5 Blogs for UX Inspiration
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
With the current FIFA World Cup taking place, it seems obligatory to discuss sports â€" and how we, like our heroes, use their training and...
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How to Use Fitts’s Law When Designing Experiences
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 through Design by Design
Outside the walls of academia, there are no ethics committees, and so a designer can, either knowingly or unknowingly, create deceptive...
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The Ethics of Design: 5 Ways to Ensure You “Do No Harm”
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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The Akendi UX Training Course Guide
Have a particular goal and want to know what UX training courses will help the most? While we recommend taking every course we offer through...
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What Makes the Akendi Team Tick?
ÂÂÂÂToday, we're celebrating our talented team of researchers and designers by providing a glimpse into how they got started, and what fuels...
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Brand Strategy: Is a Controversial Name a Good Approach?
Would you be Escobar's customer? I'm not talking about Pablo Escobar, the drug lord who trafficked drugs within and outside of Colombia between...
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Service Blueprinting
The best cities, buildings, vehicles, and products are often the ones that have been thoughtfully and purposefully designed. Often, designers work...
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An Accessible World for All
Accessibility has become a hot topic in the design world but how do we design for it? And how do we plan for it? In a diverse world like ours, we...
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Designing Better for Different Mental Models
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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The Art of Asking Research Questions in Usability Testing
The first post in this series talked about the fundamentals of asking questions in UX research. This article describes how we ask questions during...
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App Review: The White House’s 1600
Want to have a little fun with a demo of augmented reality? Then you might want to search around for a US dollar bill and try out the 1600 app. In...
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The UX of IoT Devices
If you've survived the gift-giving frenzy of the recent holiday season, then perhaps you gave or received a connected device. Whether it was a...
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Do Client’s Know What They’re Approving?
I am currently renovating my kitchen. It's a pre-fab kitchen from a well-known company that sells furniture and home furnishings. They sell entire...
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