Eye on Design

MAY 26, 2021

“Why another graphic design magazine?” And so begins this new magazine founded by graphic designers Peter Bil’ak, Stuart Bertollotti-Bailey, and Jürgen X. Certainly, if you were a particular type of designer in the early 2000s, Dot Dot Dot was the most exciting publication you could find.

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Designer Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

A book cover serves as more than just a display in this fast-paced world of literature; it is the face of your work and the visual representation that draws readers into the world you have painstakingly created. DIY Book Covers and Their Impact Why take a stab at creating a homemade book cover? Recognize your genre and target audience.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 3, 2022

But it is January, and you are reading a thinkpiece with “OKR” in the title, so chances are you’ve already opted to make some healthier choices for yourself this week. In early January I proclaimed that I would read more design literature and try writing more about my own experiences. Objectives and Key Result?—?for for myself.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 26, 2023

9 Best Freelance Writing Sites to Find a Job What are the best freelance writing sites to find a job? The most popular categories for freelance writers on Upwork are content writing and copywriting. Plus, they have strict rules about what kind of work you can do for clients. Let's get to know them all one by one.

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Noupe

JANUARY 29, 2020

They’re a struggle for just about every business, and they come with so many moving parts that there isn’t a simple prescription for success. It’s up to you to look past the hype around any given performance appraisal method and identify why it’s getting so much attention and if the concept is a good fit for your business.

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

How naming your UX Research findings can make them stick Developing an understanding of user needs and identifying concrete design recommendations requires a combination of rigorous research, careful analysis, and effective communication. Why a good name matters The idea that a good name can help a finding or theory catch on is not new.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 11, 2022

The theory of metaphors, or why Metaverse will fail User interface metaphors, such as the PC desktop with documents and folders, can help people in learning to use an unfamiliar system. In this post, I’ll discuss the theory of realistic physical metaphors and why you should avoid them. What is a metaphor?

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Co-Authors: Stacey Sanchez , Clay Killingsworth , and Kay Stanney User-Centered Design (UCD) is a broad methodological framework that places the user at the center of all design decisions (Norman, 2013). Agile’s cross-functional, self-organizing teams mainly consist of software developers, interface designers, and testers.

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UX Collective

MARCH 1, 2023

Digital product design can be perilous—but we can gain valuable design wisdom by looking beyond our discipline. Left: Spirit of Bamboo section (2016), Right: A Guide to Sensory-Processing Sensitivity (2020) Before digital product design, I was an interior architecture & design student.

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UX Collective

AUGUST 29, 2021

Designing experiences to leverage subjectivity in perception Video games are classified as a digital experience, and all digital experiences are facilitated by digital technology. This means that emotions are largely dependent on how something is perceived by the person experiencing, which may or not may not be the design’s true intent.

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Just Creative

DECEMBER 18, 2019

This is a guest article contributed by Loius Martin. Are you so fond of a particular company that it’s hard for you to buy from other brands? What is it that drives you towards those brands? What is it that drives you towards those brands? You just ‘connect’ with the company more than others.

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UX Collective

MAY 24, 2021

A guide to understanding the working of contrast, its significance in design, to use it to your benefits or at least notice and appreciate. What if I were to say… Contrast is responsible for the way you eat your bread (outside-in) or that Jim-Jam. Contrast is the reason why you enjoy your songs in the particular way you do.

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UX Collective

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Yet despite this, vanity metrics still appear to be a systemic problem, not only in marketing where the term first gained momentum but also in other disciplines like web and digital product design. Firstly, the standout metrics for popular touchpoints are intrinsically vain. Why are these metrics behaving like this?

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UX Collective

OCTOBER 30, 2023

There were two things that stood out to me (and I think many have had the same experience): Teams were having ‘different’ outcome-driven conversations. There were two things that stood out to me (and I think many have had the same experience): Teams were having ‘different’ outcome-driven conversations. Goal-induced Blindness 4.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2023

Have you always wondered why certain companies are already being talked about in the news and social media? In this article, you will see the top 50 global brands that changed the world or are making a significant impact. The purpose is to see what they did right and then use it to grow your brand to extremely high levels.

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UX Collective

JANUARY 14, 2022

Thomas Bohm’s interview with Joanna Suau originally published in Information Design Journal on 20 December, 2021. Photo by Douglas Lopes on Unsplash TB: How did you start working with information, writing and design? JS: After I finished my studies (English literature), I decided to become a self-employed language coach.

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UX Collective

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Mental models are one of the most important concepts in product design but we rarely use them to their full potential. The term “mental model” has become everyday product design parlance. Designers want to design for the user’s mental model. But why all the mention of mental models?

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Canny

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

And as we know, they’re usually very busy juggling lots of different tasks , so having these tools at hand is a big help! From infographics to blog posts , every piece of content directly represents your business, so you need to be sure it’s hitting the mark. What are the Different Types of Content? Press releases.

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 26, 2022

We graphic designers have a love-hate relationship with criticism. We want the general public to understand what we do, yet when they write about our work, we pick apart how they got it wrong. We want the general public to understand what we do, yet when they write about our work, we pick apart how they got it wrong.

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