Year: 2024

and how to use tarot cards for sprint planning Continue reading on UX Collective » Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Since Spotify Wrapped dropped almost a decade ago, there’s been a growing demand for data-driven year-in-review features. These summaries have evolved into cultural touchstones, offering more than just statistics — they provide moments of self-reflection and …

Without a coherent hypothesis for both user outcomes & business impact, a product team’s outputs are waste rather than value When thinking about product development, I perpetually return to two powerful ideas: Design works through abstracting and adapting systems (including from one domain to another) A product is a system for delivering value, which means that a design …

Using life-centred design to redesign human spaces that also nurture the needs of urban wildlife Continue reading on UX Collective » Designing fashion and apparel e-retail experiences that challenge binary norms and embrace gender-inclusive UX Inclusivity shouldn’t be an afterthought | Designed by author on Canva Although we’re designers, we learn a lot to incorporate in …

How to empower and protect your customers by considering not just Value, Usability, Viability and Feasibility, but also Ethics Continue reading on UX Collective » “Thick” or qualitative data (1) helps organizations and their AI-solutions make better decisions by including insights about the context, nuances and influences that leads to customer’s behaviors and decisions. Photo …

Tech’s obsession with speed and how it has the potential to strip quality and craft in Design. Continue reading on UX Collective » Building products around prices. Let’s be short and clear: businesses only exist to make money. All their placed bets are based on the sooner or later expected profit. To determine the viability of any …

Design flaw or intentional choice? Continue reading on UX Collective » A comic illustration of Jean-Claude Van Damme performing the splits between two eighteen wheelers careening down the highway, all while eating poptarts. Credit: Me. How to choose the right career path for you. You are Jean-Claude Van Damme. You’re straddling two 18-wheelers careening through space while …

Ensuring good visual representation, easy-to-understand copy, thoughtful error placement, intuitive troubleshooting techniques, and accessible error resolution. Source: Grafana technical docs Picture this: you’re in the middle of troubleshooting a critical issue, and time is running out. You’re staring at a screen full of error logs, trying to figure out where your workflow failed. There’s so much …

When designing for the web, adaptability is key. Different screen sizes, device orientations, and user preferences must be considered. CSS… Continue reading on UX Collective » [This is an excerpt of my latest book] In a recent X/Twitter poll over 200 designers responded to our question about what’s the hardest part of making good design happen: In …

What happens when authentic design leadership means letting go in a world obsessed with control? What if less is truly more? Continue reading on UX Collective » Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “However, when it comes to building a product, the way different roles approach decisions is shaped by their own experiences and thought …

Where’s the humanness in workplace interface metaphors? Continue reading on UX Collective » Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Just as a tanker cannot make sudden movements without causing disruption, organizations are slow to adapt and change due to their size complexity and established structures. Shifting the course of a company requires careful planning, coordination, …