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Creating a well-designed interaction does more than improve usability – it can create delight. Our collection of Interaction Design blogs takes you from interaction fundamentals to examples of good and bad designs and what you can learn from them.

From Design Thinking to Experience Thinking: A Transformative Approach

By Tedde van Gelderen

02.21.2025

Design Thinking has been a cornerstone of project planning for decades, guiding organizations through innovation and problem-solving. However, as...

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Design Sprints Extended: Design on Track

By Tedde van Gelderen

09.14.2024

Design Sprints as an approach to tackling design challenges has seen some adoption in design teams. And the reasons why are pretty compelling: it...

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Pushing Technological Boundaries But Missing the Human Touch

By Dan Iaboni

08.16.2024

Elon Musk-led companies like Tesla and Starlink have revolutionized their respective industries, pushing the boundaries of technology and...

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Are the Design Systems Just Another Emperor’s Wardrobe?

By Dan Iaboni

07.24.2024

Organizations often desire a UX design system but avoid taking the necessary steps to create the right one. A well-executed design system...

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A Brief Example in the Promise and Pitfalls of Self-Service

By Dan Iaboni

07.16.2024

In many industries, self-service options have become an increasingly important aspect of user experience. While grocery stores gradually move...

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Is UX Research Inherently Uncreative?

By Jessika Tremblay

07.02.2024

No. Creativity is involved in almost everything humans do. Now that we have the answer out of the way let’s discuss it. A design colleague of...

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A Field Guide to Great UX Prototyping

By Jonathan Pusic

A sketch on the back of a napkin, a few lines on the whiteboard, a fully interactive digital mockup - prototypes are anything that makes your...

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How I Became a Children’s Story Author, Sort of

By Dan Iaboni

Prologue As a User Experience (UX) Designer, I have always found it challenging to explain my profession to others. More recently, I faced...

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What to Measure Mathematically in UX?

By Scott Plewes

With the growing popularity of machine learning and AI, it seems the number of mathematical techniques available to understand people's...

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Your Customers Are Not Your Users

By Scott Plewes

When the character Guy finally tries Green Eggs and Ham (and likes it) from the book Sam-I-Am, he has transitioned from being a customer to...

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Is that a Prototype or a Prototype?

By Scott Plewes

The same "technical" words can mean different things across disciplines, or even within disciplines, or just between different people. This...

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How Important is Visual Design to UX Compared to Other Aspects of UX?

By Scott Plewes

And the wrong question to ask. Visual design is a necessity in UX. There is no universal answer to how important it is. For any product or...

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Is Your Product UX a Casualty of Design Drift?

By Scott Plewes

You tested your design, communicated it to the engineering team, and got sign-off. Yet, the released product UX differed from the intended and...

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Is Romeo’s love for Juliet a 7 on the Likert scale?

By Scott Plewes

There's a reason Romeo compared his love for Juliet to the light from the Sun instead of using a quantitative measurement. Math isn't the best...

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What is Your AI’s EQ?

By Scott Plewes

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can walk a strange line between people and technology. On the one hand, it is "just computing." On the other...

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