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And the tale of the five magic skills.Product designers, like super-heroes, are always faced with unprecedented villains. These maleficent beings come in all types, sizes, and shapes, sometimes with powers of their own, and for the most part, they all try to make someone’s life miserable. They come ..

Evolving organisational priorities into measurable and trackable outcomes using a North Star Framework Continue reading on UX Collective »

Scope your project with eight hats of Data Visualization Design Continue reading on UX Collective »

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..

YouTube’s founding team. Image: Jawed KarimYouTube began with three PayPal employees, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who initially conceived it as an online dating service. Hurley grew up around technology; he won third place in a national electronic competition in 9th grade with an ampli..

Imagine this scenario. A team member approaches you excitedly and says, “I just sat in this amazing sales meeting, and I have an idea for a new feature we have to build! You would click here and here, then be able to do this, and it would work like this!” Maybe your coworker is even drawing you a pi..

7 essential accessibility sticking points you might have overlooked in your applications.There are loads of requirements in order to fully comply with accessibility by WCAG standards. While you might be familiar with the usual accessibility checklist, today I will break down other things in the acce..

We live in a simulation. Just not the one you’re thinking of. Continue reading on UX Collective »

A take on Design Token definition, organization, and specificity.A Design System’s strength comes from knowinghow and when to apply options (like purple-40 or color-warning) correctly to contexts (like backgrounds or typography). This grounds the option as a design decision or what is known as a Des..

Qualitative methods aren’t always the right methods. Sometimes we need to step back and take a different perspective to understand the… Continue reading on UX Collective »