Once the right problem is established based on solid research, it is time to generate ideas. As NN Group’s article on ideation written by Aurora Harley emphasizes, it can be tempting to produce our ideas based on what we like or what
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Why do we create personas? To discover what patterns people share in their interaction with products To understand diversity of how people go about using products To be able to make the UX process more real and fun when we tie our
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Imagine you want to start a business, selling barefoot shoes. You are not sure, what type of barefoot shoes people need the most, so you decide to ask them. Qualitative Inquiry You go to the park in the CBD during the lunch
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Key Design Principles Don Norman’s background is in industrial design, however his design principles are hugely important for any UX designer: Affordances, conceptual model, signifiers, mappings, discoverability and feedback. Before any product is launched, it seems to be useful to go through
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Unicorn, Generalist or Specialist? When I first heard about UX unicorn, I was really curious to know what does it entail to be one. The discussion in UX at the moment is about whether to try to be very good at all
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What is interaction design and how is it different to UX design? Well..the discussion is still going on. It is difficult to pin it down, because different camps of people have different biases against different definitions. While it is interesting to have
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What did I learn in General Assembly? General Assembly is very good with providing free introductory courses in UX. I went to two different ones and watched one online class. Here is what I learnt about UX design process.. There are generally
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For the overview of the history of UX, see this article on Career Foundry. Walt Disney What the heck? Disney World with the statue of Walt Disney holding hands with Mickey Mouse on the picture that illustrates a history of UX?? Yes!
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Design for Life Ten years ago, I watched a mini TV series on BBC called Design for Life. Several young designers were competing against each other to win an internship at famous designer Philippe Starck’s headquarters in Paris. I remember being so
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Yay, it is official! I am very excited to start my UX/UI challenge. I designed it myself as a way how to get some nice in depth foundations in UX/UI on top of what I already learnt. I will simplify my discoveries
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