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..
In defence of the hairy line in drawings and sketches
In drawing, ‘hairy lines’ are generally considered ‘finished’ lines but that have not been resolved in certainty. A result of going back…
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What makes a great two-factor authentication (2FA)?
Photo of a white lock icon on a purple fullscreen background displayed on a cellphone screen by Franck on UnsplashIn 2023 alone, cybercriminals will steal 33 billion records. It takes 196 days on average to identify a data breach. The cost of a data breach will reach $150 million by 2020… These numb..
How to convince company leadership to care about accessibility — a guide
Over 11,000 ADA lawsuits were filed in the US in 2019 and 26% of Americans have a disability. How do we get our leadership to take action?
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How to use product norm to assist design decisions
Previously, we discussed what the product norm is and why it’s important to design. In a nutshell, the product norm is the product mission executed in UX. It’s the product concept that’s engineered in the users’ minds and behaviour patterns through experience design. It aligns with the brand’s perso..
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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To add is expected, to subtract is design
A couple years ago I wrote about how healthcare should take customer experience guru Dan Gingiss’s advice: do simple better. Now new research illustrates why this is so hard: when it comes to trying to make improvements, people would rather add than subtract.
That, in a nutshell, may help explain wh..
Jobs-based business strategy: business language
As digital products grow in complexity, there comes a need for a businesses to start dividing up responsibility across cross-functional teams. These divisions of responsibility, while necessary, usually end up creating communication barriers in the organization (Edmondson, 2012), better known as “si..
A world designed for men with a “just make it pink” mentality
(But let’s try to do better from now on.)Drawn in Adobe Illustrator by the author.Today is March 8th, or International Women’s Day, and the entire month of March is to celebrate women’s history. Though it is always nice to be reminded of all the advancements women have made in infiltrating male-domi..
WhatsApp or Signal — or both?
WhatsApp or Signal — or both?Would you switch? How important is it for you?WhatsApp or Signal or BothThere have been a plethora of articles, news reports, facts mixed with rumours plastered all over the web being sent around to all my contacts, I myself have been inundated with messages requesting m..