Design ‘doing’ through unlearning and curiosity
Strategic design: a learning mindset.In a field like strategic design that operates at intersections, across disciplines, and through change and uncertainty, it is useful to think of the process as a state of mind, rather than seek a formula for success.
While a learning mindset, as a practice, can ..
How to improve a bad data visualization
Learn how to revise and resubmit your data story
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Generating and sharing dynamic images on the web
The Sharing: Part 1.This is Part 1 of a series of posts about generating and sharing dynamic images on the web. Check out Part 2 and Part 3.
I’m currently working on several client projects which generate dynamic images based on a user’s investment into a web campaign and then encourages them to sha..
How to balance user-centered design with business goals
Don’t give in to the pressure for using dark patterns
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How to create buyer personas with people who don’t use your product yet
Segmenting your audience with data over assumptions
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Comprehensive anatomy of all ‘Design Thinking’ workshops
ILLUSTRATED GUIDEAn attempt to figure out the workshop nature once and for all.We’ll skip the blah-blah about why workshops are important for product teams. Let’s better play a game. How many canvases on the picture below do you recognize? And which of them have you tried in practice?
What types of ..
Digital images 101: all you need to know as a designer
Images are also encoded into binary just like text, but instead of characters images are made up of pixels. A pixel is the smallest element in a picture. It is basically a square representing a specific color in an image.
To help you remember: picture + element = pixel.Some common terms:
Pixel: the ..
It’s time we stop lying to users; here’s what to do instead
Lying about having chat support. Automatic pop-ups. And more.
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Instagram can’t touch the visual glory of blank VHS tapes
The arranged marriage between color and typography lives onA Retape 180 blank VHS tape. Source: WallHaven.A thing of beauty will never fade away. Those blank VHS tapes from the 80s? They look just as good in 2021. Vibrant Instagram images with layers of filters can’t hold a candle to these boxes in ..
The needs of the many
It is time for the law to protect its digital citizens
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