Psychological principles every product designer should know

Source: Vladimir Hadzic on DribbbleIt isn’t a mystery that a large part of delivering a highly successful user experience is understanding what the customer wants/needs along with the cognition that consequently gets customers thinking about what they want/need. Psychology, thus, becomes a crucial e..

How to handle UI scaling in games

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That involuntary flirt made me consider the design ethics

Seven conclusions after two weeks of a diary study.Photo: Phix Nguyen, Unsplash.comYou can’t walk into the room of Design Ethics, learn it, and then exit. But you can walk into the stakeholder's room, say that the business model is sh*tty, and then exit. The long-term solution of course lies so..

Starting your project on the right foot

Many times I’ve been asked by friends, mentees and design students: “What should I ask on the first kickoff meeting with my client?”. In this article, I will note all the questions that have made my design projects successful over the last few years, and hopefully, it will serve you to start any new..

How to create buyer personas with people who don’t use your product yet

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Good design is science, not art

Although it probably helps to be a little artistic.NOTE: This article is for novice designers who want to improve their skills and grow their client base. This article is not meant to disparage art or artists in the slightest. I bear the utmost respect for artists of all kind and couldn’t fathom the..

Top vs side navigation: Which one is better for your product?

Today we compare them to see who will pack more punches.What does the research say?When choosing a navigation layout for your app usually you will need to define the position of primary, secondary, and tertiary navigation hierarchy. A research study “A comparison of three-level menu navigation struc..