Is that a Prototype or a Prototype?
By Scott Plewes
11.07.2023
The same "technical" words can mean different things across disciplines, or even within disciplines, or just between different people. This...
Read moreCreating 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.
By Scott Plewes
11.07.2023
The same "technical" words can mean different things across disciplines, or even within disciplines, or just between different people. This...
Read moreBy Scott Plewes
08.02.2023
UX templates can be super useful. They are time savers and can give people insights into what they are templating (a persona, journey...
Read moreBy Scott Plewes
07.28.2023
On the one end, it's often critical to get the label on a specific button "right" when designing a software application because it can...
Read moreBy Dan Iaboni
07.07.2023
During a recent meetup focused on the application of ChatGPT, a startup presented their new AI-assisted music generation tool. The purpose of...
Read moreBy Scott Plewes
07.03.2023
In general, end users are terrible at UX design. For the same reason most of the world is bad at reading hieroglyphics. They are not trained in...
Read moreBy Scott Plewes
12.05.2022
You'll never achieve a perfect design. There's no such thing. You can, however, get-achieve-reach a design that meets many user needs and...
Read moreBy Liz Huh
11.18.2022
When you come across a well-designed website or application, can you identify the reasons why it spoke to you? Did the design successfully...
Read moreBy Tedde van Gelderen
09.25.2022
This post is somewhat different from my other posts. It’s a conversation I’ve had with design teams quite a few times over the years, this last...
Read moreBy Dan Iaboni
11.02.2021
In a recent tweet (see below), Jeff Verkoeyen, a software designer at Google, announced that his team will no longer support the iOS’s Material...
Read moreBy Siobhan Kennedy
02.10.2021
To kick off our training in 2021, we’re sharing an interview with Tedde van Gelderen, President and Founder of Akendi and Experience Thinkers...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
07.11.2019
It’s easy to call out bad design – there’s a lot of it. But finding and appreciating examples of good design can feel challenging. We...
Read moreBy Dan Iaboni
01.15.2019
Claiming to be the front page of the internet, Reddit is one of the most visited websites in the world. In the past three months, there has been...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
11.08.2018
Let’s talk about failure. I feel that word has reached a glorified state recently that it never deserved. Google the word “failure” and you’ll end...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
06.27.2018
Humans are notoriously unpredictable. Unlike gravity, electricity, or friction, they just don’t seem to work the same way each time. And this is...
Read moreBy Michelle Brown
04.03.2018
There’s no such thing as easy to use for everyone. I’ve bought many transportation tickets in my life before. I’ve even muddled my way through...
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Akendi is a human experience design firm, leveraging equal parts experience research and creative design excellence. We provide strategic insights and analysis about customer and user behaviour and combine this knowledge with inspired design. The results enable organizations to improve effectiveness, engage users and provide remarkable customer experiences to their audiences.