Why skipping the business need is never worth it

A plea for b2b product managers Continue reading on UX Collective »

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..

A practical guide on how to choose and tweak typefaces for your design project

Using Google Fonts, Figma and your eyes Continue reading on UX Collective »

Design systems are ecosystems for collaboration

Defining the parts and the 5 questions to drive development forward.In 2014 I build what I called my first proper UI component library. What made it proper was the fact that I could reuse components and combine them to create new components and layouts. I called it the “prototype machine” because it..

Reclaiming your focus, anatomy of design trends, accessibility resources

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.Over the course of several months, Nir Eyal has experimented with changing elements of his smartphone so he could have the best of the technology — and avoid the worst. Those experiments paid off, and the steps he took are measures any and..

The Narcissus fallacy in product design

“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” is perhaps the most misused quote in the world (and was never said by Henry Ford by the way). Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse.While its signification is quite clear (people wanted things to go faster, they ex..

This is how design principles help you declutter visualizations

The skill you may not have realized you had Continue reading on UX Collective »

Measuring design debt

The second part of the ‘Design debt 101’ seriesThis article references information from the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt. Please, consider reading it for more context before moving forward. In this piece, we’ll dive into the topic of measuring design debt. I’ll walk you through the qualitative an..

Starting your project on the right foot

Many times I’ve been asked by friends, mentees and design students: “What should I ask on the first kickoff meeting with my client?”. In this article, I will note all the questions that have made my design projects successful over the last few years, and hopefully, it will serve you to start any new..

UI & UX micro-tips: Volume four

A collection of handy tips to help improve your designs instantly. Continue reading on UX Collective »