Did UX kill branding?
In the age of User Experience, what is branding? Is a brand just a logo, or is it more than that? Does the word brand even mean anything anymore? To…
The top mistakes UX Designers make
Last week I spoke at the Puget Sound SIGCHI meeting. Since it’s a group of designers and user researchers, I let them participate in picking the topic, and top mistakes…
A new golden age for UI Design
Over the past four years, the Walt Disney Company has been engaged in a secretive effort to redesign the Disney World experience. It’ll go like this: You buy your ticket…
Why your UX Designer won’t be the next Steve Jobs
Your UX designer won’t be the next Steve Jobs. You might be wondering why I would say this. After all, UX designers devote their lives to improving and perfecting the…
Why most UX is shite
I was invited to speak at the MonkiGras event this week where getting a little sweary and ranty is kind of encouraged (it goes well with the craft beer consumption…
UX – Where has it come from, and why is it here?
There has never been a better time to be a UXer. A quick browse over any job site or forum reveals a plethora of Web-related User Experience positions. You needn’t…
Top UX predictions for 2014
If 2013 marked a year of frenzied growth in the land of experience design, 2014 could be a year of downright explosive expansion. There's no arguing that connectivity will increase…
4 UX principles Microsoft forgot that doomed Windows 8
Microsoft has bet the future of Windows on a risky strategy of creating an operating system that works on both tablets and desktops. This seemingly smart strategy is doomed for…
Building prototypes to support Participatory Design
As UX professionals, we often lead design exercises with our stakeholders, including immediate team members and external clients. In these brainstorming sessions, participants identify opportunities to improve the design, thereby…
Achieving alignment: Collaboration vs Wireframes?
In this edition of Ask UXmatters, our experts discuss whether wireframes can sometimes be a crutch that product teams rely on too much when trying to achieve alignment rather than…