Engaging Stakeholders in UX Activities

Getting stakeholders involved in UX work builds empathy, support, and advocacy for user-centered thinking across your organization. Last week I talked about marketing UX within your organization and how you can use internal marketing strategies to build awareness and executive support. This week, I want to dig into a more hands-on approach: getting your stakeholders… Continue reading Engaging Stakeholders in UX Activities

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4 Proven Methods to Get the Most Out of ChatGPT-5

[unable to retrieve full-text content] ChatGPT 5 is the latest version of OpenAI’s AI model. This model shows better performance in several areas, including improved accuracy on advanced math and coding tasks, and it has a larger context window for processing long documents. However, despite all the advantages of this new model, it has one… Continue reading 4 Proven Methods to Get the Most Out of ChatGPT-5

Good from Afar, But Far from Good: AI Prototyping in Real Design Contexts

Summary:  AI prototyping tools follow general directions but lack the judgment and nuance of an experienced designer. Over the past few months, the UX design field has been flooded with AI-powered prototyping tools that generate interfaces instantly from natural-language prompts. Despite the massive marketing hype, our evaluation with real design scenarios revealed that these tools… Continue reading Good from Afar, But Far from Good: AI Prototyping in Real Design Contexts

Fight for Kindness 2025 — Explore the Global Poster Gallery

See how designers worldwide reinterpret kindness through typography in the Fight for Kindness 2025 gallery — a creative call for empathy and inclusion.  Every typeface, every letter spool, every bold headline has the power to influence how we feel and how we act. That’s the core idea behind Fight for Kindness 2025, a global typographic… Continue reading Fight for Kindness 2025 — Explore the Global Poster Gallery

Intuitive Interfaces: What Actually Makes Them Clear

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Removing roadblocks on the user’s way to understanding your product Partners page for the JoyJam music platform by Outcrowd Expectation: Came, saw, conquered. Reality: Logged in, got confused, left. That’s pretty much what happens when you run into a poorly designed interface. The only “intuition” you feel is the urge to run away.… Continue reading Intuitive Interfaces: What Actually Makes Them Clear

The horrors of designing for omniscience

[unable to retrieve full-text content] What happens when systems decide the human is ‘all-knowing’ Ever click a button and have a system misbehave with no warning, feedback, or a way to undo, only to feel the repercussions minutes or a few days later? This is what I’ve coined “Designing for Omniscience” (and the horrors thereof). It’s… Continue reading The horrors of designing for omniscience

50 Best Japanese Fonts – Perfect for Logos, Posters & Branding

Another huge hand-picked collection of Japanese-style fonts. Japanese fonts are perfect for cool, cultural, and stylish designs. The Japanese-inspired fonts crafted with exceptional taste, seamlessly merging ethnic and cultural elements into each glyph. By using these fonts you can add a bold Japanese vibe to your designs that will make your projects stand out! These… Continue reading 50 Best Japanese Fonts – Perfect for Logos, Posters & Branding

2-Page Free Resume Template PSD

Download this 2-page free resume template and refresh your CV / resume to meet today’s market standards. Why pay when you can get it for free? This resume template is perfectly and professionally designed, fully layered, and includes smart objects. Every heading and piece of content is editable, no need to be a Photoshop expert.… Continue reading 2-Page Free Resume Template PSD

UX Conference January Announced (Jan 20 – Jan 29)

  How will the Virtual Event work? Meetings will take place using the video conferencing tool Zoom, collaboration tools (such as group document editing and whiteboarding tools), and the social discussion tool Slack. You’ll also be able to use Slack before, during, and after the event to participate in social events and network with other… Continue reading UX Conference January Announced (Jan 20 – Jan 29)

50+ Creative Logo Badge Designs for Inspiration

Hand-picked collection of 50+ beautiful logo badges, design by professional graphic design agencies and designers. These are great examples of badges, emblem and logo badges. All the logo badge designs presenting amazing concepts and creative ideas. This collection shows how badge logos can fit perfectly in many different industries. From simple circular designs to bold… Continue reading 50+ Creative Logo Badge Designs for Inspiration

Dune Font

Dune Font What Font is Dune? The Dune Font used in the movie’s title is Dune Rise, a sleek and futuristic typeface designed by Fontswan. This font captures the essence of the Dune universe perfectly — minimal yet monumental, evoking a sense of mystery, scale, and power. Its clean lines and wide letterforms give it… Continue reading Dune Font

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25+ Best Folded T-Shirt Mockups

Creative high quality photorealistic folded t-shirt mockups are perfect for showing your product graphics, logos, and branding on various textures and colors. Display your tshirt designs in 25+ stylish folded t-shirt mockups. These mockups are fully customizable in Adobe Photoshop, you can apply the design with ease by updating the smart object. A successful design… Continue reading 25+ Best Folded T-Shirt Mockups

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Managed-UX Integration: A Team Model for UX Autonomy and Product Alignment

Summary:  In the managed-UX integration model, UXers report to UX leadership, stay connected to their peers, and work daily with product teams to drive outcomes. How Should UX Teams Be Structured? As product development grows more complex, so do the questions related to team models and reporting structures: Should UX professionals report to product managers?… Continue reading Managed-UX Integration: A Team Model for UX Autonomy and Product Alignment

Google AI Mode: Powerful Search, Poor Usability

Summary:  Google’s new AI Mode provides a new way to search the web but is hampered by discoverability and navigation issues — especially for AI novices. What Is Google AI Mode? Google AI Mode is a new feature of the search engine that combines the breadth of a web search with the reasoning power of… Continue reading Google AI Mode: Powerful Search, Poor Usability

Murdaugh Font

Murdaugh Font What is The Font Of Murdaugh? The Murdaugh font used in the 2025 Hulu TV series title is Arno Pro Bold, a premium serif typeface known for its elegant yet authoritative design. Its classic proportions and refined serifs evoke a sense of tradition, sophistication, and gravity — fitting for a series centered on… Continue reading Murdaugh Font

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Claude For Code: How to use Claude to Streamline Product Design Process

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Anthropic Claude is a primary competitor of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Just like ChatGPT this is versatile tool that can be use used in many different purposes but there is an area where Claude shines and this area is coding. Claude is great at code-adjacent design tasks and can be used as… Continue reading Claude For Code: How to use Claude to Streamline Product Design Process

Product Validation Testing: Build Products w/ Product-Market Fit in 9 Steps

Key takeaways 🧪 Product validation confirms whether your idea solves a real problem for real users before you invest time and money building it ⚙️ It replaces assumptions through prototyping, interviews, surveys, and A/B tests 💪 Strong validation leads to better adoption, retention, and long-term success 🔎 The process involves defining hypotheses, mapping assumptions, selecting… Continue reading Product Validation Testing: Build Products w/ Product-Market Fit in 9 Steps

30 Best Premium & Free T-Shirt Mockups

T-shirt mockups with different angles and styles can make a huge impact on presentation. These mockups are very easy to use, designers and brands easily place their designs and artwork to present t-shirt designs. A well-design mockup templates shows how artwork will look once printed, avoiding guesswork during production. Free mockup files are a great… Continue reading 30 Best Premium & Free T-Shirt Mockups

Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Today’s web is not always an amiable place. Sites greet you with a popover that demands assent to their cookie policy, and leave you with Taboola ads promising “One Weird Trick!” to cure your ailments. Social media sites are tuned for engagement, and few things are more engaging than a… Continue reading Design for Amiability: Lessons from Vienna

Boosting UX Influence and Perception

Why changing organizational culture toward UX takes time, patience, and subtle culture hacking—not force or quick fixes. Last week, we talked about the key UX topics you need to educate your organization on. But education is just the foundation. Today we’re diving into something equally crucial, boosting your influence and perception within the organization. Changing… Continue reading Boosting UX Influence and Perception

Web Design Inspiration: 42 Best Website Design Ideas

Web design inspiration comes from studying how well-built websites organize ideas and deliver content effectively. Each well-structured site shows how layout, balance, and readability can improve how people interact online. By analyzing successful examples, designers can refine their approach and achieve better clarity in their own projects. A strong website doesn’t rely only on visuals.… Continue reading Web Design Inspiration: 42 Best Website Design Ideas

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Stop Misrecruits: Add Foils to Your Screener

Summary:  Foils are fake (but plausible) options in screeners that catch inattentive or dishonest participants, protecting data quality and saving time. Even the most carefully designed screener can let the wrong participants slip into their study. You may discover halfway through a usability test that someone clearly doesn’t match your target audience – leaving you… Continue reading Stop Misrecruits: Add Foils to Your Screener

Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26

Summary:  iOS 26’s visual language obscures content instead of letting it take the spotlight. New (but not always better) design patterns replace established conventions. With iOS 26, Apple seems to be leaning harder into visual design and decorative UI effects — but at what cost to usability? At first glance, the system looks fluid and… Continue reading Liquid Glass Is Cracked, and Usability Suffers in iOS 26