Category: UX

The what, why, and how of persona permutations Sophie Shrimpton 3 hours ago·10 min read Newspaper with headline: Defying Stereotypes Personas were coined in the 1990s by Alan Cooper in his novel Inmates Are Running the Asylum : Why High-Tech Products Drive Us Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity. According to Nielson-Norman Group (NNG),… Continue reading Your one size fits all persona doesn’t work and what to do about it

As you can see from the two examples mentioned above, our students will not graduate as architects or urban designers. Urban outcomes are now as much defined by digital coordination of physical resources as it is by the design of places themselves. Architects and planners focus on the latter, our program in urban technology will… Continue reading What does it mean to design urban technology?

Having the ability to shift your perspective allows us to realign our thinking. In my case, I was having a difficult time seeing the forest for the trees. New design technologies and specialties were obscuring my judgment and confidence. By stepping back and allowing myself to see the big picture, I realized that all these… Continue reading How aging designers can stay relevant

Kristin Zibell 5 days ago·9 min read These offers come several times a year. It’s another offer to work for free. For a for-profit company. This means that a company that has a goal to make money would like to take my time, expertise, and labor, sell it, and give me nothing in return. In… Continue reading I’m grateful for the opportunity, now pay me

The key idea here is that: For introverts, to be alone is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. —Jonathan Rauch, Caring for Your Introvert We as a society need to eradicate the idea that being an introvert means you don’t have social skills (or research or design skills). It just means that introverts… Continue reading Why introverts make exceptional designers & how leaders can support them

Vision and Mission statements have been around for a long time for brands and organizations. While many world’s leading organizations have clearly articulated–and even made memorable–Vision and Mission statements, working with clients, I’m surprised how often I come across organizations that don’t have them articulated that well. None would admit to not having a Vision… Continue reading Contextualizing purpose

Organising “the design people” (designers) and the “design work” can be seen both in a formal AND informal way: Tight relationship: People involved in specific activities (e.g. projects, products, etc.); Loose relationship: People that gravitate around those activities (e.g. researchers, ops, facilitators, etc.). But beyond “people” and “roles” we should even more so think of… Continue reading Organisation-wide design as systems practice

Improving legacy systems is often like restoring an old farmhouse Kai Wong 3 hours ago·6 min read Photo by Pexels “Sorry, some of the screens look like they’re straight from the 90s.” The client said she showed me the project I’d be designing for. It wasn’t the first time I’d heard that, and it probably… Continue reading To improve legacy systems, sometimes you need to take a restoration mindset

Now that you know the fundamental building blocks (i.e., design axes) of the career ladder and the key differences between the levels on the ladder, we’ve arrived at the most critical section in this entire article. Next, we’ll dive deep into the importance of a career plan and how to create one. So, What’s a… Continue reading A guide to becoming a senior product designer

Of the many mind-blowing moments in Caplan’s writing, this one is perhaps the most: When asked to name the most successful example of design in the 20th century, Caplan chose, “… not the molded plywood chair or the Olivetti Lettera 22 or the chapel at Ronchamp. It was the sit-in.” Instead of choosing a lauded… Continue reading The outside agitator

Joe Bernstein 1 hour ago·8 min read Welcome to 2022, our third calendar year of this pandemic, where we might be trying to strike a better equilibrium between our depression vices and our quickly abandoned hobby ambitions. I’ve never been a firm believer in setting New Year resolutions, and two years of Covid-hell have spoiled… Continue reading If you’re reading this, thank an OKR