The invisible hand that gave students the middle finger
And why it made universities vulnerable to disruption.
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Are workshops ruining the UX design world?
Photo by Bonneval Sebastien via UnsplashOver the last couple of years, design thinking, design sprints, and the workshops that go with both have become increasingly popular in UX design processes. I for one have made workshop facilitation a primary function in my process. There are a lot of articles..
Design like Elon Musk using 6 fundamental principles
How Musk’s companies are able to beat existing industry giants using 6 fundamental design principles.
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3,360 Figma variants, is graphic design too trendy, is Framer still alive?
Weekly curated resources for designers who are thinkers as much as they’re makers. Brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.Before the introduction of Variants, it was cumbersome to navigate a Figma asset library for components with multiple states or characteristics. More painful still w..
UX lessons from car gear stick designs
Habits and their role in design.In the world of new technologies and the user experience designed around them, we are often stuck within the thought of “newer is always better!” We soon find that this isn’t always the case, complaining that it’s hard to use, or not as good as we thought. But why so?..
Get Better at Branding with this Framework
Free template included for nailing your brand strategy.
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Eminence and why you should actually work for it
Image of quote — Expose yourselfEminence or exposure is this important “thing” that often gets overseen. Designers and non-designers often think they don’t have time or that they have nothing special to offer. Working on yourself or your personal brand can actually be a daunting task, a blocker for ..
Design psychology and the neuroscience behind awesome UX
This article was written in collaboration with Senior UX researcher Caitria O’Neill, currently at Google, previously at Airbnb and Facebook.The human brain is lazy, biased, and prone to shortcuts.The user experience study of human cognition can be mushy, unscientific, and filled with false assumptio..
Windows 1.0, 2.0, 3.0- How do they look today?
Today Microsoft Windows is installed on about 75% of personal computers in the world. But how did it begin? Let’s test the first versions…
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Why we need design leaders, designops leaders, DPMs, and design managers
What is the relationship between DesignOps and Design? Is a DesignOps Manager the same as a Design Programme Manager (DPM)? Understanding the roles and responsibilities of each of these roles is key to ensure Design teams thrive.While Design teams have been growing and scaling fast in the past few y..
