Creating a more collaborative and efficient process when migrating to Figma

How we migrated our design team to Figma — Part 2Illustration by Alexander FandénAs the coronavirus hit the travel industry earlier this year, the design team at Agoda looked at how we could save costs without sacrificing the quality of the work we’re doing. The collaborative features and the opport..

Design for the real people, not for the users

How to create better realistic use case scenarios by asking the question of “how” instead of “why”Image source and all credits: http://www.dirksbigbunnies.com/As an active practitioner of many design methodologies, while trying to understand why people behave in a particular way, over the years, I c..

Tools to invent better futures

Experimental tools to align speculative and futures design with core values and life-centred thinking. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Breaking down the brilliant and simple design of Tinder

Why the application is so good at hooking you in Continue reading on UX Collective »

How AI programmers can give a more human touch to their work

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How to build tech that does things differently

Data ethics principles and processes are useful, but they are often of limited use when it comes to addressing the social and environmental harms of the data economy. This post is about using creative R&D to build data technologies that embed a different set of values from the ground up, balancing e..

What does “after UX” even mean?

How viral “top of the iceberg” advice could do more harm than good.Teisanu Tudor shared a riveting account of how they pretended to be an instagram UX influencer a few months back. From their experience, it seems that unfortunately, lots of popular content positions UX as this “happy, easy, 10-step-..

UX lessons I wish I had learned earlier

Part 1 — CraftThey say “hindsight is 20/20”. It’s very true. 10 years ago I made the switch from graphic design to user experience after a 10-year stint working for print shops & manufacturing environments. It has been an incredible journey so far, but there are many things I wished I had learned ea..

There’s something wrong with the User Experience Designer title

I’m a UX Designer and the UX title is making no sense to me.“Experience” encompasses everything and it’s unfair with the UX Designer and with whoever is working with UXers. Photo is taken by Lubos Volkov, via UnsplashI haven't yet come across an industry that has its discipline as a continuousl..

How a UX led strategy can help your startup succeed

The top 5 startup problems UX can help with. Continue reading on UX Collective »