I often get asked which UX, design and prototyping tool is the right one. Fact is, tools are nothing but options to solving a specific problem at hand. The more tools you’re aware of the easier you can apply and use it in that specific scenario. Here I’ll share some of the best tools I’ve encountered to date.
Episode 71: First look at FigJam by Figma: Can it Replace Miro, Mural, or Whimsical? FigJam is the recent development from the Figma team – meant to challenge the industry giants such as Miro, Mural, Whimsical, and other workshop-oriented apps for UX and product designers. A question I’ll try...
You’ve asked for it, so here it is… the 2021 edition of the latest and greatest product design and. UX prototyping tools walkthrough. As a designer (product, UX etc.) you probably found it hard to keep up with every single tool in the market. Every year there is a...
Design Tool Tuesday Episode 70: First Look at Open Source Quantified UX and UI Design Tool UX research and design is a niche industry. And the quantified UX tools space, even with the multitude of new developments, is still minimal. That’s why when design tools like these come out...
You’ve read it right: the best UX portfolio platform for UX designers and user researchers is not what you think. In the past, I already covered several easy to start with portfolio platforms that anyone can use to build public sites and grow their personal design brand. However, when...
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...
It’s been almost half a decade and there have been very few improvements in terms of Apple’s Macbook Touch Bar UX. With the recent Big Sur release Apple has made some tweaks with repositioning buttons here and there making users relearn to use this input method yet again. In...
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...
Human-centered AI, eh? Depending on your career projection in the experience, service, and product design, you might just be lucky enough to work on grand projects that build on top and support human decisions. It almost doesn’t matter how advanced the machine learning algorithms and AI are if it...
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...
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....
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...
In this episode, I’ll show you how to work with audio files in your Axure RP UX and UI prototypes. While Axure does not directly support adding and controlling audio clips, there are a couple of handy Javascript workarounds that might be what you’re after. This solution allows to...
This week’s pick: Nucleo app for Windows and Mac ecosystems. This icon management app is previously mentioned Iconjar equivalent for Windows product and UI designers. Just like the alternative, Nucleo packs the custom icon pack management, ability to quickly get started with existing predefined icons and a few bits...
This week’s pick: An Human-Centered Design kit from Ideo. This is a set of methods, thinking principles and case studies that been transformative in my own experience design and UX development. It’s also a set of tools I recommend every designer to refer to regularly, especially when it comes...
This week’s pick: Fontpair. A library of examples of best free font pairings for UI, UX, and product designers. I’ve covered a handful of tools that allow to quickly get inspired and find your next pair of well-assembled fonts. This tool is a simple effective way to find it...