Negotiating tips for designers
Image courtesy of Unsplash from the LinkedIn Sales Navigator teamCongrats, you have gotten a job as a Product Designer/UX Designer and now you are at the offer stage! The recruiter asks you about what you expect for salary and you don’t know what to do. Here are some tips that I have found helpful o..
What does simple design really mean?
Starting your design system from the right place.Yolk UI kitSimple. It’s a cliche. We all pretend to aim for a simple design. It sounds the same as the “Make the world a better place!” phrase in Silicon Valley. Like “minimalistic” and “clear,” it seems like these hype words have the power to increas..
User Experience is… inspecting and adapting both UX and Agile
No one really does true scrum, instead most people do ‘scrum and …’ or ‘scrum but …’
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The world is running on bad UI.
We get excited by the new, slick, modern apps, yet things that are important are outdated AF.
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Are bad graphical descriptions better than none to someone with vision loss?
More than 125K global websites use overlays rather than fixing their accessibility bugs. AI-generated alt-text used by overlays is not 100…
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Why the Starbucks app is design perfection
I love my barista, but I’d much rather use the app. The UX on the Starbucks app is so close to perfect it’s setting industry standards.
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Why having a multidisciplinary attitude is important
Today's design industry is extremely specialized and closed in silos, but the design is multidisciplinary in its roots.When I think about design, I know it encompasses graphics, identity, architecture, interiors, products, packaging exhibitions, digital experiences, services, or communication¹ ..
The user shows the way: elephant paths in organizational change
The elephant path. Wikipedia knows what it is. There, an elephant path is an “unofficial bicycle or walking path that is created…
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Designing honesty
Putting Dieter Ram’s sixth principle of good design in practice.Recently, I came across the 2018 documentary Ramsdirected by Gary Hustwit, detailing the life and influence of legendary German industrial designer Dieter Rams.
Rams is known for his “less is better” approach and industrial design works..
The curb cut effect: How universal design makes things better for everyone
It was a beautiful day in Santa Barbara, California, and I was walking down to work listening to an episode of my favorite podcast 99%…
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