DESIGN IN A WORLD OF CHANGE: IS IT OUR TITLES THAT MATTER, OR IS IT SOMETHING ELSE?

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

The ongoing debate over design titles, reignited by Shopify's decision to drop specialist roles, reflects a deeper issue: the design community's tendency to create false dichotomies that fragment rather than advance the discipline. In an era shaped by AI, the future of design depends not on defending labels, but on embracing design as an integrative, cross-disciplinary practice rooted in synthesis, adaptability, and human-centered problem solving.