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When good design disappears and no one thanks you

When my design works perfectly, people glide right through it without a single thought, which is the whole point. But it means my best work is invisible by design, and no one ever thanks you for a problem they never knew they had. I keep aching for a recognition that, if I'm honest, the work is built never to receive.

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Your design works best when it's invisible, and you ache for recognition it will never get.

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