Design ‘doing’ through unlearning and curiosity

Strategic design: a learning mindset.In a field like strategic design that operates at intersections, across disciplines, and through change and uncertainty, it is useful to think of the process as a state of mind, rather than seek a formula for success. While a learning mindset, as a practice, can ..

Merging optimization and innovation

How to create a balance between discovering and deliveringIn the 20th century, the main goals of every manager were “efficiency and optimization”, companies hired consultants and business experts to analyze processes and reduce waste. Management methodologies provided tools to improve the capability..

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 Dark UX patterns targeting children

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The case for designing for accessibility, and how to actually practice it

Hey! 👋🏼 My name is Rachelle and I’m a current junior at the University of Southern California. As a budding designer, I’m exploring different facets of product design as a way to understand the realm as a whole. With the current ongoing COVID-19 situation, I wanted to spend my time learning more abo..

How virtual reality can create real connections

360° devices are redefining human presence and intimacy Continue reading on UX Collective »

A world designed for men with a “just make it pink” mentality

(But let’s try to do better from now on.)Drawn in Adobe Illustrator by the author.Today is March 8th, or International Women’s Day, and the entire month of March is to celebrate women’s history. Though it is always nice to be reminded of all the advancements women have made in infiltrating male-domi..

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… Continue reading on UX Collective »

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… Continue reading on UX Collective »