Twitter Blue Graphic | December 2022 I stumbled across two recent articles discussing Elon’s supposed new Twitter Blue Logo. One from Fast Company titled Elon Musk’s new Twitter Blue logo is perfectly awful, and another from Boing Boing titled The new and laughably bad Twitter Blue logo. In the Fast Company article, the author Jesus… Continue reading Elon’s new Twitter Blue logo isn’t what you think
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.
A radical opinion on ChatGPT
Churn out every idea and then burn it down. We need to talk about ChatGPT. Actually, not just ChatGPT but all AI-powered content development tools. Whether it’s text-to-image AIs, or those capable of generating conversational text, computer code, poetry, and more in response to prompts. Artificial Intelligence has been chipping at creatives for a while, and this… Continue reading A radical opinion on ChatGPT
Wrexham vs. Twitter: a study in contrasts
Twitter is top of mind for many in the technology industry and beyond as Elon Musk just bought it, and has proceeded to gut it. Many of us in the Twitter community are horrified. As long time users we feel betrayed by the way Musk has approached his purchase. His firing of the staff, his… Continue reading Wrexham vs. Twitter: a study in contrasts
Understanding workflow interviews, one of the best 5-minute reality checks from users
A quick method for getting user guidance about how they actually work Continue reading on UX Collective »
Designing a sustainable future
How can we ensure the future of the design specialism is transparent, sustainable and ethically conscious for the wellbeing of the planet? Collage by Claire Matthews We’re living in uncertain times, but one thing can be assured: the climate emergency is now a topic of national concern. We are finally waking up to the harmful… Continue reading Designing a sustainable future
Are silos where UX goes to die?
Prototyping is a simple (not easy) catalyst for transformative change in UX Continue reading on UX Collective »
How to deal with tech downturn
Photo by Sam Mgrdichian on Unsplash I’ve been feeling heavy-hearted for the past few months. Everywhere I look, layoffs are happening, job hunting is taking much longer than usual, and offers are being rescinded or postponed. Even the ones who get to keep their jobs struggle with low morale and survivor guilt. It hurts, and… Continue reading How to deal with tech downturn
When the workaround is also inaccessible
The saga of Shane Burcaw and TSA Pre-Check. Continue reading on UX Collective »
How AI will unlock a new dimension of marketing creativity
Image by Author When you think about AI, what springs to mind? You’re not alone if you instantly get an image of some dystopian, sci-fi reality where it’s people vs. machines. From The Terminator to The Matrix and endless pixel points in between, we have an idea of what happens when robots get smarter/stronger/faster than… Continue reading How AI will unlock a new dimension of marketing creativity
What did Victor Papanek leave for UX designers in “Design for Real Word”?
In the “Back to basics” series, I would like to rediscover the content of the textbooks I read at the beginning of my industrial design studies. I am a supporter of wise (prudent) use of the achievements of the predecessors, which is why I re-read these valuable, twentieth-century books on design and try to extract… Continue reading What did Victor Papanek leave for UX designers in “Design for Real Word”?
7 behavioural UX approaches encouraging sustainable purchases
A review and summary of 7 behavioural UX approaches used to inform, enable, and encourage users to purchase planet-friendlier products Photo of Earth by NASA on Unsplash Changing behaviours is not easy. But with the wasteful cycles of consumer products being responsible for 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the global population estimated to… Continue reading 7 behavioural UX approaches encouraging sustainable purchases
How the fifth industrial revolution will end racial inequity if we let it
In America, the history of the Black experience, and racism, is uniquely rooted in the DNA of this country. Continue reading on UX Collective »
Are we losing our peripheral vision?
Rodney Fitch cited Raymond Lowe as one of his three heroes, the other two being William Morris and The Victoria and Albert Museum, where he believed all designers should have their ashes scattered. His admiration for Lowe was simple, he was the first to truly codify the role and practice of a multi-disciplinary design studio… Continue reading Are we losing our peripheral vision?
“How do I solve an ‘impossible’ problem?”
How to think like an astronaut, work the problem, and find solutions that actually work. Continue reading on UX Collective »
Every senior UX Researcher needs to be mixed methods
More art I created thanks to Midjourney… Everyone should use this AI art program. “Kris I need to establish a metric baseline for the [new product] that we are implementing.” — Says a stakeholder on my team “Ok that sounds reasonable, do we have a list of people to send it out to?” — Says… Continue reading Every senior UX Researcher needs to be mixed methods
Can trust be designed?
The power of visual symbols in building credibility — whether for good or bad. Image: Manoel do Amaral Written by Fabricio Teixeira and Caio Braga From the moment we as humans started to organize ourselves into larger groups, following social contracts to ensure a certain level of order became crucial. As historian and philosopher Yuval Harari explains, it’s easy for… Continue reading Can trust be designed?
Why designers can’t lose hope
Image by the author. An article last year by Jesse James Garrett suggested that UX leaders are losing hope. He suggested that businesses have co-opted the tactical efforts of UX to fit them neatly into the Agile process. Here’s what he has to say: Agile’s success at the expense of UX is just one manifestation… Continue reading Why designers can’t lose hope
Down the wrong path: the disaster of the latest Duolingo UI update
The world’s largest language learning platform recently rolled out a major update to its 50M active users, and it has major usability… Continue reading on UX Collective »
BeReal: the social network that wants to change the world
Self-made picture of my BeReal account. Lately, one app has been steadily occupying the first position by downloads in both IOS and Android, making headlines virtually in every newspaper and being the latest buzzword. Can you recall? It is called BeReal. BeReal, which promotes itself as a spontaneous and low-fuss social media platform that offers… Continue reading BeReal: the social network that wants to change the world
What if Apple waited to release the iPhone?
Why done is better than perfect and how to effectively make decisions Continue reading on UX Collective »
Exploring the Free Font Index (and showing typefaces some love)
Book cover jackets for all three Free Font Indexes (re-colourised). Image credits: Hans Lijklema. On this issue of Type Founds, I venture into a decade-plus-old series of catalogues featuring free fonts that you too can get your hands on. Let’s discuss the ethics of free fonts, and take a look at some sweet typefaces in… Continue reading Exploring the Free Font Index (and showing typefaces some love)
Digital death, neurodesign, Notion AI, Figma automated UI builder
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “We live in a hyper-connected world where things don’t seem to have happened unless you post about them. An emotion hardly seems validated until it’s been shared with others online. On average, we spend a quarter of our lives online. For people we never met in person, all they know… Continue reading Digital death, neurodesign, Notion AI, Figma automated UI builder
What is service design and why it matters
Service design is such a vague concept that I often struggle to explain it. Even though service design is taught in some of the most prominent universities there are many misconceptions about the discipline. I started my studies in strategic design a couple of years ago but I had no idea what I was getting… Continue reading What is service design and why it matters
How does your team measure UX quality?
This year on my team, we had a moment where we realized that our UX quality was slipping. It started with a few surprising feedback tickets, then we noticed some patterns in our dovetail user research sessions, then got some rather harsh NPS scores, until finally we realized we needed to quantify our UX quality… Continue reading How does your team measure UX quality?