Change is a fundamental aspect of the human experience, yet each change is a unique journey. In today’s fast-paced business world, traditional change management often relies on standardized tools and templates, primarily aiming to drive people to adopt change rather than adapt, which should be at the core of any transformation. However, in my experience… Continue reading Change with design
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Scalable designs are a business problem that designers can help solve
Designing to scale can be a critical skill to learn in specific fields Continue reading on UX Collective »
From data-driven to decision-driven
Kyle Byrd · Follow Published in UX Collective · 5 min read · 9 hours ago — 1 Listen Share Source: Midjourney We’ve all heard about ‘data-driven decision making’. The past decade has seen a race for more and more data — as if we just had perfect information, we’d make the right decision. This… Continue reading From data-driven to decision-driven
WCAG 2.2 Parsing — the Success Criterion that didn’t make it
Success Criterion (SC) 4.1.1 Parsing will be deprecated in WCAG 2.2. Why, and what does it mean? Continue reading on UX Collective »
Analysing design research: What we uncovered, and what it means
Sanna Rau · Follow Published in UX Collective · 10 min read · 1 day ago — Share Insights from research are usually more complex than a clear yes or no answer. Instead we want to uncover the why. Photo by S O C I A L . C U T on Unsplash The first… Continue reading Analysing design research: What we uncovered, and what it means
What happens to our creativity as we age?
Sustaining your creative spark across lifetimes with inspiration from Da Vinci Continue reading on UX Collective »
The data delivery checklist: principles to design data products
We have flagged selling energy to the grid for the first time as not available for a direct user of Tesla and crypto. Being available is one of the five principles in the Data Delivery Checklist. Where does an end-user fit into this? For the issue Bard has given us, let’s imagine a new smart… Continue reading The data delivery checklist: principles to design data products
Quality assurance in design: Who tested this?
Product quality is everyone’s responsibility. But with fewer dedicated QA specialists, it’s unclear who’s truly accountable. And with UX… Continue reading on UX Collective »
Reshaping productive workflows- integrating UX and AI
As rapid technological advancements shape the digital landscape, combining various cutting-edge technologies holds great potential for revolutionizing workflows. Conventional workflows can be inflexible, involving manual procedures that can take up a lot of time and be susceptible to mistakes. In contrast, generative AI models can contribute to making workflows increase efficiency. In this article, we… Continue reading Reshaping productive workflows- integrating UX and AI
AI in education: a savior or a threat?
Are threats to global education driven by AI or human factors? Photo by Andy Kelly on Unsplash As Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to gain ground in education, the question arises: is AI the hero we’re looking for, or does it pose a potential threat to the future of learning? It’s a captivating subject, given the paramount importance… Continue reading AI in education: a savior or a threat?
The gender pay gap is designed into our culture; here’s how we can design it out
The following limitations should be considered when reading this article: Wages in the private sector are often made up of base pay and performance-related pay, both of which contribute to the gender pay gap. Due to time limitations, this article focuses solely on base pay. Gender is one of multiple personal characteristics that can affect… Continue reading The gender pay gap is designed into our culture; here’s how we can design it out
Unveiling the experience wheel of true fortune
Our tendency to focus on negative experiences has prevented us from recognizing and seizing the opportunities of another loop. This is better known as the flywheel effect, and the key ingredient is how success can be replicated through a series of logical but effective steps until it links as a chain. (Image source: Neil Webb) Would… Continue reading Unveiling the experience wheel of true fortune
Oppenheimer & UX: from atoms to experiences
Some other more concrete examples I want to briefly highlight are: (1) facial recognition in surveillance systems, (2) military drone control UI, (3) military shooter games, and (4) deceptive UX patterns. This example ties back to AI being as biased as their creators. We’ve seen and heard stories of facial recognition software racially profiling people… Continue reading Oppenheimer & UX: from atoms to experiences
Stakeholder management for design systems
The success of a design system depends more on stakeholder management than on the quality of its components. Continue reading on UX Collective »
5 proven sets of design principles and how I use them
Articulating why a design is good is always a challenge. Even the veterans sometimes struggle to find the words! Luckily, there are a number of common sets of design principles that provide practical starting points for analyzing designs and expressing what’s successful or unsuccessful about them. While senior designers tend to internalize these principles through… Continue reading 5 proven sets of design principles and how I use them
Ethical growth, AI authors, the mind of a type designer, UX research emails
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Growth hacks or so-called psychology tricks have a negative reputation. and it’s not a surprise. Think about the last time you stumbled upon such a “smart” hack — maybe when you were trying to unsubscribe from newsletters you didn’t mean to sign up for, or when booking a low-cost flight became… Continue reading Ethical growth, AI authors, the mind of a type designer, UX research emails
That which makes us human
Early in my career as a product designer, I was working on an app for patients undergoing chemotherapy when the client asked “How can we make this experience delightful?” Once I got over my initial shock from the contradictions inherent to that question, I dug a little deeper. What is delight? And how can we… Continue reading That which makes us human
Plane crashes and radiation overdoses: UX’s failure to be reflective
Many things can go wrong in high-risk systems. To prevent these errors, it’s crucial to apply our understanding of human behaviour to the… Continue reading on UX Collective »
6 great examples of UX research emails
Rosie Hoggmascall · Follow Published in UX Collective · 12 min read · 11 hours ago — Share Recruiting users for research is hard. Especially at early-stage startups where you may not have well-oiled communication channels, an allocated budget or many users to contact. But, there are many ways to recruit users for research depending… Continue reading 6 great examples of UX research emails
5 things I learned as a product designer: a 10-year journey at Amazon, Walmart and startups
In 2019, I wrote an article titled What I learned as a Product Designer over the last 6 years — a snapshot of my journey with points I deemed relevant to any upcoming designers interested in the field of UX or Product Design. Little did I know that the following years would bring an abundance of experiences,… Continue reading 5 things I learned as a product designer: a 10-year journey at Amazon, Walmart and startups
Big words aren’t accessible.
His famous quote, “Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?” takes a comedic approach highlighting this topic–using big words and a lot of them is a needless waste of time. While I am not suggesting we take it to the level Kevin did, there is evidence that would suggest using few,… Continue reading Big words aren’t accessible.
Why inclusive language matters in coding
Connecting code and design through inclusive language. Continue reading on UX Collective »
This is why every company must become a design company
For business leaders today, investing in technology is still necessary but not sufficient to respond (and anticipate) the constant changes in customer’s needs, preferences and behaviour. To transform all these changes into opportunities to grow your business, we must complete our technological advantage with a methodological one: what we, at Designit, call “Becoming a Designer… Continue reading This is why every company must become a design company
Our desire for certainty can make us terrible planners
Memory, Image Theory, and the empty pursuit of certainty Midjourney Sometimes it feels like all we do is plan — and then plan for more planning. But what are the cognitive mechanisms we use to ‘plan’? and are they optimized for getting things ‘right’? If we were optimized to be right, we probably wouldn’t be so quick to… Continue reading Our desire for certainty can make us terrible planners