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It was a beautiful day in Santa Barbara, California, and I was walking down to work listening to an episode of my favorite podcast 99%… Continue reading on UX Collective »

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

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers.“One of the fundamental forces behind my journey is the opportunity to connect and collaborate with other designers. Building relationships is a crucial part of what we do. I’ve always been a people person myself. That’s just part of my na..

I spent a week on Signal to understand what lies behind the hype.Understanding what lies behind the hypeThis post focusses on the user experience on Signal and not on Whatsapp’s updated privacy policy.It’s hard to compete with headlines of Trump becoming the only president in US history to get impea..

The skill you may not have realized you had Continue reading on UX Collective »

Idea management is an essential innovation process — especially in large, complex organizations. This post presents the key principles that enable companies to ideate and innovate at scale.Photo by Mika Baumeister on UnsplashTo streamline and accelerate innovation, companies need to integrate flexib..

Viewing Google Maps icons through the perspective of ancient mapsAlaska (Prince of Wales Island), Copper Mountain and vicinity, 1909, by Sargent, R. H.The smell of aged parchment and centuries-dried ink, the slight sound of large sheets rustling and flat drawers rolling open, the soft feel of worn a..

And why there is no need for continuing to creare typefaces again and again. Continue reading on UX Collective »

There are 1.8 billion websites worldwide and you still haver a chance to design the worst site ever. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Photo by Karen Lau on UnsplashWhat is a mental shotgun?we often compute much more than we want or need. I call this excess computation the mental shotgun — Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman’s states in his book that we don’t have much control over how our brain makes sense of t..