Aras Bilgen–Cue
Experience design, snapshots in life, semi-structured thoughts from a design consultant. Roughly one email every month. Check your spam folder after you hit Subscribe, just in case
Mar
09
Permissions

Permissions

It is very safe to follow where other people are going. If they are going to find a treasure, you
7 min read
Jan
22
Kolay Gelsin

Kolay Gelsin

I promised two new sections for the New Year: The Zen Desk and The Pit of the Artificial. Here is
5 min read
Jan
11
A spread of fresh vegetables.

Starting 2026

I hope that 2026 brings health, bounty and peace. I think vegetables represent this trio quite well; that is how
4 min read
Dec
16
All Design, No AI

All Design, No AI

I am very tired of the AI posts on LinkedIn—especially the AI bro posts. There are many flavors of
3 min read
Nov
11
Throwback: Everything is a Remix

Throwback: Everything is a Remix

Despite Mercury being retrograde, I was fortunate to be involved in two exciting communities to discuss AI and design. AI
3 min read
Oct
13
AI-generated image of two rows of instant soup packages with visible visual artifacts and distortions

AI and Instant Soup

I love metaphors for thinking about and discussing complex topics. I have been thinking about the issues in the UX
6 min read
Oct
02
AI and Designer-as-god

AI and Designer-as-god

I have recognized a troublesome pattern in the design/research discourse about how LLMs will change our role. I am
4 min read
Aug
10
Software 1, 2, 3

Software 1, 2, 3

The previous issue of Cue was seriously, freshly lacking GenAI content, I guess we need to make up for it
6 min read
Jul
31
Peaches that give a summery vibe.

Long time no see

The last post I was able to put together for this newsletter was 2 months ago. It has been a
2 min read
May
29
Caring

Caring

This week one of my clients hosted me in their office for a warm, wonderful ask-me-anything session for their product
5 min read