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Biomimicry: When Design Copies Nature

Gianmarco Caprio Avatar| By gianmarco on January 20, 2023

    It can’t be denied that a lot of the things in the world are poorly designed. This is often due to a number of reasons, which can include carelessness on the part of the designers or a lack of attention toward the consumers. Poor design is more common than we think and if we direct […]

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    Design is(n’t) Everything

    Gianmarco Caprio Avatar| By gianmarco on December 8, 2022

      Questioning Design’s All-Important Role When you browse the web, you’ll often come across the sentence ‘design is everything’. It is one of those cliche phrases that we’ve all grown so tired to read – not necessarily because they’re not factual, but rather because it offers nothing more than an overly-simplistic statement. But is this sentence […]

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      Design in a World in Turmoil

      Gianmarco Caprio Avatar| By gianmarco on October 5, 2022

        The Value and Function of Design in a World That Just Does Not Want to Stay Still We all know what has been happening around us in recent times, and how these events are shaping the world around us. What we took for granted is now no longer guaranteed, and the importance of things that […]

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        Design & Product Pitch Canvas

        Dan Nessler Avatar| By dan_nessler on January 5, 2022

          { 🎤 } – To pitch a product idea, design, or even yourself in a job interview This article was originally published on UX Collective. Canvases have been all over the place in recent years. They have become a go-to resource in design, business and other fields. I first encountered the Business Value & Value proposition […]

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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 Get Inspired on the Run

            Dan Nessler Avatar| By dan_nessler on November 10, 2021

              { x } – The best Design, Tech & UX Podcasts This article was originally published on UX Collective. In the hope you’ll find some joy and inspiration as I have, I would like to share my favourite podcasts in design, UX, tech and general interest. Why Audio Podcasts? I have recently rediscovered a media […]

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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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                    Sacrificing Emotional Experience for Efficiency

                    Eugen Eşanu Avatar| By eugenesanu on April 28, 2021

                      { 🧠 } – London’s Black Taxi Cab, Electric Vehicles and LEGO Have you ever noticed that once we make certain things more efficient, we, sometimes, lose the emotional connection with the brand, service or object? For example, we now have more efficient planes, but the flying experience is less pleasant. Frankly speaking, it is […]

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