In defense of design challenges

With specific conditions, of course. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The state of design in 2021: How to bring us together again

A lonely designer’s critique of today, and a renewed purpose of the social value of design for tomorrow. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Why would we care about user onboarding?

Photo by Uri Paz on UnsplashWhy would we care about onboarding? Shouldn’t we just create a user registration form to get someone signed up and dump them into the middle of our product as quickly as possible? Changes are you won’t have much success retaining such users. You’ve spent a bunch of time, ..

How to use the new ProtoPie plugin for Adobe XD

ProtoPie has rebuilt the importing feature for Adobe XD. Supporting a wealth of new features that’s sure to improve your XD to ProtoPie… Continue reading on UX Collective »

UX Trends 2020: A retrospective

The best UX trends speed up interactions, improve usability, and reduce friction. 2020 has reinforced some trends from the previous year, including AI-assisted voice interactions, hyper-personalization, and hand-drawn content; and produced a handful of new UX trends that will endure through the comi..

When AI inspires human creators

Machine Learning can also be fueled by beauty and meaning Continue reading on UX Collective »

Creativity is not imagination. It’s realisation.

What determines creativity in humans? Gain perspective and increased self-awareness through a historical and value-based analysis. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Can urban acupuncture really heal cities?

Urban Acupuncture consists of pinpricks of urban change. In this article, I look at Jaime Lerner’s book on this topic and discuss the… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Redefining growth as a product designer

How confronting my Imposter Syndrome led me to redefine growth based on values, not goals. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Good and bad questions for a Design Sprint

Design Sprint is a fantastic tool in the innovation toolbox. But just as real tools, it works well for specific tasks and bad for others. What criteria should a good sprint question meet?This post is a modification of the original post published on Frankwatching.nl (in Dutch). Design thinking is sim..