Trust the process. You’ll find me sharing these 3 words over and over again. Be it for UX, design, user research, tech and product development or any other creative work – process never fails. Sometimes (and most of the time) all you need to do it follow it to make great things happen.
The other day I received a video question from a friend living in Spain. One pain point he experiences living in an apartment is having to deal with unintuitive light and doorbell switches. This is a real world problem that can be solved using experience design principles:
The other day I got a request to deconstruct and review a marketing site (just UI design) for an early stage startup: boki.ai. Its founder wants to understand if their product has market fit by asking people to sign up to get informed when the product launches. Yet, there...
Giving a design vlog format a try with the first case: Enzo Ferrari’s legacy and the latest London’s Design Museum exhibit: “Ferrari: Under the Skin”. Enzo Ferrari was an entrepreneur best know for Ferrari sports and luxury cars. He started as a race driver himself in the early 20’s....
A few days ago I covered some of the key roles in experience design industry. Yet, I still frequently get asked what’s the difference between senior and lead designers? What does it take work as junior or apprentice designer? What do heads of design do? and many more seniority...
In this video I’m going to go through the key titles/roles in experience design (UX, XD) today: UX designer generalist Service designer Customer experience designer User researcher UX strategist Content strategist UX Copywriter Product designer (UX/UI) UI designer Graphics/visual designer UX architect Interaction designer UX engineer and one bonus...
One of the most common questions I get is what UX tools I use for each specific design step. I usually shrug off with tool X, Y, Z… {some popular app}. After thinking longer I realized that I used tens of tools interchangeably. Every pick is made during a specific...
In this video I’m going to introduce and explain the key use cases for the Design Thinking problem solving method. If you haven’t heard design thinking term before: it’s a very practical and creative method to solve problems. It doesn’t matter within or outside the design discipline. A designer...
The other day one of my designer friends asked me if I have any good books to recommend. He’s a junior designer who just recently got into reading. Just like more experienced designers he realized that the timeless wisdom can be discovered within pages. Furthermore, like myself he wears many hats daily....