I am still recoiling from the loads of information and knowledge sharing that happened during IxD14 last week. You guys should follow #1xd14 on twitter and catch up on the videos at Vimeo channel. During the conference, I conducted a workshop at the HKU on “Playful Thinking”. To give you a short introduction, ‘Playful Thinking’… Continue reading Rippplr
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The Ignored Obvious of UX Design Interviews (and interviews in general)
#1 Do Your Research Being a UX Designer, I use research to understand the problem at hand, know my audience, and gather enough context information to make an informed decision for further steps. Research is an integral part of my design process and I apply the same to interviews. In most cases, especially UX Interviews, the… Continue reading The Ignored Obvious of UX Design Interviews (and interviews in general)
Colour Ideology Behind Web Design
Using the right colours in web design is absolutely vital. Web designers can’t just go out and put together a website for a client based on the colours they like using or like the look of, they have to be right for the project, thought has to go into the selection process. You could say… Continue reading Colour Ideology Behind Web Design
Beginner’s Guide to Angular: Services
Hello there! I hope you’ve followed along with our tutorials on Angular components and routing. In this post, we’ll go on to another interesting concept in Angular: services. Angular Beginner’s Guide to Angular: Components Divya Dev Angular Beginner’s Guide to Angular: Routing Divya Dev If Angular components are the presentation layer of our application, what… Continue reading Beginner’s Guide to Angular: Services
5 Unusual Trends to Create Fresh Look of Your Website
To begin with, we all know that owning a popular online project is not the easiest thing for today. Needless to say, there are a lot of different colorful and attractive websites that already exist. Thus, you have to create something that is truly unique in order to stand out from the crowd. Without a… Continue reading 5 Unusual Trends to Create Fresh Look of Your Website
Your Guide to Developing Microcopy Like a Pro
People often underestimate the power of their website, but great user design drives conversions. When we think of a user experience, a few things jump to mind: headlines, layout, font, color. Symmetry and visual cueing play a large role in how a user takes in content and even how they make decisions. This is the… Continue reading Your Guide to Developing Microcopy Like a Pro
Uppercase vs. Lowercase: How to Send the Right Message Across When Choosing a Logo Font
When it comes to designing a logo for your brand, the usual tips are hard to miss: keep it simple, keep it clean, and make it memorable. Many hugely successful logos rely on symbols and images and can send their message across without featuring any text at all, but usually logos showcase the company behind… Continue reading Uppercase vs. Lowercase: How to Send the Right Message Across When Choosing a Logo Font
Diversity is Punk Rock
I used to think “diversity” meant the need for the representation of a particular set of perspectives or cultures, i.e., “there are lot of men in this room, therefore we need women.” This idea prevented me from participating in the discourse in the past because I’ve never felt like I identify with any single community.… Continue reading Diversity is Punk Rock
Tips for Training Your Clients to Use WordPress
As WordPress continues to power more and more websites, it stands to reason that many site owners will want to learn how to use it. One of the strengths of any CMS is the ability to login remotely and add/edit content or perform other maintenance tasks. WordPress especially excels in this area and includes some… Continue reading Tips for Training Your Clients to Use WordPress
From Human-centered design to design for enhancing human ability
The role of design is consequently evolving. From initially being a domain of communication with a predominant aesthetic focus design has taken a key role in the creation of products and has become a human advocacy. Design has moved into the C-Suite with the appointment of Chief Design Officers (CDO) while Design Thinking shifted the… Continue reading From Human-centered design to design for enhancing human ability
Enterprise UX Industry Report 2017-2018
By Speckyboy Editors on Jun 29 2017UX Driven by the consumerization of the enterprise, well-crafted UX is now a major competitive advantage for B2B products notorious for poor design. While many have reported on the overall role of design, few have investigated the new status quo for the multi-trillion dollar B2B space. Diving deep into… Continue reading Enterprise UX Industry Report 2017-2018
7 (More) Coding Playgrounds For Web Developers
Testing tools are essential for the developers as they constantly require to test their codes. Testing tools and codes play a vital role in the web development process in order to check the functionality and validate the codes. They are designed to help developers check and validate their codes and hence, save their time as… Continue reading 7 (More) Coding Playgrounds For Web Developers
Chatbots round-up #6: the best bots of the month
The idea of automating and scaling one-to-one conversations using technology appeals to lots of brands and services out there, and designers play an important role at defining how each conversation is scripted and the behaviors users can expect when interacting with bots. Here at uxdesign.cc, we have written several articles on chatbots and conversational interfaces,… Continue reading Chatbots round-up #6: the best bots of the month
The Evolution of Minimalism [Infographics]
May 1, 2017 by Spyre Studios Are you aware of the role that artists like Lichtenstein and Rothko played in the development of the minimalist movement? The act of cutting back to the core essence of something actually has roots in high art. While the concept definitely draws on tenets Buddhism and has been translated… Continue reading The Evolution of Minimalism [Infographics]
The Dos and Dont’s of Newsletter Design
The important role newsletters play in attracting attention has really come to light in recent years. Not only is email supposed to have a larger reach than most social media channels, it also encourages a loyal following and is very action oriented. Although social media is of course king for engaging with potential customers and… Continue reading The Dos and Dont’s of Newsletter Design
More Gold for Emerging Interface Designers
Text in this VR GUI. http://www.mastersofpie.com/project/siemens-oculus-rift-tradeshow-experience/ Use Your Words The written word makes up a significant portion of how we build our interfaces. Even the best GUIs use text. What happens when you don’t consider the language used in your interface? It fails. It breaks the user’s trust and in the end, costs money when visitors… Continue reading More Gold for Emerging Interface Designers
How fast is your site and is there a way to control the response time for the clients?
It is known that response time of a web server has a great role in indexing of the hosted sites in search engines. The slower is a web site, the lower is its rate among the competitors. Nobody is going to like such consequences: site is displayed on the bottom of the search, less clients… Continue reading How fast is your site and is there a way to control the response time for the clients?
5 Key Areas to Help Manage Your Design and Content Creation Team
Even more radical than funny cat videos and memes in GIF form, the rise of the Internet has really empowered companies of all sizes to work with remote teams all around the world. This has dramatically impacted how modern business is being conducted because you could have team members everywhere from Sacramento to Sri Lanka. In addition… Continue reading 5 Key Areas to Help Manage Your Design and Content Creation Team
Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
When budgets are tight in the software world and companies want to save money, form is usually the first to go. In these situations, the design tends to be considered ‘gold plating’ and not a necessity. It’s thought to only make the product ‘look nice’. This assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. Form has… Continue reading Form is Functional: Why Design is More Than Gold Plating
4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu
Some say web design has become boring. Current trends and high-end techniques establish the rules for the creatives, playing a low-down trick on the community. Everyone wants to be in the mainstream, and release products that go viral; it means that a million interfaces are likely to have the same features. Of course, content can… Continue reading 4 fresh alternatives to the hamburger menu
5 Best Collaboration Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow
Posted · Category: Best Collections A team leader’s role is to take a group of people who have diverse yet complementary skills, and variable degrees of experience, and mold them into a cohesive team. And make them work together toward a common objective. These same skills that can do so much when given proper direction can just… Continue reading 5 Best Collaboration Tools That Will Improve Your Workflow
Making logos work for the web
When you design for the web, no matter the industry, there are expectations that must be met, and realities that must be accounted for. Although this is true for all forms of web design, it is especially true for logo design. This is something we’ve encountered numerous times. Think about the many different conventions of logo… Continue reading Making logos work for the web
5 years of Foundation: a look back
This month, ZURB celebrates the 5th birthday of its Foundation front-end framework. This popular framework is known for its responsive grid, CSS and HTML user-interface components, code snippets, and templates. What makes it stand out as well is that it’s an open-source project. In a blog post earlier this month, Danny Codella, ZURB’s marketer, wrote… Continue reading 5 years of Foundation: a look back
4 modern background tricks to try out
It seems that, as a constituent of a design, backgrounds live in the shadows; however, that’s not entirely true. In times when CSS only began to make its first steps towards the world conquest, the background had already taken on the role of the main decorative element of the website. Nowadays the situation has not… Continue reading 4 modern background tricks to try out