Category: Design

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.

How ‘collective illusions’ influence decision making

How our perceptions of the world around us and the groups we work in may be misleading This week builds on our previous post on cognitive illusions and perception errors. optical illusions help illustrate how blind we are to the cognitive heuristics we use to make sense of the world around us. What they show is… Continue reading How ‘collective illusions’ influence decision making

Threads vs. Twitter: the liminal border between culture and politics

Meta’s Threads is a runaway success. It is claimed that the platform reached 100 million users in only five days. News about it dominates the blogosphere. Threads, however, has its critics. In the design community, the new platform has been criticised for not allowing non-Instagram users to sign up; not possessing a “Following” feed (as… Continue reading Threads vs. Twitter: the liminal border between culture and politics

What does “rigorous” research really mean?

I’m writing this at home in my fourth-story apartment. When I do, I’m trusting that my building isn’t going to collapse on me. Continue reading on UX Collective »

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Designing for AI: beyond the chatbot

Guidelines and strategies for meaningfully leveraging AI in your applications With the recent advancements in AI, we as designers, builders, and creators, face big questions about the future of applications and how people will interact with digital experiences. Generative AI has unleashed huge possibilities with what we can do with AI. People are now using… Continue reading Designing for AI: beyond the chatbot

Creating magic with logical thinking

We are constantly faced with the challenge of solving complex problems in creative ways. While it may seem like magic and logic are opposing forces, they can often work together in design, where creative thinking and strategic actions can create truly transformative and magical experiences. Magic and creativity are often used interchangeably because they involve… Continue reading Creating magic with logical thinking

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Words: the new data commodity

The AI and LLM industry is changing and developing rapidly. How will the industry move forward, become regulated and adjust to this new reality of words as a commodity? We’re starting a new chapter of data commodification through access to and the commodification of words. In a yet unregulated space, product teams need to self-regulate… Continue reading Words: the new data commodity

A few accessibility and feature misses with the Threads launch

Camryn Manker · Follow Published in UX Collective · 6 min read · 20 hours ago — 5 Share Source: Meta Note: This was written 7/6/23, the day of Threads’ launch. Any new updates or changes to the app may not yet be reflected in the article. Recently, Twitter announced a new system that limits… Continue reading A few accessibility and feature misses with the Threads launch

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From Beethoven to Bach: how Apple’s new app makes classical music discovery a breeze

Discovering and enjoying classical music made easy with Apple’s dedicated app, Apple Music Classical Generated by the author using Adobe Firefly There’s a problem when it comes to searching and exploring classical music on music streaming services. Apple Music is not different, and Apple tried to solve this problem by launching a separate app! In this… Continue reading From Beethoven to Bach: how Apple’s new app makes classical music discovery a breeze

Real rebels risk disapproval

Fake rebels just stay on the safe side and “critique”. The irony and sarcasm of the last few decades just doesn’t carry any longer — it’s… Continue reading on UX Collective »

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AI’s black swans: Unforeseen consequences looming

Capitalizing our insecurities AI is calling out our imperfections I uploaded my portrait into this tool, and it revealed flaws in my face while recommending products that I can buy to fix it. Source: Qoves AI-powered facial analysis Qoves is a facial analysis tool powered by AI that is used to detect the superficial flaws… Continue reading AI’s black swans: Unforeseen consequences looming

The fake aura of care

Stephen Farrugia · Follow Published in UX Collective · 9 min read · 2 days ago — Listen Share Image created by Stephen Farrugia with photos: “Brian Chesky and Travis Kalanick (cropped)” by TechCrunch licensed under CC BY 2.0. and “Mother Theresa in a church on Burano” by Sergey Galyonkin licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0… Continue reading The fake aura of care

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Amazon lawsuit, tips for UX leaders, beating AI, all new things Figma

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. The FTC has slapped Amazon with a lawsuit, accusing the company of duping millions of customers into signing up for its Prime subscription service through deceptive user interface designs. But the lawsuit goes even deeper. Amazon allegedly made canceling subscriptions an odyssey, with a purposefully complicated labyrinthine process designed… Continue reading Amazon lawsuit, tips for UX leaders, beating AI, all new things Figma

Organized chaos

Beau Ulrey · Follow Published in UX Collective · 5 min read · May 17 — 2 Listen Share Jackson Pollock embracing mastery and chaos. Credit: Life In Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life, he addresses some very big questions and common lies we all tell ourselves. He presents the concept of finding meaning by… Continue reading Organized chaos

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Finding value at the bookends

Improving the design of solutions by conducting foundational pre-design research and post-launch analyses. The UX research field is experiencing a significant transformation as it becomes increasingly prevalent and expands beyond dedicated user researchers. Both user researchers and “people who do research” are engaging in more user interviews, surveys, and other forms of data collection, recognizing… Continue reading Finding value at the bookends

Invisible cities, infinite scroll UX, product tsunami, Framer AI

Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “We are still at the dawn of a new digital era: artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, augmented reality, and other technical and societal changes are reframing the world we live in. However, from a spatial design perspective, they have so far been lame and ordinary. Without the constraints in the physical… Continue reading Invisible cities, infinite scroll UX, product tsunami, Framer AI

Does good design require instructions?

Debunking the meaning behind the cliché saying Elvis Hsiao · Follow Published in UX Collective · 8 min read · 3 days ago — 4 Listen Share Source: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/norman-doors-dont-know-whether-push-pull-blame-design/ As a UX designer responsible for creating digital products and interfaces, I often struggle with the fear that my designs may not be intuitive or accessible… Continue reading Does good design require instructions?

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Setting up performance reviews for Product Designers

Take a few shortcuts with my comprehensive guide on evaluating designers Why is evaluating designers so difficult? Evaluating the performance of a product designer within a startup or agency environment is challenging. It involves a mixture of objective and subjective data that is synthesized in an attempt to gauge if someone is to be rewarded,… Continue reading Setting up performance reviews for Product Designers