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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Why planning is hard
Behaviors & biases in planningPhoto by Hans-Peter GausterThe past few months have been pretty busy at work. We’ve started an exercise where we are evaluating a product — currently manufactured in our European & North American factories — to be manufactured in our Asian factories to serve the regiona..
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..
What I learned from this year’s performance review
Things I wish I knew going into the feedback cycle.
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Invisible women: When you only design for 50% of the population
Over a year ago, my ex-boss sent me a screenshot of a book cover on Telegram. I just knew I have to read it. I know I am not supposed to judge the book by its cover but I did. Not because the cover is particularly spectacular but because the title is so captivating. So as you may have guessed, it is..
The 1984 Apple Macintosh — How does it look today?
Nowadays everybody knows MacBook or iMac. But when the first “Mac” was released, and what did it look like? Let’s test it and figure it…
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