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What we can learn from the 7 worst design examples ever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Designers are always looking for inspiration, whether it's a museum, magazine, or walking down the street, we are always looking. In our search what really tops our list for inspiration is a well designed website that provides a flawless user...

Designing on the spectrum: A guide to “extreme” UX design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Every company has a target audience that designers aim to please and to keep them glued to their website. There is a lot of emphasis on analyzing market studies and data sheets and anything else that may help you hit that sweet spot in your design...

You’re more influential than you think: a guide for UX designers

ARTICLE SUMMARY: UX designers often undervalue their potential influence on shaping user behaviors, business strategies, and societal norms. We feel like a cog in the machine — pushing pixels and advocating for users, yet wondering if your voice really matters....

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What we can learn from the 7 worst design examples ever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Designers are always looking for inspiration, whether it's a museum, magazine, or walking down the street, we are always looking. In our search what really tops our list for inspiration is a well designed website that provides a flawless user...

Designing on the spectrum: A guide to “extreme” UX design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Every company has a target audience that designers aim to please and to keep them glued to their website. There is a lot of emphasis on analyzing market studies and data sheets and anything else that may help you hit that sweet spot in your design...

What we can learn from the 7 worst design examples ever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Designers are always looking for inspiration, whether it's a museum, magazine, or walking down the street, we are always looking. In our search what really tops our list for inspiration is a well designed website that provides a flawless user...

Designing on the spectrum: A guide to “extreme” UX design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Every company has a target audience that designers aim to please and to keep them glued to their website. There is a lot of emphasis on analyzing market studies and data sheets and anything else that may help you hit that sweet spot in your design...

You’re more influential than you think: a guide for UX designers

ARTICLE SUMMARY: UX designers often undervalue their potential influence on shaping user behaviors, business strategies, and societal norms. We feel like a cog in the machine — pushing pixels and advocating for users, yet wondering if your voice really matters....

17 typography tips for creating your own fonts

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers you know that the right font can put your project over the top. But there are times when no matter how hard you look you will not find that "just right" font for your project, it's frustrating. When that happens you have two choices,...

How to educate clients on the value of creative work

ARTICLE SUMMARY: For the most part the general public has little or no concept of what a designers does. It’s also difficult to challenge the years of conditioning that may have taught your project approvers that everything a professional creative does is quick and...

Making product quality a team sport

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Nothing drives success and customer loyalty like a quality product that is always improving. Making product quality a team sport ensures that everyone involved in the product's lifecycle shares responsibility for its success. When quality is owned by...

Designing for autistic users

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Accessibility has become a priority in recent years. The evolution of accessibility reflects humanity's growing understanding of inclusivity, advancing from basic physical accommodations to comprehensive, user-centric design practices in both physical...

UX/UI Design and AI Trends for 2025

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It's that time of year again, ring out the old and ring in the new while reflecting on what did and did not work in 2024. It pays to know what's trending, especially in design where things are always in the state of flux. Keeping up with design trends...

Designing big data tables: Insights from a UX/UI perspective

ARTICLE SUMMARY: There's a lot of data out there that people and companies use for a multitude of purposes. The problem for the designer is how to present these massive amounts of information in a usable way. Enter big data tables. Designing big data tables can be...

The Power of the Project Manifesto: How to Keep your Team Focused

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Alright, it's Monday morning and you just kicked off a new project, everyone is excited and raring to go. You can see and feel the optimism the team has on their faces. Then the shoe drops and all chaos breaks out. Turns out that the expectations...

What we can learn from the 7 worst design examples ever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Designers are always looking for inspiration, whether it's a museum, magazine, or walking down the street, we are always looking. In our search what really tops our list for inspiration is a well designed website that provides a flawless user...

Designing on the spectrum: A guide to “extreme” UX design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Every company has a target audience that designers aim to please and to keep them glued to their website. There is a lot of emphasis on analyzing market studies and data sheets and anything else that may help you hit that sweet spot in your design...

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You’re more influential than you think: a guide for UX designers

ARTICLE SUMMARY: UX designers often undervalue their potential influence on shaping user behaviors, business strategies, and societal norms. We feel like a cog in the machine — pushing pixels and advocating for users, yet wondering if your voice really matters....

How to Lay the Groundwork for a Solid Icon Set

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Icons play a crucial role in design, especially in modern interfaces and visual communication. When designed right, icon sets have the unique ability to transcend language. Icons provide a visual representation of a concept, action, or object, which...

What is Your Design Philosophy?

ARTICLE SUMMAR: How many designers have actually sat down one day and started pondering what they think their design philosophy is, then realized it's a more complex question then they anticipated. If you think long enough you may realize that having a design...

UX Design Challenge: Then and Now

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It’s interesting when you look back to when you first started in design and how basically between school and some experience you pretty much ready to conquer the design world. Maybe you thought there was nothing you could do to improve on the early...

Basic Color Theory

ARTICLE SUMMARY: We designers know the importance of color. You know that whether it's driving down the highway or thumbing through a magazine at the doctor's office you're gonna notice the color billboard, headlines or photo first, article second. We also know that...

10 laws of UX every designer should know

ARTICLE SUMMARY: While nobody is going to be arrested for not following the Laws of UX, you look at some of the websites out there and think to yourself maybe they should be. Understandable. As designers we know they are not laws, but principles. We know understanding...

You’re more influential than you think: a guide for UX designers

ARTICLE SUMMARY: UX designers often undervalue their potential influence on shaping user behaviors, business strategies, and societal norms. We feel like a cog in the machine — pushing pixels and advocating for users, yet wondering if your voice really matters....

How to Lay the Groundwork for a Solid Icon Set

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Icons play a crucial role in design, especially in modern interfaces and visual communication. When designed right, icon sets have the unique ability to transcend language. Icons provide a visual representation of a concept, action, or object, which...

17 typography tips for creating your own fonts

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers you know that the right font can put your project over the top. But there are times when no matter how hard you look you will not find that "just right" font for your project, it's frustrating. When that happens you have two choices,...

Alternatives to Using Pure Black (#000000) for Text and Backgrounds

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Back in the day before computers, when it came to type life was fairly simple. You picked out your type, you watched your leading, kerning, legibility, and readability. Pretty straight forward stuff and then it was off to the printers. Depending on...

Decoding Typography: Unveiling the Art and Science

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It's been said before, you can never learn enough about type. The more we understand type the more we can take advantage it's power of communication and persuasion to our designs. The study of typography spans centuries of development and innovation...

Exploring the Impact of Colors and Typography

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Oscar Wilde once said "presentation is everything." There is power in words, especially if you know how to "present" them. Colors and typography play a crucial role in readability and user experience (UX) in design, they can influence how users...

What we can learn from the 7 worst design examples ever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Designers are always looking for inspiration, whether it's a museum, magazine, or walking down the street, we are always looking. In our search what really tops our list for inspiration is a well designed website that provides a flawless user...

Designing on the spectrum: A guide to “extreme” UX design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Every company has a target audience that designers aim to please and to keep them glued to their website. There is a lot of emphasis on analyzing market studies and data sheets and anything else that may help you hit that sweet spot in your design...

You’re more influential than you think: a guide for UX designers

ARTICLE SUMMARY: UX designers often undervalue their potential influence on shaping user behaviors, business strategies, and societal norms. We feel like a cog in the machine — pushing pixels and advocating for users, yet wondering if your voice really matters....

17 typography tips for creating your own fonts

ARTICLE SUMMARY: As designers you know that the right font can put your project over the top. But there are times when no matter how hard you look you will not find that "just right" font for your project, it's frustrating. When that happens you have two choices,...

How to educate clients on the value of creative work

ARTICLE SUMMARY: For the most part the general public has little or no concept of what a designers does. It’s also difficult to challenge the years of conditioning that may have taught your project approvers that everything a professional creative does is quick and...

Making product quality a team sport

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Nothing drives success and customer loyalty like a quality product that is always improving. Making product quality a team sport ensures that everyone involved in the product's lifecycle shares responsibility for its success. When quality is owned by...

Designing for autistic users

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Accessibility has become a priority in recent years. The evolution of accessibility reflects humanity's growing understanding of inclusivity, advancing from basic physical accommodations to comprehensive, user-centric design practices in both physical...

UX/UI Design and AI Trends for 2025

ARTICLE SUMMARY: It's that time of year again, ring out the old and ring in the new while reflecting on what did and did not work in 2024. It pays to know what's trending, especially in design where things are always in the state of flux. Keeping up with design trends...

Customer as competitive advantage

ARTICLE: It seems designers are falling into a rut. We are doing the same type of research as our competitors and expecting different results. Sounds like a variation of Albert Einstein's "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different...

Creating a consistent color palette for your interface

ARTICLE SUMMARY: We know how important color is to design and that how you use color can make or break your project. A color palette can significantly impact your design, often negatively if your not careful. How you build your color palette can make all the...

What we can learn from the 7 worst design examples ever

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Designers are always looking for inspiration, whether it's a museum, magazine, or walking down the street, we are always looking. In our search what really tops our list for inspiration is a well designed website that provides a flawless user...

Designing on the spectrum: A guide to “extreme” UX design

ARTICLE SUMMARY: Every company has a target audience that designers aim to please and to keep them glued to their website. There is a lot of emphasis on analyzing market studies and data sheets and anything else that may help you hit that sweet spot in your design...

You’re more influential than you think: a guide for UX designers

ARTICLE SUMMARY: UX designers often undervalue their potential influence on shaping user behaviors, business strategies, and societal norms. We feel like a cog in the machine — pushing pixels and advocating for users, yet wondering if your voice really matters....