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John Voss
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Head of Product Design at Descript, cofounder of @queerdesign.club. Queering design, ethical tech, and dogs. Husband of @seldo.com. I write and speak, no matter how much people beg me to stop 🌎 jovo.design 📍SF / Sea Ranch
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One in particular I would be interested in digging into with the community is the way design systems follow the same patterns as the automation of labor and knowledge work in the 19th century—and our contribution to making design and engineering automatable now.
A slide from my talk “Framing the Future” It reads: The automation of physical and mental labor follow the same pattern: • Extract knowledge from highly skilled workers • Break work into its component parts • Standardize and govern how parts connect • Develop technology to automate the process • Concentrate knowledge and power at the top
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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I don’t know if my talk tomorrow will resonate, but I do know that it’s pretty.
The cover slide for my talk “Framing the future: Luddites, futurists, and the systems of tomorrow” it is a graphic dark black with white text and bright purple-blue graphics reminiscent of printers’ marks, a grid and a 3D infinity sign
October 29, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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This is cultural appropriation.
A shop in Bristol, UK named “Boston Tea Party”
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Did a double take
A series of street shop signs including one that says “Hey Jojo”
October 27, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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My husband gets more swag than me, but *I* am a trash bandit, so guess who just got a travel backpack upgrade?
A poorly photoshopped photo of a raccoon grabbing a Peak Design backpack
October 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Guess who I just ran into
A zine styled after Chick tracts called “Don’t build the torment nexus!” By Mike Monteiro
October 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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I think it’s well past time to take away Jakob Nielsen’s posting privileges.
A Nielsen LinkedIn post that reads: No more UI: Once #superintelligence arrives in 2030, there will be no UI design, since users will be using their agents, instead of interacting directly with websites or traditional software. It's even possible that the advance in #AI #agents will be faster and not require superintelligence to have higher #usability than interacting with websites, which often have atrocious design. My full article 👉 https://lnkd.in/gqQea6yx Song 👉 https://lnkd.in/gqcitk35
September 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Emma Frost in a cunty outfit leaning back and serving face with an empty telepathic “speech” bubble above her head.
September 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Wily develops an overbite only when she’s getting belly rubs.
Wily, my brindle Formosan mountain dog, turned upside down in bed for belly rubs. She’s got a silly look on her face and her top teeth are sticking out out over her bottom lip
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Brindle cinnamon roll fan club
My pup a brindle Formosan mountain dog is curled up in bed
September 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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How would AI-powered creative tools changed if they were designed by people who actually like to create? I’ve got some thoughts… www.descript.com/blog/article...
September 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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A sleepy little fox
A gray fox curled up in the grass with its head raised but eyes closed A little gray fox curled up tight in a ball under a tree A gray fox laying under a tree looking into the distance, getting ready to nap.
September 8, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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I pay for a Nest subscription solely to get videos of the fox who lives near our house.
September 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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The face of a dog who is about to roll all over a dead bird.
Wily, looking up at the camera very happily, looking sweet and not disgusting.
September 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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GIF of David Tennat looking sad in the rain, appearing to stare at a Phil Lewis post impose on top that says Trump was spotted playing golf this morning.
August 30, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Wily got to go for a—much lower stakes than lately—run on the beach today.
Wily, a Formosan mountain dog, galloping happily in the surf
August 17, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I’d kill for dryer coin brain
Connie from Big Mouth lamenting ‘I want to be hot and dumb’
August 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Dreaming of her misadventures. I hope they’re good ones.
August 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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🐾 HOME 🐾

Wily has made her way home. On a whim at 3am, Laurie checked outside and there she was waiting for us at our front gate. We knew she was looking for us, and I’m so happy she found us.

Thank you to everyone reported sightings and offered support. My heart is very full right now.
A photo of Wily with her duck stuffy on the floor of our apartment.
August 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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This is some bootlicking shit that may actually get me to go green bubble.

apple.news/AzMrIDu9rSQi...
Apple’s CEO gives Trump a gift of glass and 24-karat gold Tim Cook presented the gift at a White House event, where President Trump announced that Apple will invest an additional $100 billion in U.S. jobs and suppliers.
August 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Reposting edited because I don’t want to meet harassment with harassment.

But Zach Levine lost our dog and is sending us messages like this.

He advertises in Sea Ranch and the Bay Area. I want people to be aware. And I’m really hoping Wily is found and the cautionary tale ends at this stress.
Yay I think the dog actually ran away Now you don't get to buy yourself immunity through fantasies of your responsibility and love You callous, reckless, endlessly self interested and hateful cretins Hope the dog is run over
August 5, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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I thought potential Descript product designers would like to hear more about the role I’m trying to fill…and what they’re in for working with me.

job-boards.greenhouse.io/descript/job...
August 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Not a bad start to vacation.
Rolling green hills and rustic buildings on the Tuscan countryside with a rainbow shooting across a blue sky.
August 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Hey, you’re looking at a Head of Design.
The overly cheerful, anthropomorphic "New Position" balloon cartoon from LinkedIn.
July 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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I hear that Converge by @zeroheight.com is going to announce the agenda soon, so I won't spoil my talk topic; but I've been butt deep in research and I'm SO excited.

Get tickets (or sign up for free early access to the video) converge.zeroheight.com
A funky black, white, and neon red graphic with brutalist vibes and web iconography promoting Converge Design Systems Conference brought to you by zeroheight, October 30, 2025 in Bristol Uk. It features me, John Voss designer at Descript.
July 28, 2025 at 4:12 PM