AddThis Sharing Buttons 260 “Design is the non-fiction version of art,” once said Douglas Coupland , the writer, artist and designer who has taken his hand at desk design and architecture. When it comes to design thinking , however, Stanford University may be famed for its ‘ design thinking ’ design…

AddThis Sharing Buttons 7 How can my work make an impact? If you’re a designer, you probably ask yourself that very question, wanting to create unforgettable design experiences, moving people to act, creating change. In-house designers at The Southern Poverty Law Center do those things on a daily…

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We’re all going to die–but how many of us have given real thought toward how we want to be remembered? Do you want a nice simple tombstone? An urn where your family can keep your remains? What about a

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An illustrated guide on the different ‘resolutions’ of user flows, and when to use them. Published inUX Collective · 6 min read· Oct 23, 2018 -- What do user flows have to do with wireframes? Wait… th

Which plate from the picture above will nudge you to eat less? Serving on a 20 cm or 30 cm plate? If we will think it rationally, then a 20 cm plate is best for eating less because you can’t fit too m

The Hidden Privilege in Design Human-Centered Design should consider *all* humans. 9 min read· Oct 23, 2018 -- Photo: gilaxia/E+/Getty Images I remember listening carefully to the presentation on the

By Girish Rawat Redesigning HeyDoctor’s App Store Screenshots Let’s play a game. Pick an app on your phone that you really like. You are the creator of this app and are looking to raise money from inv

New fiction writers are often given the following advice: “Make your character want something. Then, prevent them from getting it.” In other words, conflict is central to storytelling. When I first heard this advice, I couldn’t understand it. Why not, I thought, tell stories about my walks through…

An illustrated guide on the different ‘resolutions’ of user flows, and when to use them. Published inUX Collective · 6 min read· Oct 23, 2018 -- What do user flows have to do with wireframes? Wait… th

Comics on some bad habits I’m trying to fix as a creative Published inThe Design Team · 2 min read· Oct 24, 2018 -- 1. Being lazy I have been guilty of using dumb excuses to avoid pushing the pixels.

Designers, it’s time to stop talking about “empathy.” According to Google Trends, the term “empathy” now appears in Search more than six times as often as it did in 2004. Finding a job description for

As a Product Designer at Handsome, I recently worked with a client to create the most complex implementation of an accessible color system that I’ve had a chance to work on, and thought I’d pass along

Published inUX Planet · 9 min read· Oct 13, 2018 -- Principles of Universal Design in daily life products. Originally published at rohanmishra.design on October 13, 2018. A few months back while trave

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Uber did not allow you to pre-book a taxi. Amazon started out by selling books only. Google was just a search engine. McDonald’s got rid of cutlery. And somehow we still believe that for a product to

Forget about everything else Published inHuman Parts · 6 min read· Oct 4, 2018 -- Photo by Johnson Wang There is a story about an exchange between Jerry Seinfeld and a young comedian. The comedian app

Dieter Rams is done giving interviews, and Gary Hustwit can only poke at his tempeh hash with a laugh here and a sigh there, hoping he did the legend justice. I sit with Hustwit in a chilly Chicago di

Published inUX Planet · 4 min read· Oct 8, 2018 -- Sliders have been around for a long time and became the de facto standard UI control for selecting a value or a range of values. A slider is helpful

For the past six years, Marcus Engman has successfully made Ikea weird. As the company’s head of design, he spearheaded artistic collaborations on tropical furniture and L.A.-inspired skateboards to p

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5 min read· Sep 29, 2018 -- I’ve always believed the web is for everyone. That’s why I and others fight fiercely to protect it. The changes we’ve managed to bring have created a better and more connec

Published inUX Collective · 9 min read· Sep 26, 2018 -- Introduction Today, more and more smart devices are entering your home. These are regular household items, like a TV or fridge but now these ite

Sketch 52 has landed and it’s one of our biggest updates yet. Jam-packed full of exciting new features, including a totally redesigned interface, this latest release truly reflects the future of Sketc

Persuading my team to redesign the Fabric Crashlytics in Firebase Published inGoogle Design · 6 min read· Oct 1, 2018 -- Crashlytics in Fabric (left), redesigned Crashlytics in Firebase (right) I rece

There are a number of debates about which additional skills designers should learn. Should designers code, write, or understand business? These skills are incredibly valuable but perhaps not essential

Design for accessibility Use semantic HTML Semantic HTML helps screenreader users to understand the contents structure and gives it meaning. Ask yourself "What is it?" when writing HTML. Use a logical

Share Share Tweet Share Pin It Designing for Apple Watch: Getting Started App DesignKenny Chen • April 01, 2015 • 8 minutes READ The highly anticipated Apple Watch will hit stores later this month wit

A lot can change in 20 years. Helpless newborns become campus-dwelling scholars, carefree twentysomethings turn into responsible adults, and tiny tech startups grow into colossal corporations—complete

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Sep 24, 2018 Dark Patterns And Other Design No-Nos For Mobile About The Author Suzanne Scacca is a freelance writer who specializes in web design, WordPress, and SEO. In her free time, she builds new

Somehow companies have gotten into the mind-set that a logo–this thing that does nothing more than identify us–is incredibly important. We build our brands around them and when we get bored or when sh

Sketch Tutorials Published inUX Power Tools · 6 min read· Sep 18, 2018 -- When nested symbols came out for the first time way back in Sketch version-whatever-it-was, it was kind of a big deal. At leas

A UX teardown of an unsuccessful technology. 3D Touch Last week Apple revealed their new offerings for their most successful product and brand, the iPhone. Most things announced in their keynote were

There are a lot of ways to build fast-growth companies. Just consider this year's Inc. 5000 list. The annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America includes everything from canned