Episode 36: Data Visualization Library for UX/UI Designers A library of the best in practice data visualizations and charts for meaningful data representation. If you’re working with big data, AI, machine learning decision supports, data visualization or simple dashboard projects this is a must-bookmark tool. You’ll find hundreds of...
Session #85: Dynamic Language Switch in UX Prototype. In this session, I’ll show you the easiest way to make dynamic information switch. Specifically, I’ll showcase a language switch for a single UI page that allows users to swap two languages at any point. Using global variables as unique value...
This week’s pick: Coolors. In the last decade, I’ve swapped quite a few color palette generators and apps. Most recently, I’ve discovered this super simple beauty – a tool that one can come up with great colour schema within minutes. I’m sure most UX, UI and product designers will...
The following 7 design, inspiration and other bits of interest bullets that kept me pondering during last month: I only ever posted just one shot on Dribbble. It was of a real product to be mockups, rather than no constraints inspirational play. It received some love, but not as...
Goodbye Adobe CC – Why I Stopped Using Adobe Products as a UX Designer is a quick take highlighting the reasons that made me stop using Adobe CC products as a UX designer. Note, that I’ve been using Adobe since the early days of Macromedia (way before it was...
This week’s pick: Uizard. A brand new tool to hit the market with powerful beta. The tool allows quickly upload hand-drawn sketches and convert them into digital designs + full-fledged front-end code. The best bit about all of it is integrated design systems, that allow fast brand and component...
Session #84: Axure Global and Local Variables In this session, I’ll take a step back and try to really deconstruct Axure’s variables functionality. Working with variables is by far the most important thing for UX designer to master. In fact, you shouldn’t even prototype with Axure if you don’t...
Session #83: Axure’s New Out of the Box UI Patterns In this session, I’ll showcase something brand new Axure just released with their Axure 9 updates. If you have been looking for simple components to easily get started, such as dropdowns, time and date pickers, carousels, slideshows, sliders and...
This week’s pick: Billboard Design Thinking Workshop Templates. As mentioned in the interview/UX Chat with Microsoft UX architect, fellow design thinker and Billboard design thinking evangelist Sean McGuire, the method is super effective as is open to use by anyone. In this video, I will walk you through the...
The following 7 design, inspiration and other bits of interest bullets that kept me pondering during last month: Let’s start the new year with a small challenge: consistency in design is the wrong approach. While a bit clickbait this article is a perfect start to any designer’s year. We tend...
An insightful evening UX chat with a fellow design thinker, Microsoft UX architect Sean McGuire. We cover his unique approach to design thinking with Billboard Design Thinking method, best practices, his top tips to handle difficult stakeholders and answer some of your questions. This is a must-watch for new...
This week’s pick: AMCharts – a live editor for building, testing and exporting real charts online. This is one of the oldest web-based tools I’ve got in my toolkit I use regularly for wireframes, low-to-high fidelity mockups and any other scenario where quick data visualisation is a must. The...
5k subscriber special? It has been just over the year since I started publishing some of the material I initially made to upskill my design team. I’m super grateful to all the viewers out there who have opted in for the UX tools, such as Axure and Sketch tutorials,...
This week’s pick: Sketch2Code by Microsoft AI lab. In this video, I’ll test this promising tool that not only converts hand-drawn sketches and wireframes into functional clean HTML, but also provides with probability rate breakdown for each of the UI wireframe areas. Is it really accurate enough though? watch...
In this episode for creating fully functional atomic design systems from scratch, I’ll talk about 2 vital parts making this effort a success. Too often efforts that are done in isolation and that lack necessary buy-ins tend to end up collecting dust. What was meant to be transformative new...
This week’s pick: Hypothesis prioritisation canvas by Lean UX author Jeff Gothelf. If you know about the Lean UX canvas and how impactful it has been for tech and UX design community you might benefit from an additional template/design tool they released most recently – the way to prioritise...