If you fail, I fail

How lockdown has taught designers to truly understand their clients.Image by Rikki StoreyAs the UK passes a sobering milestone marking a year since the first lockdown was announced, I have realised two truths: As designers, we don’t truly understand the impact our clients experience during periods o..

Measuring design debt

The second part of the ‘Design debt 101’ seriesThis article references information from the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of design debt. Please, consider reading it for more context before moving forward. In this piece, we’ll dive into the topic of measuring design debt. I’ll walk you through the qualitative an..

Bringing self-compassion into product management

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The 4 Tendencies and how we can use them in user experience design

What if all our users fall into these four groups? Continue reading on UX Collective »

How accessible are the Canadian COVID vaccination landing pages?

During my last appearance on the Now with Dave Brown morning show in March, we spoke a fair bit about the general lack of inclusion of… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Using design to fight racism

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

A new, revolutionary UI is just around the corner — here are the signs

We all remember the 2nd one. The 5th one is on its way. Continue reading on UX Collective »

The skills of a UX designer in 2088

Let’s talk about the future of design?© Hunter HaleyNot infrequently, in this or that debate or article, we have witnessed the exercise of trying to imagine what the digital industry will look like in the future and more specifically what should be the skills of designers, be it UX or any other disc..

Top vs side navigation: Which one is better for your product?

Today we compare them to see who will pack more punches.What does the research say?When choosing a navigation layout for your app usually you will need to define the position of primary, secondary, and tertiary navigation hierarchy. A research study “A comparison of three-level menu navigation struc..

A few other things for your accessibility checklist

7 essential accessibility sticking points you might have overlooked in your applications.There are loads of requirements in order to fully comply with accessibility by WCAG standards. While you might be familiar with the usual accessibility checklist, today I will break down other things in the acce..