User experience design, or UX design, is the process of creating products or services that are easy, enjoyable, and satisfying to use. UX design can have a huge impact on the success of a business, as it can improve customer loyalty, retention, conversion, and revenue. However, not everyone understands the value of UX design, especially clients or executives who may … Read the rest
Justifying the value of UX design
UX design is a key factor for any product, as it’s important to identify blind spots that may hinder your ability to create a product that resonates with your target audience. Biases can creep in and prevent you from seeing where your product falls short. Every blind spot is a potential loss of user engagement and conversions, akin to a … Read the rest
Creating Forms & Inputs
Forms help users accomplish a wide range of goals including: creating a new account, completing a purchase, providing feedback, scheduling events, filling out taxes, or providing medical history. No matter the goal, every form should be thoughtfully designed so users can complete it quickly and without confusion. The key to a well designed form is its inputs. Inputs are one … Read the rest
Minimalistic Western apps vs Asian apps
Once upon a time, I worked on the subtropical island of Malta. I come from a cold country, so I was logically bombarded with requests from friends and family who wanted to visit.
One day I walked into the office, and my colleagues asked me if I had a nice evening. I told them that my mum had arrived and … Read the rest
UI/UX Case Study: Leadership
Overview
Link: https://uxdesign.cc/leadership-through-application-design-8f82471cb207
Last year, I was brought in to oversee the design and execution of a healthcare themed web-application. Originally, the application was to be divided into 6 teams with 4–5 developers working on separate parts of the application. However, we ended up reworking the application with a team of two–myself working the front-end and my colleague Christain on … Read the rest
It’s time for Clean Design
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
Pafolios – Best design portfolio examples and case studies in 2023
Designing Beautiful Money
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 research in the design process
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
Innovation means to UX
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