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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.

  • Great UX Microcopy & Content Design Examples - Design Tool Tuesday

    Great UX Microcopy & Content Design Examples – Design Tool Tuesday

    Episode 46: Great UX Microcopy & Content Design Examples This week’s pick: Microcopy Inspirations – a collection of good to great UX microcopy, copy and general content design examples. I like this collection to get inspired for a specific category of copy use cases. For example, 404 pages, error...

  • App for Interactive User Flows and UX Journeys - Design Tool Tuesday

    App for Interactive User Flows and UX Journeys – Design Tool Tuesday

    Episode 42: App for Interactive User Flows and UX Journeys This week’s pick: Overflow app. A UX and product design tool that allows to quickly import Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD mockups and stitch them together into interactive touchpoints. If you are after an intuitive tool that helps to convey...

  • UX Prototyping Tools: How to Pick the Right One

    UX Prototyping Tools: How to Pick the Right One (2020)

    You’ve asked for it, so here it is… 2020 edition of the latest and greatest UX prototyping tools. We will use the existing criteria scales to better understand which of these tools might be right for you and your design team. As a designer (product, UX etc.) you probably...

  • UX Copy Manager for Figma - Design Tool Tuesday

    UX Copy Manager for Figma – Design Tool Tuesday

    This week’s pick: Ditto plugin for Figma. It’s a UX copywriting plugin that integrates with free to use Ditto app where UX writers can easily manage and maintain copy across different UI artboards. The best bit about this plugin is that working within bigger teams you can track the...

  • Data Visualization Library for UX/UI Designers - Design Tool Tuesday

    Data Visualization Library for UX/UI Designers – Design Tool Tuesday

    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...

  • Leaving Adobe CC - UX Designer

    Goodbye Adobe CC – Why I Stopped Using Adobe Products as a UX Designer

    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...

  • Transform Hand-drawn Sketches to Digital Design with Uizard - Design Tool Tuesday

    Transform Hand-drawn Sketches to Digital Design with Uizard – Design Tool Tuesday

    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...

  • Billboard Design Thinking Workshop Templates - Design Tool Tuesday

    Billboard Design Thinking Workshop Templates – Design Tool Tuesday

    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...

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    My Sketch Plugin: Decimal Number Generator – Design Tool Tuesday

    Product design folk who work with data visualisation, fin-tech, trading, big data and analytics UI – this tool is for you. It’s my recent addition to Sketch plugin family – Sketch plugin to generate custom decimal number entries and append specific characters en masse. I’ve been banging my head...

  • Laws of UX - Design tool tuesday

    Laws of UX – Design Tool Tuesday

    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...

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    Create an Atomic Design System with Sketch

    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...

  • Divergent vs Convergent Thinking with UX Double Diamond

    Divergent vs Convergent Thinking with UX Double Diamond

    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...

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    iPad Pro for UX and Product Design?

    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...

  • Learn Sketch Product Design (UX/UI) Noob to Master Series

    Sketch Product Design (UX/UI): Noob to Master Series

    Sketch is very common go-to app for UI, Product(UX/UI) and other vector based visual graphics editing. With a lightning fast mockup capabilities, simplicity, prototyping and powerful collaboration tools, Sketch has everything you need to turn your ideas into stunning product design. Join me for a zero to hero masterclass...

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    10 UX Design Tools I Use (That Aren’t Made for UX)

    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...

  • UX prototyping tools

    UX prototyping tools: How to pick the right one

    As a designer (product, experience etc.) you probably found it hard to keep up with every single tool in the market. Every year there is a brand new tool that allows designers to craft their prototypes in a different way. And so, I decided to pull a list of...


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