Applying Lean UX

11 years ago

We recently wrapped up a project for a startup in the digital photography space, and aside from being great design…

UX in a minimum viable product

11 years ago

I gave a talk at Refresh Chicago last week, and afterwards a fellow came up to me with a question.…

Understanding typographic hierarchy

11 years ago

One of the most important techniques for effectively communicating (or “honoring”) content is the use of typographic hierarchy. Typographic hierarchy…

The 26 UX Axioms

11 years ago

1. It's all about people, it's not about the object UX design starts and ends with people. It's not everything,…

Functional beauty and user experience

11 years ago

Beauty is one of the oldest and most powerful concepts in human history—inspiring artists and lighting up cultural movements, philosophical…

Great products focus on a motif

11 years ago

What does it take to craft a great product? For those of us who design and build apps, websites and…

What does it mean to be simple?

11 years ago

All designers say simplicity is important, but what does it really mean to make something simple? Most of the time…

Solutions are easy if you know the problem

11 years ago

“Good design is problem solving.” – Jeffrey Veen You could say that actually solving the problem is good design in…

Hidden champions of product design

11 years ago

Products are people too. Products influence people through emotions. We as designers define the experiential, social and other qualities of…

3 mistakes web designers make

11 years ago

I was reviewing an online shoe store the other day. The landing page had this beautiful graphic of all these…