Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Designers?
By Jessica Murray
02.19.2019
With more and more small businesses and independent e-commerce vendors popping up there is a greater need for design, but not everyone can afford...
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How My Internship Helped Me Transition Into a Junior Role
By Anna Ballares
01.29.2019
Looking back in retrospect, I decided to contemplate what I accomplished last year that led me to where I am today. I’ve recently had the...
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I Don’t Want Your #&%$!@* App
By 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...
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Top 10 UX Blogs of 2018
By Roberta Schultz
01.03.2019
In 2018 we saw a lot happening in the world of UX. From a missile crisis caused by poor design to failing ride-sharing mobile apps, the Akendi...
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Up in Smoke
By Dan Iaboni
12.18.2018
On October 17th, 2018, cannabis was legalized in Canada, but how it is distributed varies across the country. In Ontario the only legal way to...
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How to Fail Better than Uber
By 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...
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The Art of Experience Thinking
By Jessica Murray
11.01.2018
Art can have the same transformative power as any great technological advancement. Experience design isn’t only for products and technology...
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Empower Your Users by Avoiding Language Ambiguity in Your Designs
By Hamilton Hernandez
08.30.2018
Many of us have experienced ambiguity in words when we hear something like “let me put you on hold for a few minutes”, “He will be back in a few...
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How to Visualize Journey Maps in 7 Steps
By Amanda Billark
08.14.2018
The research is finished but now what? How do you effectively communicate the data? You could give a presentation, write a lengthy report, make a...
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Experience Thinking: A Book About Creating Connected Experiences
By Tedde van Gelderen
08.04.2018
In 2017, I finished writing a book on what organizations need to know to create truly connected experiences. The customer, user, citizen, client...
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5 Blogs for UX Inspiration
By Foong Ling Chen
08.02.2018
Let’s be honest, it takes a lot time and effort to keep up to date with industry news. Content creators like Fast Company, Dezeen, Core 77...
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Critical Non-Essentials, Marginal Gains & Service Design
By Geoff McCormick
07.11.2018
With the current FIFA World Cup taking place, it seems obligatory to discuss sports — and how we, like our heroes, use their training and...
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Using Fitts’s Law When Designing
By 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...
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Deception by Design
By Dan Iaboni
06.19.2018
Outside the walls of academia there are no ethics committees, and so a designer can, either knowingly or unknowingly, create deceptive designs. As...
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The Ethics of Design: 5 Ways to Ensure You “Do No Harm”
By Athena Herrmann
06.14.2018
My colleague recently wrote a blog about a new restaurant in Vancouver that is positioning itself after Pablo Escobar, the notorious Colombian...
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