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What is Clean Design?
The first thing that might spring to your mind when I refer to Clean Design in the context of UX is a pixel perfect mockup. What I refer to as Clean Design is the cleanliness of your design files and the practices of creating these files rather than the design outcome you generate from them. This … Read the rest
Ootje Oxenaar – Dutch Gulden Designs
In this modern age where technology is rapidly developing and replacing traditional methods and products it’s interesting to see that despite the dominance of credit/debit/pin cards, paper bank notes are still around — but this is obvious. I can’t ever imagine a world, at least not in my lifetime, where physical money doesn’t exist … Read the rest
UX and user research is a critical component of the design process and should not be overlooked. It is essential to understand user before beginning any project to ensure that you are designing with them in mind.
The most common misconception about UX research is that it is just another form of market research or focus group. This couldn’t be further … Read the rest
Steve Jobs was born on February 24th in 1955, in Los Altos, California. He died of pancreatic cancer on October 5th, 2011, at the age of 56. Steve Jobs is well known for co-founding Apple and for making it into what it is today: one of the most successful companies in the world.
But his legacy is not only about … Read the rest
Information architecture is a complex and difficult field to define. Unlike information strategy, which is carried out by information strategists, or interaction design, which is carried out by designers, information architect is not a job title. It is more of a role that crosses several disciplines – UX design is one of them. In this article, we will discuss what … Read the rest
Everyone talks about design principles as if we can create the best products as long as we push for the maximum on each design principle slider.
In reality, sometimes we need to compromise one design principle for another. More often, we need to deal with the conflicting interests … Read the rest
These are the basic texts which are either well known, have been around for a long time or are historically significant in the formation of our craft.
I am a great advocate of lean startup and while practicing this I received a clear understanding of problem and solution space of a product. Eventually, most of the Product team and PMs knowingly or unknowingly spend so much of time in solution space compared to problem discovery and framing. While interacting several PM every month during the engagement activity … Read the rest
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When migrating your legacy application, first you need to identify the reasons for the migration. There are 3 angles to consider: the business goals, technical drivers and impact on users.
The area that is often overlooked is the impact on users. When that happens, the business misses out on an opportunity to significantly enhance … Read the rest