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Fail, Reflect, Iterate: Rethinking the Design Process

Dan Nessler Avatar| By dan_nessler on January 20, 2023

    This article was originally published on UX Collective. Retrospective When I published my Revamped Double Diamond I didn’t expect anyone to read it, apart from some of my fellow students and my mum. I don’t think she read it though. Anyhow. The response was overwhelming. My post also provoked debates, criticism, questions and negative feedback. […]

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    The Problem With Average Solutions

    Eugen Eşanu Avatar| By eugenesanu on December 8, 2022

      And Other Issues Between This article originally appeared on UXPlanet. A couple of years ago, WordPress had a security flaw, and once they fixed it, they asked all their users and customers to update to the newest version. Unfortunately, many people didn’t want to. After the WordPress team gave it some thought, they came up […]

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      Don’t Be Too Hard on Yourself

      Briandito Priambodo Avatar| By brianditopriambodo on October 5, 2022

        Slowing Down is Also Part of the Process I used to feel guilty when I was not being “productive.” Whenever I relax and take a break, there is an urge to stop that and get back to work. That’s when I realised I was being toxic to MYSELF. How can a mere human do his 100% […]

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        How To Use Strategic Thinking for Product Design Decisions

        Olha Bahaieva Avatar| By olhabahaieva on August 1, 2022

          It’s Not About Mindset or Productivity This article originally appeared on UX Designers Club. From the beginning of a design career, every UX designer asks questions about design steps. It’s crucial to identify the strategy of product creation and follow particular steps to the final result. But with every new stage, there are more and […]

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          The Quest for Simplicity

          Eugen Eşanu Avatar| By eugenesanu on December 1, 2021

            Complexity is Not the Opposite of Simplicity This article was originally published on UX Collective. Most of the times we think as complexity as something bad. And I tended to fall in that pitfall myself. Until one day when I was having a conversation with a product manager, and he was showing me how the […]

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            How to Influence Choice Through Default Effect

            Eugen Eşanu Avatar| By eugenesanu on October 13, 2021

              { 🧠 } – Choice Architecture and the Cost of Thinking This article was originally published on UX Planet. At a school, teen girls had just discovered lipstick. They would go into the toilets to apply it. Then, giggling, they’d leave imprints of their lips on the large mirror. This made a lot of extra […]

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              Principles For Designing Better Products

              Eugen Eşanu Avatar| By eugenesanu on September 15, 2021

                { 🎛 } – It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work by J. Fried and DDH This article was originally published on UX Planet. As a general rule, to build something great is not about more hours and resources thrown at a problem, but less bullshit. Itended to believe that with all technological advancement, […]

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                The Curse of Knowledge Bias

                Eugen Eşanu Avatar| By eugenesanu on July 21, 2021

                  { 👨‍💻 } – And How it Impacts Your Work This article was originally published on UX Planet. Did you ever present work, were you did tons of research and sketched a perfect plan of execution, only for your management team to refuse it because they didn’t get it? Or do you ever get so […]

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                  Don’t Go Through It — Grow Through It

                  Briandito Priambodo Avatar| By brianditopriambodo on April 28, 2021

                    { 🌱 } – Most of the Time, You Have to Pick Yourself Up Life is full of ups and downs. The moment you step out of your parents’ house, you’ll realise that the world is not so kind. Sometimes it’s because we lack skills or talent; other times, it’s the timing or situation. This […]

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                    From Ideas to Sentences: How to Speak What is on Your Mind

                    Briandito Priambodo Avatar| By brianditopriambodo on January 27, 2021

                      { 🗣️ } – Make a Point Without Embarrassing Yourself Have you ever been in a conversation where you have an idea, but you just couldn’t find the right things to say? You started to blabber and stutter because it just doesn’t sound right, you know something is off. You ended up embarrassing yourself and failed […]

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