Product design and UX without content is just a set of templates that will never answer the user needs. That’s why content design that is built on top of underlying user research is so important. In this section, you’ll find a collection of articles on UX copy, content strategy and techniques to make your products and services better.
In this latest installment of UX portfolio reviews, I’ll walk through the latest viewer submission which covers the very first UX case study that the junior UX designer has done. While it’s an impressive first stab at documenting and presenting the design work as usual there are a lot...
This time I’ll show you how you can make Generative Art with just a click of a button. While the majority of generative processing is commonly done by developers using code and scripts, there’s also some purpose build small apps that can help designers like you to quickly come...
What is genuinely universal, and what is not? In this Experience Designed newsletter, I’ll share some recent fascinating finds that capture scientific, human-centred, past and future thinking views regarding conceptual and real universality. I What happens when a neurosurgeon and an astrophysicist compare notes? A mind-blowing comparison between our...
I just reviewed a Bulgarian experience designer Petar’s UX portfolio. What’s different about this one is that he focuses on Enterprise level SaaS solutions. This video is a deep dive into one of his recent cases – a developer platform to boost user engagement and sentiment. Petar covers some of the...
That’s right all of the visual deliverables were designed by AI. And your new design colleague might not be named Sarah and be a human as you know it. In the near future, it will practically unavoidable to avoid (menial and much more creative) task automation. Today I’ll share...
This past year has been a challenging and turbulent year for everyone; One positive outcome of so many people facing the lockdowns and isolation is the drive to get into UX design and UX research. The reach for the experience design content has grown exponentially resulting in over 1million...
While the design field is abundant with tools that address the majority of UX, UI, and product designer needs, the 3D space has been left aside for quite some time. A lot of designers have been thinking to learn 3D fundamentals and crafting simple yet presentable solutions, but have...
Continuing from the recent Apple developments in the silicon space (M1 chip release) as well as the accompanying release of the new macOS Big Sur, this video will cover the latter. I’ll walk you through some of the key areas in the new operating system that all user researchers,...
Have you ever struggled to find the right free stock photo and had to spend browsing several quality stock photo sites? I’m talking about all the typical choices product and content designers visit Unsplash, Splitshire, Startup Stock Photos, Magdeleine, Free Nature Stock, New Old Stock, Pexels, Pixabay, and many...
You’ve probably seen this duotone photo effect in a lot of product and UI design examples around the web. Today I’ll share and walk you through this small design app that allows you to quickly upload or use predefined Unsplash photos to apply and customize a duotone effect. All...
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolio reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
This week’s pick: Blush. It’s a web app and a powerful plugin for Sketch and Figma product designers alike. It allows anyone to quickly pick, customize, and create custom illustrations. In this video, I’ll walk you through some of the key use cases and features using the Figma plugin....
Sometime back I asked my viewers if there’s anyone who would like to get their UX portfolios reviewed and shared with the broader audience. While it must be daunting to put it out there, constructive feedback and specific pointers can make all the difference. I’ve received a few asks...
This week’s pick is the recent discovery called mymind. A browser extension to save all of the web things like articles, images, text and inspiration for later. While I know a lot of creatives and designers who use Pinterest and other public ecosystems to visually bookmark things online they...
If you have been following this series or my channel you know how fascinated I’m with machine learning, automating menial (and sometimes challenging) design tasks, and meaningful decision support for human beings. This time it’s another interesting take on automation for the product, UX, and UI designers like you...
Every decision you’ll make will land on a spectrum between 1) simple (effective) but hard to achieve, and 2) easy in the short term but awful in the long term. As humans, we naturally default to immediate remediation actions because they are easy, but they rarely result in decent outcomes....