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A new way of thinking about data science and data ethics, informed by the ideas of intersectional feminism.by Catherine D’Ignazio and Lauren F. Klein Introduction: We wrote this book because we are data scientists and data feminists. Although we speak as a “we” in this book, and share certain identi..

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Image : David Serrault“AI design will allow creatives to concentrate on their real jobs.”reportedly said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple. I was not able to certify the source of this quote, however, it poses a question: What is the real designer job? Or, what would be the designer’s “real job” that Mr. Cook ..

How to design for weird user behavior.Photo by Luísa Schetinger on UnsplashThis article was inspired by a conversation I had with Ryan Warrender on our Podcast Design Huddle. User Fudged Experiences are when users do something unexpected with our products or service, usually in a hacky way. Here are..

Product design principles that will improve usability for everyone. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Behaviors & biases in planningPhoto by Hans-Peter GausterThe past few months have been pretty busy at work. We’ve started an exercise where we are evaluating a product — currently manufactured in our European & North American factories — to be manufactured in our Asian factories to serve the regiona..

5 aspects for everyone to clarify expectations for digital tools that will shape the world of tomorrow, now.We have a crisis. There are less than 10 years left to meet 2030 goals, and according to the AIA 2030 report for 2019 only 15% of new projects reported are meeting those goals. There is a long..

A discussion of the theory of design trends with sample trends in Industrial Design, Interface Design, and User Experience.Fig. 4: the design trend map: micro design trends in user experience, visual design and industrial design (this version created in April, 2021)Key Insights: (1) Design trends ca..

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If DesignOps is about designing processes and defining transformative strategies, it is important to apply a Systems Thinking approach to ensure the strategy delivers on the expectations and does not move inefficiencies across the organisation.Systems Thinking is a holistic critical thinking approac..