Giray
@girayk.bsky.social
Designer living in Rotterdam. Likes Kimchi, Hobonichi, Suno, plants, art, tech, gadgets etc
Trust is the new UX. When AI hides the question, the answer is just 42. I wrote about explainability, agency, and patterns that earn belief—preview, provenance, undo. Read the essay: [https://girayk.substack.com/p/trust-is-the-new-ux?r=1llbb] #AI #UX #DesignLeadership
August 20, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Trust is the new UX. When AI hides the question, the answer is just 42. I wrote about explainability, agency, and patterns that earn belief—preview, provenance, undo. Read the essay: [https://girayk.substack.com/p/trust-is-the-new-ux?r=1llbb] #AI #UX #DesignLeadership
Taste isn’t elitist.
It’s the invisible craft that helps us say:
“This one is worth building.”
New post → #designleadership #creativity
It’s the invisible craft that helps us say:
“This one is worth building.”
New post → #designleadership #creativity
📝Taste Is What Keeps Design Human
Taste isn’t a luxury—it’s a leadership skill. In a world of AI-generated design, our ability to judge what’s good, resonant, and meaningful is what keeps design human.
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August 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Taste isn’t elitist.
It’s the invisible craft that helps us say:
“This one is worth building.”
New post → #designleadership #creativity
It’s the invisible craft that helps us say:
“This one is worth building.”
New post → #designleadership #creativity
Leading At Acceleration: What AI teaches Us About Design
Exploration of Design and AI
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July 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Back to writing. Not for clicks, but clarity. Thoughts on design leadership, mentoring, navigating ambiguity, and the lessons behind the scenes. Subscribe if it resonates → [https://girayk.substack.com/]
#Substack #designleadership
#Substack #designleadership
June 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Back to writing. Not for clicks, but clarity. Thoughts on design leadership, mentoring, navigating ambiguity, and the lessons behind the scenes. Subscribe if it resonates → [https://girayk.substack.com/]
#Substack #designleadership
#Substack #designleadership
Is world getting crazy or has it been always crazy and we are cognitively bombarded with the cacophony? Turn the volume down. Breathe. Mute the non-sense
April 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Is world getting crazy or has it been always crazy and we are cognitively bombarded with the cacophony? Turn the volume down. Breathe. Mute the non-sense
@fikretkarabulut.bsky.social hosgeldin
April 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@fikretkarabulut.bsky.social hosgeldin
@dencos.bsky.social burda kafalar sakin. Hosgeldin
April 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
@dencos.bsky.social burda kafalar sakin. Hosgeldin
Journaling helps me to process my life. Helps me understand certain emotions coming above the surface on certain events. Why I am being triggered? I dig deep or I do sense make them. What is your experience with journaling? Is it an analog or digital experience for you?
March 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Journaling helps me to process my life. Helps me understand certain emotions coming above the surface on certain events. Why I am being triggered? I dig deep or I do sense make them. What is your experience with journaling? Is it an analog or digital experience for you?
Last year I start daily journaling. I was not sure when I start. Isn’t it something we used to when we were kids? Now I think about the traumas, events, feelings, thought spirals I have not captured. Writing on a paper, putting abstract thoughts into words. What a powerful tool for mental health.
March 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Last year I start daily journaling. I was not sure when I start. Isn’t it something we used to when we were kids? Now I think about the traumas, events, feelings, thought spirals I have not captured. Writing on a paper, putting abstract thoughts into words. What a powerful tool for mental health.
Boring Saturdays are the best
March 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Boring Saturdays are the best
I am lost with all these productivity tools, AI products. I think I am going back to fully analogue pen and paper only. Feels more mindful, less screaming on my face.
January 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I am lost with all these productivity tools, AI products. I think I am going back to fully analogue pen and paper only. Feels more mindful, less screaming on my face.
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The 5 steps of the design process are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and whiteboarding
January 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The 5 steps of the design process are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and whiteboarding
Every evening, I check my 100 euro worth crypto wallet to see if I get rich. This is worse than waiting for my Amazon deliveries.
January 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Every evening, I check my 100 euro worth crypto wallet to see if I get rich. This is worse than waiting for my Amazon deliveries.
It is very hard to implement new process changes, activating new initiatives in the organisation. Is there a shorter cut I am not aware?
January 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It is very hard to implement new process changes, activating new initiatives in the organisation. Is there a shorter cut I am not aware?
#spyxfamily is my favorite anime in 2025 so far.
January 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
#spyxfamily is my favorite anime in 2025 so far.
I am still having difficulty in getting into routines, focusing on goals for 2025. Is it because of the foggy weather outside?
January 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I am still having difficulty in getting into routines, focusing on goals for 2025. Is it because of the foggy weather outside?
How do you find time and energy at the same time for the things you like to do? If these three would be a Venn Diagram, they would like 3 circles minding their own business.
January 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
How do you find time and energy at the same time for the things you like to do? If these three would be a Venn Diagram, they would like 3 circles minding their own business.
I am still thinking about FamilyMart’s onigiris in Japan
January 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I am still thinking about FamilyMart’s onigiris in Japan
I am jealous of people starting conversations with strangers easily. I wonder what kind of life I would have if I have that skill.
January 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I am jealous of people starting conversations with strangers easily. I wonder what kind of life I would have if I have that skill.
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look i made it the 1979 ibm warning
January 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
look i made it the 1979 ibm warning
How to cure jetlag in Tokyo? Go to 24 hours open Donki and shop till drop.
December 21, 2024 at 8:51 PM
How to cure jetlag in Tokyo? Go to 24 hours open Donki and shop till drop.
How many exact mins do you need to initiate your brain functioning normal when you wake up? I need like 100.
December 20, 2024 at 6:44 AM
How many exact mins do you need to initiate your brain functioning normal when you wake up? I need like 100.
Cinemas must ban popcorns. Is it only me getting really annoyed by people eating them in a silent environment?
December 11, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Cinemas must ban popcorns. Is it only me getting really annoyed by people eating them in a silent environment?
Do you also have ambitious plans for the holidays to read, watch, finish stuff? Don’t.
December 8, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Do you also have ambitious plans for the holidays to read, watch, finish stuff? Don’t.
Reading books are cool again
December 6, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Reading books are cool again