CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: The Most Important Design Lessons Of 2014 Context: What better way to prepare for the new year then by rehashing the old one. Design article retrospective people! Synopsis: Infographics lie. Apple designers aren’t the best. You should always get … Continued
Title: Google’s Quest to Write the Rulebook for Interactive Design Context: Google’s new material design is more than just a guideline, it’s a way of thinking about interactivity. Synopsis: Of all of the things that Google owns in the minds … Continued
Title: 6 Ideas That Define Design in 2014 Context: Hey design. What’s new with you? Oh these 6 things? OK then. Synopsis: Design is constantly evolving and while there are certainly inviolate articles of faith that maintain across its continuous … Continued
Title: A Golden Age of Design Context: The New York Times says we are in the golden age of design. They can’t lie about these things, right? Synopsis: It’s all coming together. Technology, ideas, business—all of it—and the result is … Continued
Title: Why Getting It Wrong Is the Future of Design Context: Sometimes the pursuit of perfection is paved with imperfection. Synopsis: Nobody is perfect. We are told this from the time we are children then immediately set about trying to … Continued
Title: Let’s talk about margins Context: The guy talks about margins, but what he’s really referring to is life itself. Synopsis: There are an infinite number of details in everything you make. Design is the practice of figuring out which … Continued
Title: Bridging the Physical-Digital Divide: For UX Context: It’s the “internet of things” not the “internet of software”. Synopsis: Crappy and meaningless software (or the more colloquial: “apps”) are fine. Really they are. They cost almost nothing to make, you … Continued
Title: A conversation about design Context: Very brief insights from the Google design team. They say “simple” a lot. Synopsis: Design cultures all have their own core set of beliefs, yet at the same time those beliefs are also predicated … Continued
Title: Only Openings Context: Sometimes design is about bringing end to the old order and sometimes it is about adapting to it. Synopsis: The last thing a designer wants to do is insult the intelligence of the people using his … Continued
Title: Seams Context: The act of simplification is also the reduction of possibility. Use the power of design to simplify wisely. Synopsis: Sometimes we designers treat our customers like children. Oh, we do it with the best of intentions. All … Continued
Title: Everyone Deserves Great Design Context: A brief manifesto on the need for universally beneficial and demonstrably good design. Synopsis: Sometimes we look at design and treat it like a cute puppy; we “ohhh” and “ahhh” over it without every … Continued
Title: Superheroes & Villains in Design Context: The two words most detrimental to great design are “Yes, but…” Synopsis: I’m not really sure why but some of mankind’s greatest triumphs and most tragic failures seem to happen in the design … Continued
Title: How Designers Destroyed the World Context: There is an ethical component to design that often gets lost in the shuffle of the day-to-day business of it. Synopsis: Somewhere in the reptilian recesses of our designer brain we possess the … Continued
Title: Tablet Usability Context: Do your users use tablets? Who cares! You want to build that slick iPad app no matter what they are really doing. Synopsis: Who doesn’t have a tablet these days? Your kids? Of course. Your mom? … Continued
Title: Behavior Change Strategy Cards Context: Using science to change behavior. What could possibly go wrong? Synopsis: Designers block can be huge problem. Staring at a blank canvas waiting until the solution to the problem you are trying to solve … Continued