CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Title: Stop Trying To Be Creative Context: Creativity happens when you least expect it. Synopsis: Try as you might, creative inspiration just won’t come. But that’s most likely your problem right there: that little word “try”. You can’t force inspiration. … Continued
Title: The Cognitive Benefits of Doodling Context: If one must think, one should first doodle. Synopsis: The art of doodling is in fact exactly not at all that. It is not about aesthetics, or style, or museum quality renderings suitable … Continued
Title: 5 Steps To Re-create Xerox PARC’s Design Magic (From The Guy Who Helped Make It) Context: Want good ideas? Most companies can’t handle what it takes to have good ideas. Synopsis: Innovation. There is no substitute. All of our … Continued
Title: 25 Ideas Shaping The Future Of Design Context: The future of design as imagined by today’s leaders of design. Not you guys…those other leaders of design. Synopsis: What does the future hold in store for the professional practice of … Continued
Title: The Reinvention Of Normal Context: We tend to, as a species, equate normal with good for some unfathomable reason. Synopsis: We are all in need of inspiration on pretty much a rolling basis, but it’s what you do with … 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: Spotify’s Design Lead on Why Side Projects Should Be Stupid Context: There are no stupid ideas. Only stupid people too stupid to turn a stupid idea into something great. Synopsis: There are 2 types of great idea. The first … Continued
Title: Can-Do vs. Can’t-Do Culture Context: Being unreasonable is sometimes the only reasonable way to solve a problem. Synopsis: Business history is replete with tales of short-sighted, unimaginative cranks sneering at a novel idea simply because they failed to grasp … Continued
Title: “How can they be so good?”: The strange story of Skype Context: A brief history of the program, and people, that reinvented telephony. Synopsis: How are great ideas born? Do they strike like a bolt of lightening, from parts … Continued
Title: Does Brainstorming Work? Context: No. No it does not. Synopsis: Ah the fragile creative psyche. Gentle and soft. We must strive to protect our artistic originality at all costs lest the cruel slings and arrows of criticism damage our … Continued
Title: Why Great Ideas Get Rejected Context: Having a good idea is easy. Getting people to buy into your good idea? That’s the tricky part. Synopsis: Everyone loves a creative idea right? Not so fast there da Vinci. Good ideas … Continued
Title: Human Demo: New Yorker Cartoonist Matthew Diffee Shows How To Be Creative Context: Ideas are a dime a dozen, but you’d better be prepared to work hard for that .10¢ Synopsis: Ideation is a game whose success is measured … Continued
Title: What we talk about when we talk about sketching. Context: We are visual thinkers yet tend to only communicate verbally. That’s just crazy talk. Synopsis: I know, I know; you can’t draw. Which is fine because we aren’t talking … Continued
Title: Why We Crave Creativity but Reject Creative Ideas Context: If nobody thinks you ideas are crazy then they probably aren’t creative enough. Your ideas I mean. Synopsis: Ever had someone in a meeting roll their eyes when you presented … Continued
