[ad_1] Let’s add a couple of descriptors to this to illustrate how complicating system factors can be — A costly medical device used for the prevention of injury is in a heavily scheduled operating room, in a surgical unit in a small hospital, in a city with a majority of citizens below the poverty line, […]

[ad_1] It’s been a bad, horrible, rotten year for UX. With waves of designers laid off, UX’s influence diminished, and uncertainty about the role of advanced technology, the design community is left to some serious soul-searching. We are undoubtedly embarking on major changes to our role in making digital products. Understanding the driving factors behind […]

[ad_1] A design system is a utilitarian product that a company uses to optimize the development of its core product (or several). And so the strategy for creating (or integrating an existing) design system for a company is based primarily on what is most convenient from the perspective of the core product. And not from […]

[ad_1] A long explanation of why the UX market is not what it was. The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius by Pierre-Jacques Volaire, 1777 What’s happening now with the market is kind of a Vesuvius eruption. Something that should’ve been expected, but no one really believed. Throughout the 18th century, Vesuvius experienced a series of 6 […]

[ad_1] The age of productivity, minimalism, and monochromatic color schemes. Comparison of a mall parking lot in the 80s (more colorful cars) vs current day parking lot (more black & white cars). Source: https://twitter.com/culturaltutor/status/1672646124799180802 Are we losing color in our world? As odd as this question may seem, a closer look at the color choices […]

[ad_1] Do not try to walk on someone else’s shoes. Instead, try to understand their motives with empathy. People sitting at the table in an office with laptops in clear weather (image: Khalid Odeh @ scop.io) “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” — not Henry Ford The […]