Journey Mapping

Source: Kasia Bojanowska on DribbbleProduct design is now a mainstay in the working vocabularies of companies worldwide. We’d go so far as saying that it (product designs) may now be entering the portion of its lifespan where strategic maturity and academic thought are now taking up the centre stage..

Have you ever been in a situation where you had to perform a task, but because of stress, you couldn’t succeed? Or maybe when you were in a meeting and had to search for something while being watched by dozens of people? Why is this happening to us?Photo by Lily Banse on UnsplashRecently I read a st..

The risk of users suffering psychological trauma will steadily increase as VR advances. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Photo by Nathan Anderson on UnsplashMy favorite thing about UX design is that it’s not some open-ended creative exercise performed in a vacuum. It’s a mechanical dance: the synchronized push-pull tension of time, constraints, budget, technical limits, and opportunities. A lot of what we study in des..

User personas can be problematic. Is there a way to turn them into a useful resource?User personas are controversial. They’re built with great intentions, and then break down. People aren’t sure how to create them. They sit in drawers and hang on the wall, forgotten or ignored. But personas can be v..

Photo by William Warby on UnsplashHow do we measure design quality? This question has been asked at every company where I’ve led design, and it comes not only from designers but from stakeholders and executives as well. Solutions range from “we’ll know it when we see it”, to principle-based evaluati..

Self-awareness will help you hire and nurture a design team that’s curious, flexible, and authentic Continue reading on UX Collective »

Hi, yes you read that title right. I am a smartphone with a mind of my own, writing an article for Medium. I mean, I have to occupy my… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Applying the successful ingredients of product development to roadmapping Continue reading on UX Collective »

A critical factor in making developers and designers work cooperatively and cross-functionally is a shared understanding of design and code. One aspect that disrupts this is interaction states. Time and again, designers forget to design every state, and developers are left guessing how to implement ..