Gas Station Breakfast
Hi! My name is Anna. I am a US-based strategist and designer. GasStationBreakfast.blog is my opinion blog, as a product designer who is actively working on hot tech topics (genAI, haptics, …) and has a personal interest for Economics and Geopolitics. Subscribe for analysis that examines how technology collides with design, society, and business strategy.
My goal is to write one researched piece every week or-so.
Bio
Anna Dassé is a senior designer specializing in strategic UX research and design for enterprise technology. With over a decade of experience spanning Fortune 10 tech companies, healthcare, finance, and manufacturing, she conducts transdisciplinary research, drawing from behavioral psychology, cognitive science, and business strategy, to translate complex insights into actionable design solutions. Her background in scientific visual communication brings a unique perspective to designing AI-powered interfaces and data visualization systems.
She has led UX research and design initiatives for major platforms including work on AI, Machine Learning, and Haptics, focusing on how research-driven decisions inform product strategy. She writes about the intersection of design strategy, AI, and platform transitions with a solution-oriented approach.
That practitioner perspective shapes the analysis: not what companies say they’re doing, but what their execution reveals about actual priorities, constraints, and strategic bets.
Disclaimer: The views and analysis presented here are my own professional observations and do not represent the positions of any current or former employer. This writing draws on publicly available information, industry research, and my experience in design strategy. When I cite specific data, sources are linked. When I offer analysis, it’s based on pattern recognition from working in this field for years as a product designer. Which means it could be wrong. Design strategy isn’t physics. The smart money hedges accordingly.
Enjoy.
A. Dassé
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