It takes a village to do human-centred design

Photo by UX Indonesia on Unsplash Human-Centred Design is not a solo mission. It never was and never will be. It is a collective effort. HCD is an inclusive and co-creative process that relies on the combination of many kinds of expertise. It was made to solve wicked problems and fully embraces the Dusty Baker quote: “Everybody… Continue reading It takes a village to do human-centred design

Where is UI design headed?

Reflections and forecasts amidst the rise of AI and XR. Vrinda Singh · Follow Published in UX Collective · 16 min read · 3 days ago — Listen Share Video courtesy: Keiichi Matsuda I had my first encounter with generative AI in 2016, with the Deep Dream Generator created by Alexander Mordvintsev. It’s an image… Continue reading Where is UI design headed?

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3 Essential Design Trends, June 2023

That’s a big part of the reason so many designers are stripping down menus to more minimal styles. (Plus, it can create a cleaner, more sleek overall design.) Here’s what’s trending in design this month – and it is all about navigation. 1. Pop-Out Navigation There’s an obvious connection to mobile-friendliness here – website designs that use… Continue reading 3 Essential Design Trends, June 2023

Embracing change with system-driven design

To embrace change, you have to make it easy and cheap. System-driven design is one way to do just that. Waterfall, the double diamond, and other traditional ways of approaching the development of digital products rooted in the building perspective take for granted that it’s easier to make changes to designs than code. They operate under… Continue reading Embracing change with system-driven design

Continuous design: a framework for digital products

I used my observations of good and bad design practices in product teams to identify three key principles that could be used to build up the framework: Design engages with messy reality Design knowledge resides in models Most (digital) design happens post-launch 1. Design engages with messy reality Many teams are so focussed on their… Continue reading Continuous design: a framework for digital products

How to Load in and Animate Content With Vanilla JavaScript

One of our popular tutorials on Tuts+ teaches readers how to load in and animate content with jQuery. While using jQuery allows us to write relatively less amount of code to achieve the desired functionality, it also increases page load time and introduces unnecessary dependency. Unless the website you are working on is already loading… Continue reading How to Load in and Animate Content With Vanilla JavaScript

Designing for dyslexia

Camryn Manker · Follow Published in UX Collective · 7 min read · Just now — Listen Share Photo by Rob Hobson on Unsplash 1 in 10 people have dyslexia. The world has about 7.8 billion people living it in, so there are around 780 million people who are dyslexic. In other words, there are… Continue reading Designing for dyslexia

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5 Overdone Photoshop Effects and How You Can Improve it

1. How to Add a Lens Flare Overlay in Photoshop Step 1 Let’s start with a classic light leak overlay. The go-to light leak overlay is a blob of color on an empty layer set to Screen. It’s fast but flat.  Instead, try using a Gradient Map adjustment layer set to Screen.   For a… Continue reading 5 Overdone Photoshop Effects and How You Can Improve it

Design Risks: How to Assess, Mitigate, and Manage Them

It’s impossible to see into the future and anticipate every possible outcome of our design decisions. As a result, every major design decision comes with risks: risk that the design will be unfamiliar or hard to use or unpopular, risk that it will cost too much money, or risk that it will be abused or… Continue reading Design Risks: How to Assess, Mitigate, and Manage Them

Good UX is not enough without a proper communication plan

To make a design thrive, you should support it with strategies to make it even more robust and accepted. There should be a coexistence between a practical design that should be free of explanation (invisibility) and effective communication (notoriety) Like many designers, I’ve been practicing this mantra all my career: “Good design is invisible,” but… Continue reading Good UX is not enough without a proper communication plan

What is Adobe Firefly?

In the digital age, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has revolutionized how designers can create and manipulate their designs. AI tools such as Adobe Firefly make it somewhat easier for designers to quickly generate visuals with minimal effort. This article will discuss what Adobe Firefly is, how to get Adobe Firefly, and how to… Continue reading What is Adobe Firefly?

Top 10 Tips to Optimize Your WordPress Website

Almost all businesses today usually have their own website to mark their online presence. While different businesses will have different types of websites and strategies in place to increase their sales, all of them would like a faster loading website. An optimized website is beneficial for a lot of reasons. The website owners save on… Continue reading Top 10 Tips to Optimize Your WordPress Website

15 Best New Fonts, May 2023

Every month we put together this roundup of the best new fonts we’ve found online in the previous four weeks. Enjoy! Publish Serif The Publish family consists of Publish Gothic, Public Sans, and Publish Serif. It was originally designed for the short-lived Danish newspaper ​“Dagen” and is now available publicly. It’s a versatile set of fonts… Continue reading 15 Best New Fonts, May 2023

WordPress Classic vs Gutenberg Editor

WordPress has been constantly changing and improving since its inception. The core team of developers keep adding new features while discarding obsolete ones to make sure that the platform keeps up with changing times. One such major change was the introduction of the Gutenberg Editor. In this post, we will compare the good old classic… Continue reading WordPress Classic vs Gutenberg Editor