First Thing Monday - Edition #26

Good morning readers,

Here’s #26 of First Thing Monday, so I guess I’ve been sending this out for half a year now. Thanks for reading.

Lots of great links this week, so here we go ...

• How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Design Thinking.
  

• The Eight Principles Of Purpose-Driven Design.
  

• This is so cool - cigarette vending machines, repurposed to sell tiny artwork.
  

• Bring out your inner UX writer.
  

• Are We Taking the “U” Out of UX?​
  

• Design systems — in the wild. Some great thoughts about design systems here.
  

• The importance of zooming out in the design process. Good advice to avoid getting caught in the weeds.

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Have a great week, Ben