In this video, I’ll talk about processes and methods when it comes to product and service delivery. The book I feature is by Jeff Gothelf (the author behind one of the best books for new UX designers – Lean UX) and is called Lean vs Agile vs Design Thinking....
Something new to share with all of you: UX resources, a brand new section in this blog where you can find downloadable material (for example, UX & design thinking workshop templates), free courses (for example, Axure RP: Noob to master series) among many others. As noted before I’m using...
This week’s pick: Sitemap and User Flow Design System for Sketch. This is a super flexible and minimalist framework for any UX designer, architect and user researcher who needs to quickly put together user flows and sitemaps. Because of a variety of components (decision-making gates, labels, action points etc.),...
This week’s pick: Laws of UX. This web space features 20 of the most prominent and notable UX rules, maxims and principles any UX or product designer should memorise, keep in mind and use daily. Think Fitt’s, Hick’s, Gestalt psychology etc. The best bit about Laws of UX is...
A design system is a collection of reusable product design components, that are guided by clear standards. Atomic Design System patterns are usually tested with users, the commercial side of things and have been proven to be successful to assemble new features. Needless to say, design systems are UX...
In this video, I’ll answer a viewer question about UX double diamond. What it is, how and why to use it in your designs process. The best bit about this framework is its versatility. Firstly, it will teach you how to approach big problems using divergent and convergent thinking...
Have you considered to switch to iPad Pro for UX and Product Design work? Maybe user research? In this video, I’ll give you my first-hand experience by trying out UX work only using iPad for a few days. As a Mac and iPad user I’ll share the unbiased take...
In this video, I’ll share one of the best tips and methods when it comes to better UX design leadership or any team leadership & management for that matter. Condor Moment is a technique that has been added to British Army’s leadership handbook as a method to make better...
In this video, I’ll review one of the best books that I keep re-reading — Steal Like an Artist book from Austin Kleon. I’ll bring out and share a few key takeaways on how to stay creative in anything to do with UX and product design. As always...
At least once a week on Quora or by email, UX designers (usually product designers) ask me about user research. In particular, they always want to know one thing: how to perform “good enough” user research with no access to the end-users. It’s crazy how prevalent this issue is....
This weeks pick: TimeTimer. A funky clock that allows UXers, design sprints, ideation workshop facilitators to easily communicate and track time with the participants. This is an absolute must for any facilitator who needs to keep workshops smooth and productive. I personally like to use it for any design...
Have you ever felt stuck or a need for a different UX design or user research tool? I have a handful of great (but uncommon) tools that I tend to apply whenever there’s a need for a specific project. More often than not these tools become part of a...
In this video I’ll take one key takeaway from Articulating design decisions (in user experience, lean and product design-development context), which I wish I could have gotten back in the day. During my career development as UI, Product designer and then UX designer and design leader I learned through...
Non-disclosure agreements and UX portfolios is one of the trickiest parts of any UX and product designer work. If you work on sensitive intellectual property work you almost never allowed to showcase it. This is one of those things that designers tend to either cover up with private portfolios...
In this video I’ll walk you through key takeaways from one of the best books for UX, product and innovation ideations — A technique for producing ideas by James Webb Young. This simple book highlights 3 core principles when it comes to idea generation as well as 5 steps...
Traditionally, hackathons are labelled as engineering efforts to solve problems in lean teams within a fixed timeframe. Most recently, they have been bastardised by variety of other business streams and sectors. If you look for a hackathon, you will find listings for business rules driven hackathons. As well as...