Using design to fight racism

How might we use technology to address racial inequities? Continue reading on UX Collective »

How Clubhouse’s accessibility issues block users with disabilities from joining the conversation

The audio-based social platform must do more to welcome disabled users. Continue reading on UX Collective »

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 ..

Hey designers, it’s time you learned how the rest of the sausage is made

We are a part of something bigger than ourselves.Effective immediately, all designers are going to be forced to write code. All of us. No exceptions. We were turned into unicorns as we slept last night.Just kidding, but there is an essential lesson here. The more you know about the people, process, ..

Peek like a Geek, steal like the greatest

How to use metaphors to gain an understanding of your customers mental model? Continue reading on UX Collective »

The role of transformational leadership in design

As my team has been focusing on elevating each team member, we’ve started looking at what makes a good manager and how we can train them. Continue reading on UX Collective »

Why we don’t like to wait and how to improve the user experience through...

Yeah, we don’t like to wait. Either in a supermarket line or loading a website. It is at our core. Continue reading on UX Collective »

How taxonomies in the physical world can inform design decisions

Taxonomy, as it relates to user experience and information architecture, refers to the structural methods for how information is sorted, classified and organized. “To effectively arrange anything, we have to choose methods for organizing and classifying content in ways that convey the intended infor..

What can researchers learn from con artists?

Building trust and rapport are key as we invite others to share, yet we must remain vigilant and combat confirmation bias Continue reading on UX Collective »

UX inspiration from history: Sony Walkman

Today, many of us know the story of the Sony Walkman brand and how it influenced many other products in the 21 century. It was one of the first models of portable players to change the way people listen to music.The story of the classic Walkman ended in 2010 when Sony retired the cassette player. So..