It would be an understatement to say that the pandemic has changed the world and permanently shaped how we operate as a society. However, there is a silver lining amid recent events. …
Whether studying psychology for user experience or learning programming for web development, designers are always acquiring new skills and perspectives to improve our careers and personal growth. To interpret the meaning of life and discover who we are as individuals, the study of philosophy strives to best answer these questions…
We engage with bad user experience (UX) every day. I believe the catalyst for most of these encounters is the result of a company’s obliviousness, ineffectualness, or a combination of both regarding their ability to empathize or be attentive to solving user needs. …
Recently, Medium announced the acquisition of Projector, a collaborative, multimedia design platform. The moment I saw this, my heart sank. Don’t get me wrong. I’m sure Projector is a great company that offers fantastic creative tools. …
Designers have been trying to shake the misconception that design is not art for a long time. Only recently have companies started to recognize that design is an essential component to a successful business approach. And with large companies such as IBM and Fidelity adopting “design thinking” strategies, things are…
Designers are responsible for pleasing various groups of people. The two most common are the users who interact with our designs for a product or service, and the other is the business stakeholders who represent and market the same products or services. Each group has a distinct set of values…
To some degree, being perceived as strange, odd, weird, or misunderstood is a prerequisite for creative professionals. And in many ways, we are expected to be eccentric. …
Design influences the world in many ways, from user experience and branding to architecture and engineering. A practical and elegant method of implementing design is by utilizing the well-known principle that form follows function. This notion implies that design decisions are quantified with purpose and grounded in efficiency and practicality…
In many ways, designers are like salespeople, regularly pitching our design solutions to clients, stakeholders, and non-designers to make a sale, so to speak. Some designers are pretty good at this. Being extroverted helps a great deal. As an introvert myself, I have had to learn various communication skills and…
As humans, we recognize a good melody when we hear it. Even those of us without a musical background or an ability to play an instrument understand music’s potential to generate emotions and visceral impressions. Similarly, people subconsciously recognize good and bad designs when they see or experience them.
