2024 Absa XDC Conference

1 month ago
Rob Cowie

Spoke at the inaugural Absa Experience Design Conference on Designing the Future through Prototyping. The major shift you need to…

Your First Design is Wrong

1 year ago

Designing better and delivering faster is the dream of all designers, but it need not be a just a dream.…

Eight Concepts from Behavioural Economics for Designers

2 years ago

As a designer, I’m interested in bringing concepts and learnings from a wide range of disciplines into the world of…

Effective Data Visualisation Design

2 years ago

I’m currently part of a project to create a design framework for data visualisation across the organisation. This has been…

2024 Absa Design Hackathon

3 months ago

Presented an overview of UX and Design Research concepts and tools to students at the Vega School, University of Johannesburg,…

Why User Experience Design is so Hard to Get Right

8 months ago

User Experience Design is hard to get right. Good designers begin by attempting to understand the genuine difficulties rather than…

The Benefits of a Design System: Making Better Products, Faster

10 months ago

Staying in tune with what users want means more loyal customers—and more revenue for companies. Seminal research by Fred Reichheld,…

Democratizing User Research to Innovate and Refine Digital Products

10 months ago

Staying in tune with what users want means more loyal customers—and more revenue for companies. Seminal research by Fred Reichheld,…

Voice of the Customer: How to Leverage User Insights for Better UX

10 months ago

Many of us have had the experience of feeling like we’re shouting into an online void, and even for the…

The Danger of Dark Patterns

10 months ago

Dark patterns are a popular design topic but defining them can be difficult. That’s because they’ve become so prevalent that…

2023 UX South Africa Conference

1 year ago

Delivered a keynote address on Effective Data Visualisation Design at the 2023 UX South Africa Conference in Johannesburg. Effective Data…

2023 Absa Design Masterclass

1 year ago

Presented a talk on 50 Things Every Designer Must Know.