UX Collective

AUGUST 15, 2023

It was no longer sufficient to craft visually appealing interfaces; the true challenge lay in weaving together the threads of those diverse inputs to create solutions that resonated across departments and disciplines. One thing that I didn't anticipate at the start of my career was the importance of diverse voices.

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UX Collective

MARCH 23, 2023

While “how to ask for feedback” and “how to give feedback” have been done to death, little attention is given to the art of managing feedback. But as a product designer, feedback helps you produce better solutions and make informed decisions. A graphic design meme. Content: How real is the stuff and is it contextual to the user?

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UX Collective

JANUARY 1, 2023

Tips for asking good, engaging, and productive questions Stock Image from Pexels Contributor Alex Green As researchers we love a good question, but what’s the craft behind asking questions? In short: beware leading questions, ask one question at a time, and manage the flow. Want to dig deeper in the craft of UX Research?

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UX Collective

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Photo by Amélie Mourichon on Unsplash UX design has been an established craft for over two decades. This makes them great showmen or presenters. They can be excellent workshop or focus group facilitators, keynote speakers, or product managers. Yet, people are often confused about what our UX roles really mean.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 25, 2024

Far from a stuffy guide on fonts, Bringhurst weaves wit and wisdom into a fascinating tour through the art and technical aspects of working with type. Marcotte combined code samples for transitions with big visions for the user-first craft. The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0:

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UX Collective

JANUARY 25, 2022

We’re combining service, strategic design, and product management, all with a focus on urban needs. Accomplishing this means reassessing the Venn diagram of two things that are central to the work of designer: craft and consequences. This post is a report-to-date of our thinking on the nature of design in urban technology.

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UX Collective

JUNE 17, 2021

But it also applies to everything from parenting to martial arts. How does your product manager sell ideas and prove value pre- and post-launch? Designers should certainly work to become masters of their craft. But they also need to move beyond the production of pixels to understand how ideas are shaped, sold and shipped.

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UX Collective

DECEMBER 20, 2023

After spending 10 months educating myself and crafting a passable portfolio, I started applying to open roles. I’d dive into UX research and ideation exercises, crafting a few screens to go along with them. They were eerily similar, if not identical, to the existing products of those companies. The kicker? You don’t? “No,

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UX Collective

JUNE 22, 2021

When I was 12, I received a ZX Spectrum 48k as a Christmas present. People can grasp concepts far more quickly when presented graphically. There may be some in the audience that think we are descending into some sort of Arts and Crafts design hell by using this technique. So much for state-of-the-art technology.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Functional fixation, something we can train ourselves to overcome, is always present. Negroponte continued: “Such a colleague would not be an omen of professional retirement but rather a tickler of the architect’s imagination, presenting alternatives of form possibly not visualized or not visualizable by the human designer.” (p39).

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UX Collective

MAY 6, 2023

I’m Yura Turivny , a product interface designer with over 12 years of experience under my belt. Throughout my career, I have honed numerous techniques for crafting effective interfaces. Users must overcome the obstacles presented by the interface to access the product’s value — this is known as “interface resistance”.

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Inkbot Design

MARCH 14, 2023

His message applies to marketers and advertisers, writers, entrepreneurs, makers, product managers , and anyone seeking to make a meaningful impact in today's world. With Marketing Management, students can arm themselves with the latest marketing theories and practices.

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UX Collective

AUGUST 22, 2023

But here’s another layer of complexity: our stakeholders, ranging from product managers to CEOs, also bring their own palette of biases. From a design perspective, we love using blue to craft a serene ambience and encourage relaxation. But, like a cloudy day, it can sometimes stir feelings of sadness or melancholy.

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Shillington

MARCH 8, 2021

You’ll certainly smile when you see Missy’s cheerful work, which spans graphic design, illustration, animation and art direction. Louise previously worked as an art director for film and TV and as a visual artist and illustrator – an experience which she says made her resilient. Hélène Baum-Owoyele. Niamh Tulley.

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