Creating a space for authentic connections within your design team

Reflections on navigating 2020, and tools & techniques that have helped us intentionally design authentic virtual team connection. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Can you judge a book by its creative director?

Like a duet or dance, it’s about making your creative partner succeedThe co-authors of Two Beats Ahead, Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix; photo: Kimberly Panay, 2018In 2016 I was approached to write a book. I turned it down, only to find myself working on it a year later. The reason was that al..

21 tips for winning the 2021 Worst Site Award

There are 1.8 billion websites worldwide and you still haver a chance to design the worst site ever. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Technology doesn’t make accessibility hard. People who don’t care do.

Everything that makes accessibility difficult ties back to one root cause: People not giving a damn about others who are different. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Perfect practice makes perfect

How the need for instant gratification is impairing the education of junior designers. My plan is to help. Continue reading on UX Collective »

UX methods, WhatsApp privacy backlash, illustrations in Figma

Your weekly list of curated design resources, brought to you by your friends at the UX Collective.The most common tool, methods, processes, and deliverables that designers use throughout the digital product design process. Learn all of them, but don’t obsess about them. Our goal as designers should ..

Never speak for free at conferences organized by for-profit companies.

Charge your full price. — 100 design lessons for 2021 Never speak for free at conferences organized by for-profit companies. was originally published in UX Collective on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

How to use clone characters to design better experiences for your users

Clone characters are used in storytelling to reflect aspects of the main characters back at themselves. Here’s how you can use the same… Continue reading on UX Collective »

Surviving career glitch: Growing up to be a value-driven designer

With experience comes greater understanding. Using that tactfully should be your winning strategy. Continue reading on UX Collective »

I don’t know anyone using InVision Studio, and that’s too bad

The more you hype your product, the more people expect. Continue reading on UX Collective »