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I sometimes wonder how the design community — a group of people who pride themselves on their empathy and ability to communicate clearly — have been able to create such an unapproachable profession. For outsiders, the litany of buzzwords, methodologies, and rules can at best confuse newcomers, and a..

Our attitude to complexity is what determines our autonomy. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Interview with Madhavi Jagdish about her career path from leading a team to leading with craftLeading with Craftis a limited series of articles where we shed a light on stories of designers with successful careers as individual contributors. Curating and publishing hundreds of articles every month a..

Phonebloks, or when radical design intersected the long road to reliable and repairable objects Continue reading on UX Collective »

I got the job. Now what?Source: UI8A few months ago, I transitioned from UX in the consulting industry to a Product Design position. After working for almost 5 years with clients it was time to challenge myself as an in-house designer. Of course, I was anxious and nervous before the first day. How a..

If you want to design disruptive products, you must abandon standard storiesAs a UX Tutor, I review hundreds of user stories from aspiring designers striving to address their personas’ needs — although they accidentally do exactly the opposite. That’s because user stories focus on features rather th..

Episode four. In the previous articles, I presented the outputs of my research around the design responsibilities and how we can deal with… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Typeface StorySteve Jobs on Time Magazine cover, vol. Oct. 17, 2011In Steve Jobs's famous Stanford speech he reflected how he became attached to typefaces. Because I had dropped out and didn’t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. I lear..

Insights from 30 years of watching men and women shop and manage retail companies Continue reading on UX Collective »