Digital design

More than just a pretty typeface.

Member preview

Nov	DEC	Jan
	05
2016	2017	2018

14 Smart Habits That Will Make You a Better UX Designer

Create habits that’ll improve you as a designer

The State of UX for 2018

The Ultimate UX Guide to Color Design

A bookmark-able guide detailing the fundamentals of color theory and practice for designers

Extraordinary UX: What’s the line between a well-designed user experience and an extraordinary one?

One of my friends owns a meal prep delivery service called Bite that ships over 12,000 meals a week to hungry athletes, body builders…

Is Product Design an Art or a Science?

Hint: It’s Both

Strategic Storytelling for Designers

How to Align User Research Presentations for Decision Making

The best ‘design‘ books that aren’t explicitly about design.

I asked a whole bunch of designers what books that weren’t specifically about digital or graphic design inspired them. And, wow I got a ton…

Everlater

My four-year-old son struggles to say “elevator”. He says “everlater”.

Did we do something wrong?

What happened to new media design?

Bad User Experience Kills Your Conversion Funnel

Online sales are very tempting for many. There is no need for salesmen or employees. Everything can be measured using all kinds of web…

3C of Interface Design: Color, Contrast, Content.

There are many factors that influence the outcome of a design project. Working on the interface of a website or mobile application…

I interviewed at Facebook as a new grad. Here’s what I learned about design.

Facebook is a company whose product is used for connecting and keeping in touch with friends. While that’s only part of what they do, I…

Standing Up as a Design Leader

I am not very good at speaking up when something goes wrong in a group setting. I prefer to orchestrate in the background in hopes that my…

You have a lot to learn about typography.

TypeThursday’s Founder, Thomas Jockin, is here to teach us to invest in ourselves — by learning typography deeply.

Chefbox App: User Experience Design Retrospective

Project Brief

Make the Right Choice. A/B Testing for UX Improvement.

To be or not to be? That is a question which is constantly repeated. People often have to face some choices which are hard to make…

Design Restaurants for People, not Just Speed

As fast food kiosks proliferate, how can they be better designed?

The right visualisation at the right time

- “What exactly is it that you do?”

Designing for Millennial Parents

Parents are changing and technology isn’t keeping up.

The Value of an Interaction

Imagine you have a 4-year old. He is probably running around the house, messing with things and wondering with happiness and awe at…

Form and Context

The things you design affect how people understand their world.

2018's UX Designer Salary Forecast

Experienced designers can expect wild disparities in pay ranges by region and specialty, as wide as $80,000

Good design doesn’t make people happy.

Happiness is a byproduct, not a metric, of success.

The 4 Stages of 0->1 Products

This was first published on my mailing list The Looking Glass. Every week, I answer a reader’s question.

Skeuomorphic Design — A controversial UX approach that is making a comeback

Critics argue that skeuomorphism is outdated, but the emergence of IoT, VR, and wearables is changing that

Letterpress Avoided the Die That Was Cast

As the industry that supported it imploded, surely the art would be lost?

How Design-Driven Innovation Will Surpass Technology in 2018

Looking ahead with digital design

3 Inspiring Ladies Who Became UX Designers After 40

How to make that huge change into the world of UX design