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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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    Digitally Transformed: A Relearning Organization

    Linus Öhman Avatar| By linusohman on September 23, 2020

      { 🏢 } – Digital Transformation From the Ground Up This is an attempt to explain digital transformation from the ground up using zero bullsh*t. to pull this off, we need to start with why businesses exist. If we boil things down to the simplest (first) principles we can say that an organization is: taking […]

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      How to Communicate Remotely

      Olha Bahaieva Avatar| By olhabahaieva on May 20, 2020

        { 📄 } – Tips and tools to become a successful remote worker The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest danger for people in 2020. That’s why all company employees started to work remotely recently. Remote work is not a new way of collaboration between people though, but it has its own features, which specialists […]

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        The Ultimate Guide to Design Audits

        Kayleigh Karutis Avatar| By kayleigh-karutis on January 7, 2019

          { 📒 } – What are design audits, why you need one, and how to do them

          The ultimate guide to design audits

          The word “audit” doesn’t generally inspire excitement, but when it comes to a design audit, well… conducting one can at least lead to some exciting outcomes for your product and brand.

          A design audit involves analyzing all the design elements used across your organization in order to ensure that branding is consistent across all channels and outlets. That not only means taking stock of your visual design elements, but also the verbal and written portions of your user experience.

          Design audits have gained popularity in recent years, and for good reason. Let’s break down the components of a design audit, then dive into how to do one of your own.

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          Design Ecosystem in Moscow

          Nick Budden Avatar| By nick-budden on January 7, 2019

            { 🇷🇺 } – Russia’s Creative Capital

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            In the last edition of our Design Ecosystem series in 2018, we took a look at one of the most engaged design communities in the world: San Francisco. Now we’re jumping into 2019 with our take on Moscow, where we had an opportunity to talk about Phase during last year’s Mail.ru Design Conference.

            We reached out to designers based in the city to learn more about it and get a closer look at the local design community. Here’s an inside take on what we discovered!

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            Design Accessible Maps

            Hiroo Aoyama Avatar| By hiroo-aoyama on January 7, 2019

              { 🗺 } – UX guide to improving navigation apps for the visually impaired.

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              Original illustration by Pablo Stanley

              This study was done by a team led by Dr Young Mi Choi at the Georgia Tech School of Design.

              Visually impaired people have a hard time using existing navigation apps. Through user interviews, market research, and user testing, we came up with a list of do’s and don’ts for navigation apps that want to improve their vision accessibility. In this article, I’ll be using Google Maps as an example —this is because 82% of interviewees reported primarily using Google Maps. Keep in mind that these are general guidelines and there may be exceptions to every rule.

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