What it does
Humane by Design is a resource about digital products and services that support well-being. It combines principles, articles and shorter references around agency, inclusion and the effects of product choices.
Open Principles and choose Finite for a concrete discussion of feeds and content consumption. Its examples include an all-caught-up indicator, a Load More button and playback that starts with an explicit action. Each gives a product team a specific interface decision to examine.
The article The Cost of Personalization explores the tradeoff between convenient recommendations and a person’s control over what they see. It is a longer reading companion to the short principles, with links for further reading.
Principles, articles and the Garden of shorter references can be read freely without signing up.
Strengths
- Principles connect interface decisions with agency and digital well-being.
- Further-reading links connect short guidelines with longer discussions.
Best for
- Teams examining the human consequences of product interactions
Sources
- Humane by Design (Oct 27, 2026)
- About Humane by Design (Oct 27, 2026)
- Finite: Humane by Design (Oct 27, 2026)
- The Cost of Personalization (Oct 27, 2026)