Search or navigation? How familiarity affects naming and behavior
In cognitive psychology research, familiarity will cause people to use different names for an object, which may explain e-commerce users’ search or browsing behaviors.Do you know what’s in the cup in this picture?Photo by Ke Vin on UnsplashThis is the alcoholic drink — a Mojito!
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3,360 Figma variants, is graphic design too trendy, is Framer still alive?
Weekly curated resources for designers who are thinkers as much as they’re makers. Brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.Before the introduction of Variants, it was cumbersome to navigate a Figma asset library for components with multiple states or characteristics. More painful still w..
How to create buyer personas with people who don’t use your product yet
Segmenting your audience with data over assumptions
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Designers won’t save the world — but hopefully won’t ruin it either
Designers won’t save the world — but hopefully won’t ruin it eitherA reflection on the challenges, issues, possibilities, and dangers related to ethics while designing tomorrow’s products and services.Photo by NASA on UnsplashFor the past two weeks, I have been diving into the ethical dilemmas of ou..
Challenging power dynamics and individual responsibility
Episode three. The world we live in is a complex phenomenon, where we can play different significant roles, but not determining. In other…
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Designers should know crypto
The technology is here to stay, but with the more mainstream adoption come design challenges that were until now unsolved.
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Can service design empower students?
Service design has taken a more prominent role and found its way into the daily routine of industries. It holds an important place in the…
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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..
Starting your project on the right foot
Many times I’ve been asked by friends, mentees and design students: “What should I ask on the first kickoff meeting with my client?”. In this article, I will note all the questions that have made my design projects successful over the last few years, and hopefully, it will serve you to start any new..
