Articles in “UI & UX”
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What is the job of a Design Lead?
A year ago, I wrote the article 10 signs that indicate you are a senior designer. After being a senior for almost two years, I wondered what the difference between a senior designer and a design lead… Read Full Article
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Checklist for moderating a usability test
Moderating a usability test? Follow these 10 simple steps to make your sessions go smoothly. Download an example facilitator guide at the bottom of this article. Read Full Article
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The forgotten benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
Seemingly outmoded technologies sometimes hold the key to better user experiences. Read Full Article
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UI Coach
Improve your UI/UX Design skills by designing real-world projects, UI Coach makes it easy for you to practice your craft with Project ideas, Color palettes, Font pairings, and inspirations from award winning and nominated websites. Read Full Article
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Airbnb’s Feature Release: What Can We Learn From It?
Airbnb consumer behaviour has shifted and inspired product changes, with their most recent feature release being the talk of the town. CEO Brian Chesky is even calling it “the biggest change in a decade.”… Read Full Article
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How designers can help drive better engineering practices around user interfaces
Design leaders who want to improve visual design in products should spend as much time advocating for better UI and front end engineering practices as they spend focusing on practices within their team. Many designers, within B2B and B2C companies struggl… Read Full Article
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Four Tradeoffs When Designing Navigation Menus
Doing information architecture has always meant making tradeoffs — broad vs. deep, nouns vs. verbs — but let’s add some nuance. Read Full Article
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Spotify’s Embodiment Of Emotional Design
On average, each smartphone user has 80+ apps on their phone, but only really launch around 9 apps per day. Curiously, I checked my own phone – which somehow holds 148 apps, with only 10 being used only a daily basis. Read Full Article
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Design Happens Between Breakpoints
The traditional web design process hopes that static mockups—representing mobile, tablet, and desktop breakpoints—provide developers with everything they need to know to turn the designs into functional web pages. In reality, design happens between breakp… Read Full Article
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Lessons on creativity from Everything, Everywhere, All at Once
There’s a lot that can be learned by looking at how truly interesting work gets created, this movie reminded of this fact. Here’s a… Read Full Article