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Google Design | Designing for Digital Wellbeing

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Humans are no strangers to innovation. Ages are even defined by technological medium—from stone, to bronze, to industrial, and now, digital. Each period plays a role in shaping the next, with everything interconnected in a continuous cycle. But each breakthrough brings with it new challenges.In this Digital Age, screens and smart tech have become incredible means of connection—portals to other places, people, and emotions—but our relationship with our devices is complex, and sometimes fraught. At Google, we’re working to examine and evolve this balance through the concept of digital wellbeing, so that technology can improve peoples’ lives, not distract from them. This mission is carried out by product teams that include user experience (UX) practitioners and AI researchers. With a focus on human-tech interactions, these practitioners wrestle with the paradox of technology every day. Yet even the savviest design solution can lay bare another issue—and this aha / uh-oh cycle forms the iterative process that’s now the cornerstone of thoughtful, quality design.Here, three UX practitioners discuss their work at the forefront of digital wellbeing, exploring how a digital ecosystem, or digisphere, that’s developed with empathy has the power to change our future for the better.

Designing UX Wellbeing Skip to content 0 results Editorial Designing for Digital Wellbeing Leveraging the power of breakthroughs and challenges—"ahas" and "uh-ohs"—to create a more balanced, healthy future for all Humans are no strangers to innovation. Ages are even defined by technological medium—from stone, to bronze, to industrial, and now, digital. Each period plays a role in shaping the next, with everything interconnected in a continuous cycle. But each breakthrough brings with it new challenges. In this Digital Age, screens and smart tech have become incredible means of connection—porta

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