What makes a great two-factor authentication (2FA)?
Photo of a white lock icon on a purple fullscreen background displayed on a cellphone screen by Franck on UnsplashIn 2023 alone, cybercriminals will steal 33 billion records. It takes 196 days on average to identify a data breach. The cost of a data breach will reach $150 million by 2020… These numb..
The design raconteur
The role storytelling playing in being a better designer.
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Why AI needs a semantic structure to ever get alive
Von Neumann’s haunting dreams of self-replicating machine
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Design as brand storyteller: Three ways design drives brand stories
Design does more than look good. In the right hands, it can tell the story of the brand like no linear narrative can.image: Photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash“Storytelling” is one of those words. In marketing circles, it gets hauled out whenever someone wants to make what they’re doing sound more..
How to build great products
Build at the intersectionThe best products are created at the intersection of product, design, and engineering. Successful teams start, build, and finish together. Fewer handoffs, and more multidisciplinary debates and considerations.
Decide at the intersectionThe best product decisions are made at ..
A brief history on writing: A forgotten technology
How the challenges we face in today’s digital age can be traced back to one of the most significant yet underrated innovations of all time—writing.Ernest Hemingway writing. Image: WortmanWhen you think “technology”, writing seldom comes to mind. Yet, the creation of writing remains one of the single..
10 publications that contextualize design in South Africa
There are so few independent publications currently being produced in South Africa, and even fewer with a coherent design sensibility. All the more reason to know about those publications that have made a historic impression, and support those that are currently trying to create history. It should b..
UX lessons from car gear stick designs
Habits and their role in design.In the world of new technologies and the user experience designed around them, we are often stuck within the thought of “newer is always better!” We soon find that this isn’t always the case, complaining that it’s hard to use, or not as good as we thought. But why so?..
Design is everything but everything isn’t design
Why brands put aesthetics ahead of everything else but need everything else for design to truly succeedAesthetics are an expression of purpose. What we believe, the choices we make, and the products and services we choose to use are bound up in our individual worldview and belief system. Our choices..
The most important soft skill for designers: Communication
Why strong communication skills are so significant to a designer’s success.
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