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..
How video game UX can bridge the gap between players and the game
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 UCD sense: I see a need for systemic change
The job ad said “content designer”. The interviewer was very keen to hear about your content design experience, and spoke animatedly about the organisation moving to a user-centred design approach.But by mid-morning of your first day, perhaps sooner, you know.
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Design systems are ecosystems for collaboration
Defining the parts and the 5 questions to drive development forward.In 2014 I build what I called my first proper UI component library. What made it proper was the fact that I could reuse components and combine them to create new components and layouts. I called it the “prototype machine” because it..
The problem with underspecified notifications
We often fear giving our users too much information. But doing so comes with a cost and the check engine light is a prime example.
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Habits I gave up in my 21,000-hour design journey
It’s not about taking more work, it’s about quitting bad habits.
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Chess & Information Architecture — An introduction
Chess & Information Architecture — An introductionBelieve it or not, reading the IA standard — Information Architecture for the Web and Beyond — got me into chess.If you don’t know what information architecture is and how it fits into UX, I have a blog post here. It’s funny, I sort of stumbled into ..
Affordances and signifiers
Creating designs, components and interactions that make sense to users
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Framer is still alive and well… and its a game-changer
Framer is still alive and well… and it’s a game-changerA love letter to my prototyping tool of choice.Earlier, this week, this post came across my feed: “Framer is Dead.”
Impossible. I’ve been using it non-stop for the past month.
Sadly, this post has gotten some traction, and I’ve seen it pop-up on..
What can designers learn from NFTs?
Lessons from their explosive growth.
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