[unable to retrieve full-text content] Does your company’s digital product have quality? The relationship between software quality and User Experience (UX), encompassing Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), is intrinsically related and fundamental to the success of any interactive product or software. While they might appear to be distinct disciplines, they are complementary and mutually dependent in creating effective,… Continue reading The relation between software quality and UX
Auditing Your UX Resources: Making the Most of What You Have
Discover how to effectively leverage your existing UX resources, without immediately asking for more. In previous lessons, we’ve discussed aligning your UX role with organizational goals and understanding your current position. Today, let’s explore the tangible resources you already have. Many UX leaders instinctively request more people, budget, or time. While there’s a place for… Continue reading Auditing Your UX Resources: Making the Most of What You Have
Introducing MusicGen: Create Music with Simple Text Prompts
Creating music used to require years of practice, expensive gear, or a team of collaborators. Today, you can generate full tracks with just a few clicks. Enter MusicGen , a powerful new tool that uses artificial intelligence to compose original music. You don’t need to be a musician to use it. You don’t even need… Continue reading Introducing MusicGen: Create Music with Simple Text Prompts
How Design Identity in Medical Devices Builds Trust
Design identity shapes how patients and healthcare professionals perceive medical devices. Colors, shapes, technical aspects, and testing influence trust in high-stakes environments where reliability is paramount. A well-designed device signals safety and competence, while a poor design can raise doubts about quality. In healthcare, where decisions impact lives, the functional design of medical devices plays… Continue reading How Design Identity in Medical Devices Builds Trust
10 editing questions beginners always ask (answered by a pro)
The ten questions in question Check out the video version below, or read on for the questions and answers! Jump straight to questions: 1: What editing software should I use? The number one question I get asked and what I see in various places across the internet that new editors are lurking is what software… Continue reading 10 editing questions beginners always ask (answered by a pro)
From Design Thinking to Experience Thinking: A Transformative Approach
Posted on: 21 February 2025 Tedde van Gelderen Founder & President Design Thinking has been a cornerstone of project planning for decades, guiding organizations through innovation and problem-solving. However, as our understanding of user experiences deepens, it’s becoming increasingly clear that we need a more holistic design approach. Experience Thinking aims to address the limitations of… Continue reading From Design Thinking to Experience Thinking: A Transformative Approach
UX Copy Sizes: Long, Short, and Micro
Summary: Better target user needs by understanding the three sizes of copy: long-form, short-form, and microcopy. Content terms like long-form, short-form, and microcopy are often used interchangeably, but are ill-defined and don’t mean the same thing. Knowing the differences between these types of copy and when and how to design them effectively will create written… Continue reading UX Copy Sizes: Long, Short, and Micro
Building accessible apps with Next.js and axe DevTools
As a developer, you want to build fast, modern, progressive web applications (PWAs) that reach as many users as possible. That’s the goal—and it’s a good one. But if accessibility isn’t part of that process, you could be unintentionally leaving people behind. Accessibility (a11y) is essential to creating inclusive experiences and is a hallmark of… Continue reading Building accessible apps with Next.js and axe DevTools
How to create a Saul Bass style title animation in After Effects
Saul Bass created many famous title sequences for movies in the 50’s and 60’s, all the way up to a few in the 90’s. His style is sometimes referred to as “jazz visualized”, due to the use of unique shapes, bold colors, and punchy-linear animation movements. For our title animation, we are going to create… Continue reading How to create a Saul Bass style title animation in After Effects
40 Best PSD Mockups for Designers (Free & Paid)
This collection of 40 best PSD mockups for designers covers both free and paid options, offering useful tools for professional and personal work. PSD mockups help designers present branding, packaging, and product ideas with realistic visuals. You can use them to display logos, packaging, websites, or apparel in real-life settings. These mockups save time and… Continue reading 40 Best PSD Mockups for Designers (Free & Paid)
Stable Diffusion & Its Alternatives: Top 5 AI Image Generators
[unable to retrieve full-text content] AI-generated imagery has become an essential part of the modern product designer’s toolkit — powering everything from early-stage ideation to polished design assets. Stable Diffusion is one of the most popular and flexible platforms for creatives that enables designers to generate a wide range of imagery with ease. However, with growing competition… Continue reading Stable Diffusion & Its Alternatives: Top 5 AI Image Generators
Learn How to Display WordPress Custom Field Data With Blocks — Speckyboy
Custom fields are among WordPress’s most powerful features. They allow us to customize the front and back end of a website, and there are all manner of creative uses for them. Everything from displaying niche content to changing page layouts based on field values is possible. Traditionally, using custom fields meant navigating obstacles. They require… Continue reading Learn How to Display WordPress Custom Field Data With Blocks — Speckyboy
AI Chatbots Discourage Error Checking
Summary: AI hallucinations threaten the usefulness of LLM-generated text in professional environments, but today’s LLMs encourage users to take outputs at face value. Large language models (LLMs) are being widely introduced into professional workflows through both new standalone software and integrations with existing tools. One of the most important ways that these tools increase users’… Continue reading AI Chatbots Discourage Error Checking
Best CSS Frameworks for React: Which One Should You Use?
Best CSS Frameworks for React are essential tools for developers who want to build beautiful, responsive, and efficient web applications without reinventing the wheel. As React continues to dominate the front-end ecosystem, choosing the right CSS framework can significantly streamline your development process and enhance your app’s performance and user experience. React is a powerful… Continue reading Best CSS Frameworks for React: Which One Should You Use?
50 Best Logos for Inspiration in 2025
Explore best logos for real-world inspiration. These logo designs show clarity, creativity, and function across industries. Learn what makes them work and how they communicate brand identity clearly. Use these examples to improve your own logo concepts and meet client needs effectively. Logo design in 2025 is driven by clear visual impact, simplified structure, and… Continue reading 50 Best Logos for Inspiration in 2025
Adobe Premiere Pro AI: How to use Auto-editing and Speech-to-Text
I used to think video editing was a time-consuming beast! Fun in theory, but overwhelming in practice. But then Adobe started packing Premiere Pro with AI tools, and suddenly, things got way easier (and honestly, more fun). In this article, we’ll walk through two of my favourite features: Auto-editing and Speech-to-Text. These clever tools can… Continue reading Adobe Premiere Pro AI: How to use Auto-editing and Speech-to-Text
How to create a mesh gradient generator in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
What we’re building Here’s the gradient generator we’re going to build. Click the button at the bottom to generate random new mesh gradients! Once they’re generated, you can copy the CSS to recreate the gradients using the background-image property in combination with radial-gradient. Wait, what’s a mesh gradient? Good question. Mesh gradient is the… Continue reading How to create a mesh gradient generator in HTML, CSS and JavaScript
How to crop an image with AI ImageEdit
Image cropping removes unwanted image areas to improve composition, focus, or aspect ratio. When designing, cropping images can help you enhance visual hierarchy, optimize for different screens and social media, and subtly alter the mood to create compelling visual content. How to crop images using Envato AI ImageEdit In this tutorial, we’ll be editing two… Continue reading How to crop an image with AI ImageEdit
Top 8 Methods for UX Research Analysis w/ Tools & Tips
Key takeaways 💡 User research analysis is the process of interpreting data and insights collected during the user research stage. 🔦 In user research analysis, the data that we analyze generally falls under two categories: qualitative and quantitative data. 🔎 UX research analysis and UX research synthesis are two distinct processes that serve distinct roles… Continue reading Top 8 Methods for UX Research Analysis w/ Tools & Tips
How to Create a Reward System That Actually Works
Gamification is everywhere these days—from fitness apps that give you badges for hitting your step goal to language-learning platforms that keep you hooked with streaks and leaderboards. But let’s be real: not all reward systems are created equal. Done right, they can make an experience fun, engaging, and even addictive (in a good way). Done… Continue reading How to Create a Reward System That Actually Works
Whitenoise Celebrates 25 Years with Graphic Design Playing Cards
Belfast’s Whitenoise agency marks 25 years with custom playing cards. Each card features unique graphic design. A celebration of design and play. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, Belfast-based agency Whitenoise created a unique and playful project: a custom deck of playing cards. This initiative showcases the agency’s graphic design talent and its passion for storytelling.… Continue reading Whitenoise Celebrates 25 Years with Graphic Design Playing Cards
Before We Charge Ahead, Let’s See Where We’re Standing
Audit your UX role, resources & leverage: 10-minute exercise to see where you stand before we redefine UX. In Lesson 1 we travelled from Roman amphitheaters to modern apps and saw that user experience is not what many consider it to be and needs repositioning. In Lesson 2 I asked whether you’re ready to lead… Continue reading Before We Charge Ahead, Let’s See Where We’re Standing
Professional Brochure Catalog Templates: 25 Print Ready Designs
A brochure catalog templates remains one of the most effective tools for brand communication. The catalog templates, lookbook brochure, and portfolio templates delivers information clearly while showcasing products, services, or collections in a structured format. Choosing the right catalog design template enhances visual appeal and strengthens brand identity. Creating a brochure, lookbook or portfolio from… Continue reading Professional Brochure Catalog Templates: 25 Print Ready Designs
AI Design Tools Are Marginally Better: Status Update
Summary: Despite improvements in narrow-scope AI design tools, most design-specific AI cannot replicate human designers’ output quality. This is a follow-up to the 2024 article AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update. In April 2024, AI-powered design tools were not useful to designers. As of May 2025, their usefulness has improved, but we’re… Continue reading AI Design Tools Are Marginally Better: Status Update