Andrew Duckworth
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Andrew Duckworth
@duckworthdesign.bsky.social
Designer and occasional product person. Endlessly talking about how great you are.
Was quite happy to see it shared on a design newsletter recently as AI stuff seems to have killed normal means of reaching people
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
And it feels so obvious a tactics to defuse and disempower complaints
September 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tell your mum those green man ones are seriously cool
August 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Find out what they care deeply about. What’s the *thing* for them.

The thing you care deeply about.

Define a what about their thing doesn’t happen that your thing helps with. Come armed with a book or something for them to consider deeper later
August 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
And back to tidsskrift.dk/daimipb/arti...

Page 157 is lovely summary I think of the value of provoking through prototypes.

About that ability to cut against the “we know this” and current accepted practice etc
View of Challenging Practice: an approach to Cooperative Analysis
tidsskrift.dk
August 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Been around plenty for years and used on and off.

Thesis from 1993 that uses it tidsskrift.dk/daimipb/arti...
View of Challenging Practice: an approach to Cooperative Analysis
tidsskrift.dk
August 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Like visualise stuff however you want to help communicate or for understanding. But replacing one cookie cutter suggestion with another one isn’t anything
August 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It's not a JFDI, it's sparkling test and learn approach etc etc
August 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The spirit and concept can be one thing. I love people giving names to things and explaining how things should be. But the behaviour and approaches that *really* end up happening (new and old) is what's quite interesting
August 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Apparently dark ones show up water stains etc more. But I’ve never had one and only stayed at a couple of places with them (and they were pretty new!) so maybe the white ones are okay
July 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I've just started another health project. Before that advising a big broadband provider. And this is as important a thing to be aware of as ever
July 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM