecik
Aneta Kmiecik

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