WHAT CRITICAL THINKING MEANS FOR SENIOR DESIGNERS (AND HOW TO APPLY IT)

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

As AI tools put design output within everyone's reach, the senior designer's job shifts from producing the artifact to justifying it in language non-designers can act on. Spotting that a Figma Make mockup breaks is craft - critical thinking is translating that feeling into behavioral and business consequences. Ask what path a screen requires of the user, then what competes with it.