Why skipping the business need is never worth it
A plea for b2b product managers
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What this pandemic has taught us about your inaccessible website…
Do you ever stop to wonder what your life would look like if, all of a sudden, the Internet was taken away from you?
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How to maintain quality with a UX checklist
If you were to buy a car tomorrow, which makes would you consider? Assuming that you had a sensible budget (no supercars I’m afraid) would you consider a Ford, a BMW, a Tesla, a GM, an Audi, a Jaguar, a Toyota perhaps? Of the countless makes that you could choose, there is a pretty good change that ..
Our industry needs a transparent career path that rewards our craft
Interview with Gabriel Valdivia about his career journey building teams, products, and bringing the craft along the way.Gabriel Valdivia, illustrated by Shreya DamleLeading with Craftis a limited series of articles where we shed a light on stories of designers with successful careers as individual c..
Inclusive design: Solve for one, extend to many
A few weeks back while scrolling through my Twitter feed, I came across this marvelous innovation by Nike which just blew my mind.
A truly intuitive productThe Nike GO FlyEase is a hands-free shoe — which consists of a hinge and a flexible tensioner around the shoe that facilitates the taking-on and..
What human collective intelligence can teach to AI
The power of cumulative cultural evolution
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How to set up a writing practice for your design team
Even if you don’t have any writers.icons8To design products, you have to write. But I’m not here to convince you. The remaining skeptics shuttered their windows after Intercom’s Senior Group Design Manager Jonathon Colman published a study showing how the world’s most popular apps dedicate over a th..
Space to move
The relationship between dance, design, and space.Herzog & de Meuron — Laban Dance Centre Interior/Studio. Photo by Jim Stephenson.Written by Craig Berry and Kirsten Oelofse
Designer & Writer | Dancer, Choreographer & Creative
What does it mean to have a building designed specifically for dance? You..
Accessibility: a matter of big bucks and smart business decisions
Close up picture of a surprised middle-aged latin man with sunglasses, surrounded by heaps of $100 bills.As someone who’s been tirelessly advocating for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the digital space for over 20 years, I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve had to explain to peo..
Test smart: How to refine your design with usability testing
Have you ever experienced a feeling of disappointment about some purchase? Was it a birdhouse that birds were not interested in? Or a coffee grinder that did not grind coffee well?
Similarly, a feeling of disappointment (or even frustration) is the thing experienced by an end-user of a poorly develo..