In this micro book we look at the past, present, and future of interfaces and how they allow us to utilize information in ways that change what it means to be human.
Details That Make Interfaces Feel Better
A collection of details that make your interfaces feel better.
Stanford Seminar - Generative, Malleable, and Personal User Interfaces
userinterface.wiki
A living manual for better interfaces. Learn design principles, motion, typography, and more.
History of The Graphical User Interface (GUI): A Wonderful Curse
Interface Lineage
A free library of interface patterns and principles. Name the mechanism, prompt it to your AI, and invent new interfaces.
How AI Tools Differ from Human Tools
Why the mental models we've built for human interfaces don't work for AI, & how Anthropic's latest guidelines are reshaping tool design for better performance & efficiency.
Our interfaces have lost their senses
We programmed them by punching cards, plugging in wires, and flipping switches. Programmers walked among banks of switches and cables, physically choreographing their logic. Being on a computer used to be a full-body experience.
Interfaces › Design Engineering Magazine
Interfaces is a design engineering magazine about building great interfaces that covers topics such as animation, typography, layout and color.
Johannes Mutter on Twitter / X
For 15+ years I’ve collected the interfaces that made me stop and ask “wait, how does this work?” Interface Lineage is now open https://t.co/BbdNE8x9AdLearn the patterns and principles that turn “make no mistakes” into clear instructions for AI. 500+ interfaces, free to read. pic.twitter.com/G2rX2KFB22— Johannes Mutter (@JohannesMutter) October 28, 2026
39 principles for designing human-AI interaction
An applied framework for designing AI interfaces that support appropriate reliance, user control, transparency, and responsible autonomy.
How AIs See Our World
AIs are increasingly perceiving our world, but in order to comprehend it, our user interfaces must operate in reverse.
Learning From Terminals to Design the Future of User Interfaces
How we overvalue the wrong technology and novel aspects of interface design at the expense of substantial gains to our productivity.
The case against conversational interfaces
Conversational interfaces are a bit of a meme. Every couple of years a shiny new AI development emerges and people in tech go "This is it! The next computing paradigm is here! We'll only use natural language going forward!". But then nothing actually changes and we continue using computers the way w
