Conducting design research for startups
Here’s what you need to know about conducting design research for an early-stage startup.
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You look creative, but you sound like a bank
How understanding tone of voice can help architects, designers and creative businesses win work and get noticed.
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How to build tech that does things differently
Data ethics principles and processes are useful, but they are often of limited use when it comes to addressing the social and environmental harms of the data economy. This post is about using creative R&D to build data technologies that embed a different set of values from the ground up, balancing e..
Brutalism at its best
The days when one of architecture’s most controversial styles looks at its most resplendentThe Barbican Centre in London in all its sublimity.This morning I awoke, like I often do, and fired up my laptop from which I lazily scrolled through the various news and sports websites; an act which encompas..
Are workshops ruining the UX design world?
Photo by Bonneval Sebastien via UnsplashOver the last couple of years, design thinking, design sprints, and the workshops that go with both have become increasingly popular in UX design processes. I for one have made workshop facilitation a primary function in my process. There are a lot of articles..
The journey of defining a personal design philosophy
A portrait of a human, with deep-looking eyes and a painted face. Source: Loner WolfA design philosophy incorporates not only the professional expertise of a designer but also an essential part of his personality. It is the core motivation, the base for every successful project, and the anchoring po..
A playbook for designing for sales
Sales Design is a type of Service Design with its own best practices
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What Japan can teach us about UX and product design
Image by Luca Florio Photo of fox statues at a shrineIn a previous article, I wrote about what Japan can teach us about UX and Universal Design. However, Japan's product design is another area of ux design success; both in its approach to the aesthetic qualities and its functionality. Here are ..
UI & UX micro-tips: Volume two
A collection of handy tips to help improve your designs instantly
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“What if we just…?”
A designer’s worst nightmare
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