Affordances and signifiers
Creating designs, components and interactions that make sense to users
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Redesigning design practices alongside artificial intelligence
Image : David Serrault“AI design will allow creatives to concentrate on their real jobs.”reportedly said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. I was not able to certify the source of this quote, however, it poses a question:
What is the real designer job? Or, what would be the designer’s “real job” that Mr. Cook ..
User-fudged experiences
How to design for weird user behavior.Photo by Luísa Schetinger on UnsplashThis article was inspired by a conversation I had with Ryan Warrender on our Podcast Design Huddle.
User Fudged Experiences are when users do something unexpected with our products or service, usually in a hacky way. Here are..
Designing for the autistic community
Product design principles that will improve usability for everyone.
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Predictive vs. generative design methods for design & architecture
5 aspects for everyone to clarify expectations for digital tools that will shape the world of tomorrow, now.We have a crisis. There are less than 10 years left to meet 2030 goals, and according to the AIA 2030 report for 2019 only 15% of new projects reported are meeting those goals. There is a long..
The anatomy of a design trend
A discussion of the theory of design trends with sample trends in Industrial Design, Interface Design, and User Experience.Fig. 4: the design trend map: micro design trends in user experience, visual design and industrial design (this version created in April, 2021)Key Insights: (1) Design trends ca..
