Why the Starbucks app is design perfection
I love my barista, but I’d much rather use the app. The UX on the Starbucks app is so close to perfect it’s setting industry standards.
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Figma for education: Design for learning experiences
Why would a teacher be interested in Figma? Why would a designer be interested in classroom prep?Join our little Figgy educators group.Currently, I work in the EdTech product design industry (K-12) as an experience designer. I am a former 7th-grade science teacher and am planning to return to the cl..
How to avoid using gradients like a lunatic
Gradients are everywhere you look these days and it appears they aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Here is how to harness their power…
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Bringing self-compassion into product management
Encouragement to shift your perception of what ‘high performing’ looks like
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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!
If your answer was “..
“What if we just…?”
A designer’s worst nightmare
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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..
