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Selecting accessible fonts for your copy is not just to help users with disabilities and special needs – it increases legibility for all… Continue reading on UX Collective »

A collection of 18 tips to help improve your designs. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The Four Approaches to Fill the Missing Middle of Service DesignDuring its growth, Service Design focused heavily on definitions and its toolkit. But it failed to define what lies between these endpoints. While this is enough for practitioners, it falls short in the boardroom. Here we propose to fil..

How might we use technology to address racial inequities? Continue reading on UX Collective »

What rock stars have taught me about my job.Garbage, illustrated by R. Michael HendrixSteve was supposed to be in bright colored lights on stages across the U.S. along with Liz Phair and Alanis Morrisette. Instead, he was on Zoom with me, trying to find a camera angle that didn’t make him look like ..

How adding a social layer across the entire web can make it more delightful 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..

Creating designs, components and interactions that make sense to users Continue reading on UX Collective »

Don Norman and decolonial design.iMattSmart @UnsplashBack in October 2020 I had the pleasure to attend Don Norman’s Master Class transmitted by Interaction Design Foundation in which he presented the challenges to the discipline of Design and to all designers in the 21st century. To help me grasp a ..

“Here’s our cool new audio tagging AI thingy. It identifies and labels sounds in real-time without an internet connection.”“Wow, cool, neat!”…then they proceed to never use it. Telling me when to use something is a growth hack. It helps shape a future situation into an organic reminder. “Here’s our ..