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Untangling the main types of user research

UX Collective

Collage illustrating different types of user research User research plays a vital role in any and every design project. Through research, designers are better able to deliver solutions that satisfy their users’ needs and wants?—?because UX researchers adopt various methods to uncover problems and design opportunities.

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The mechanics of non-human personas

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Design For The Real World by Victor Papanek / Photo via Twitter We can replace “industrial design” with “interaction design”, “UX design” or “service design” and the quote is still accurate. should be based on primary data collected through field research [13]. I am keen to hear other perspectives on this topic.

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Talk nerdy to me.

UX Collective

Talk nerdy to me Or: the value of investing in yourself and your team to develop expertise beyond “design” UX is a desired and established field, and the world needs more UX pros than ever ( source , source , source , source … you get the picture.) we cannot all spend the effort on all topics, period. It’s design! Show it off!

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How to navigate the insanity of behavioral science

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Luck was on my side when the scientific committee recognized my research as a top submission and invited me to publish a longer peer-reviewed journal paper. Academic politics distorts psychology: When I started reviewing behavioral science literature and systems, I quickly discovered that I needed to work across many academic silos.

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Designer’s four roles in agile

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In case you are interested in digging deeper into this mismatch of development and design processes, I have written a longish series of posts on this topic [3]. This underestimated impact of design could be a topic for another blog post later. Note: in this post I refer to development sprints.

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5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills

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5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills Hey there, fellow UX enthusiasts and aspiring design wizards! We've meticulously curated a list of the five best UX books guaranteed to propel your design skills to new dimensions. Buckle up, fellow designers; it's time to dive into the 5 Best UX Books to Elevate Your Design Skills!

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Can exercising make us more creative?

UX Collective

Illustration by Matty Hodgkins I’ve recently been exploring the topic of “Creative Health” — specifically, what impact does your health (in its broadest sense) have on your ability to be creative? In scientific literature, the Alternative Use Test (AUT) is a simple but effective tool for measuring divergent creativity.

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