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Ethics, UX, and our role in all thisWe live in a world where our behaviours are accurately being predicted every step of the way. It sometimes feels like apps and products know us more than we know ourselves. This is not necessarily bad, or that we should be scared every time we log on, it’s just th..

Part 1: Tools, costs, and learnings from other design teamsAs the coronavirus hit the travel industry earlier this year, the design team at Agoda looked at how we could save costs without sacrificing the quality of the work we’re doing. The collaborative features and the opportunity to shrink the co..

If you are unfamiliar with the Panofsky method it comes from Erwin Panofsky, a German art historian who in 1932 looked into the study of… Continue reading on UX Collective »

New Directions: The Cover StoryPioneer designer Alvin Lustig’s fifty best book covers in one box.Lustig’s first cover design for New Directions, 1941The great graphic designer Milton Glaser once said, “there are three responses to a piece of design — yes, no, and WOW!” WOW! is what you’ll say to New..

When talking about consumer and producer responsibility, there are apparent differences in device categories. OEMs take note. Continue reading on UX Collective »

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 ..

Discovering remote and off-the-grid architectural gems.Written by Craig Berry Designer & Writer AFGH – Lake Rotsee Refuge (2012) Photograph byThroughout 2020 and 2021 we have been, and still are, inside our homes more than ever in an attempt to avoid physical contact, social interaction and virus sp..

Why design probes are effective methods to understand emotional UX. Continue reading on UX Collective »

User Interfaces exist as a layer between the player and the game. As a UX/UI designer, the goal is to build a bridge that the player can cross. One which links the real world — a controller, a mouse, a touch screen — to the abstract and complex mechanics of a game.What do these two games have in com..

The biggest design trend from last year made visualizing data a mainstream thing Continue reading on UX Collective »