Expanding sustainability
Sustainability in digital products includes:
attention sustainability
technical sustainability
emotional sustainability
Kate Crawford’s work on AI ethics highlights long-term societal impacts of digital systems.
Lifecycle perspective
Products evolve through continuous updates, migrations, and feature additions.
Sustainable design anticipates this evolution.
UX dimensions
Sustainable UX involves:
reducing cognitive overload
minimizing unnecessary interaction
designing for long-term comprehension
Business relevance
Products that minimize friction and technical debt maintain relevance longer, reducing reinvention costs.
Takeaway
Sustainable design is strategic foresight applied to product evolution.
