Geography
The shifting winds of the U.S. economy in the past year have left designers disoriented.
OFFICIALLY, THE LABOR MARKET is still on fire, with job-growth data from the Department of Labor continuing to surprise economists, adding more than 600,000 jobs in the first two months of 2024. But if you work in tech, the picture looks decidedly different. The tech industry—the terrain of many designers—lost more than 50,000 jobs worldwide between January and March of 2024, according to tracker site layoffs.fyi, as it continues to downsize following more than a decade of unfettered head-count growth and the rising specter of AI.
