Tag: DESIGN

Why everything looks the same, the limits of contrast checkers, changing perspectives over accessibility and more.

How technology is shaping the physical world, spying appliances, dyslexia-friendly typefaces and more.

The difficulty of travelling for disabled people, the history of user interfaces, carbon footprinting and more.

The accessibility of Netflix’s subtitles, racist tech, small businesses in Tokyo and more.

Deadly distractions, designing for modes, the problem with the Metaverse, new dark patterns on Instagram and more.

Design is evolving, correcting designs of the past, why we ignore the obvious, building a more honest internet and why Greta Thunberg doesn’t want you to talk about her.

The last design you’ll ever make, designing for the autistic community, cautionary tales from cryptoland, the problem with Nielsen Norman Group videos and more.

Discover the designers misguided concerns about disabled bodies; the future of accessibility standards; the infinite scroll effect; the influence of 80s cult phemon Max Headroom and more.

Stop bastardizing design with false empathy, fast fashion and sustainability, gender pay gap, and more.

Stop solving problems in design, drop ’The Lean Startup’, what to do instead of counting clicks, and oral history of Beastie Boys’ artwork, and more.

This week: how to prevent user errors, the curb-cut effect, how creepy is that device, and users adapting to technology that wasn’t designed with them in mind.

This week, I gathered articles that made me see this phenomenon from a different perspective. Time to reframe. And pockets. Women need pockets.

This week, tired of seeing social media-related articles, I’m sharing older ones as an inspiration to follow your own path.

This week: inclusive language, the work of women designers, and the healing power of photography.

In the first instalment of the Design, Digested series since March, I share with you three reasons why the UX industry is currently broken.

On the latest letter I sent out on 20 June, I set out my plans for the next few months. Ever felt overwhelmed by the quantity of information found on the internet? Then you’ll know what I’m talking about.

As much as wanted to, I couldn’t sketch every day. I’d stare at the blank page, not knowing what to draw, and then give up. So I started a new journey.

Every couple of weeks, I write a letter to the nice people subscribed to Design, Digested. Today, I want to share the latest with you. As there weren’t any new blog posts or projects to announce, I didn’t know what to write. Yet, I ended up writing a lot.

I’m sure you’ve encountered many posts about which tool is best for wireframing. Yet, one of UX designers’ most important and basic tool is sketching. If you know how to convey your ideas and concepts through sketches, the rest follows.

The following articles and resources are a good start to understand how biases influence our work and what to pay attention to when starting a new project.

As a child, I always had books with me. I loved losing myself into good stories, to the point it hurt when they finished. In later years, my attention span became ridiculously short.

Recently, I read a couple of compelling blog post about dark patterns in user interfaces copy. An essential read to understand what they are, how they’re used to deceive people and how to recognise them.

This week we look into the toxic dogmatism of digital design, how to design less, how to be more effective and more.

With the introduction of significant layout changes — the tabs Reel and Shop — the Instagram navigation became convoluted. Let’s briefly explore how.

After a two-month hiatus, the design inspiration series is back with a focus on social media content moderation issues, how products get complicated and how a few companies are redesigning capitalism.

In this inspiration series: a well-known website lost community trust with a redesign that didn’t take into account its users with disabilities.

Knitting website Ravelry lost the trust of their community after a rebranding effort caused several users adverse side effects from browsing the site. Well-known among knitters, crocheters, designers, spinners, and dyers, Ravelry is a free platform where users can organise and keep track of their projects, network with other people and sell their designs.

Design inspiration series. This week: diversity bias in the tech industry; the gender data gap; anti-racism reading list and bad doors.

How is the UX of contact lenses containers? It’s easy to overlook what we use daily, and yet everyday things are usually the most frustrating ones.

Design inspiration series. This week: design community solidarity, designing for belonging, equality and diversity, cross-cultural design and more.

First instalment of my design inspiration series. This week: Killing Eve set design, accessibility on social media, bad design vs good design, and more.

The current pandemic crisis reveales the shortcomings of our society. We have the opportunity to change and shape a better and sustainable society for everyone.

A deep understanding of users’ needs allows for great design and innovation. The station of being bus stop improves the waiting experience for travellers.