Charles and Ray Eames: The iconic couple of 20th-century design
History and legacy of the legendary partners in life and work
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UX designers: don’t neglect visual design
A mistake, especially common among junior UX designers.
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Interfaces in the 80s: Creating GUIs before it was cool
Exploring an interface design tool from the late 1980s which silently revolutionized the industry forever since.Recently I was going through some early implementations of current operating systems to familiarize myself with the evolution of GUI mechanics over time. One particular thing that caught m..
A mini-guide to microcopy
Effective microcopy writings are human-oriented, it makes the application friendly, and the user feels important and smart.Some time ago I thought that it is not so important to think about microcopy in designs. But I was so mistaken) The biggest misconception is some designers believe that microcop..
A four-layer model of product focus
If you’ve struggled in the past to relate a lofty, aspirational Product Vision to your day-to-day work, this layered architecture may help…
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City design shapes our behaviour without us knowing it
We design cities and cities design usIf only we could build them the same way we build productsMainstreet, U.S.A. at Disneyland. Image: Joshua SudockA dream place. There’s a place that’s been intentionally designed, down to the smallest, most excruciating detail, to make visitors feel warm and joy.
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What design research can learn from Socrates’ sneakers
Design research meets Greek philosophy
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Figma playground, problems with A/B testing, an ode to No-Code
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.Over relying on A/B testing means you’re optimizing for change in KPIs. However, not everything that is good for a user will be reflected in a change in KPIs.
Designing with the goal of moving the needle in metrics often leads to prioritiz..
Designers + product managers: navigating tension and role fuzziness
Designers + Product managers: navigating tension and role fuzzinessGetting this special relationship to the next levelProduct management and Design disciplines are quite well defined “on paper”. On the battlefield, what we actually bring to the table is incredibly fuzzy. From the outside, we might e..
The interface effect
An interface is not something projected on a screen, it is a mediation technique between interrelated levels and layers.No one knows for sure, how Gyges came to the throne of Lydia (680 BC), which led to countless stories and legends about it. At that time, Lydia was ruled by Candaules, a man who ac..
