Everyone is Talking UX
And if they are not then they should! Why? Because the creation and/or delivery of a customer/user experience is teamwork. Just think of all the...
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Who Are You and What is Your Story?
Every website should tell a story in some form or another. Its design should reflect who you are and what you want to tell your users. Your...
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Design Thinkers Conference 2015
On November 12 & 13th, Akendi participated in RGD's 16th annual Design Thinkers Conference, the largest Conference for Visual Design in...
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Trust Me, Visual Design Matters
A look at how sharing-economy giants, Uber and Airbnb, differ in their approach to garnering trust through messaging and visual design. We're...
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Getting Ready for Blockchain
If you remember the movie Flight Club, or watched the TV series Mr. Robot, a common theme is the destruction of the financial system by...
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Strategy – Can a product have a vision and mission?
If you look around at product design processes, you find out that there are almost as many as there are products. While some differ simply in...
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Stepping Into Their world – How Improvisation Helps Us Become Better Designers
A few years back I ran a workshop at a summer camp for high school students on the topic of user centered design (UCD), which probably doesn't...
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Investing in UX Research: Increasing the Quality of Requirements
In my UX consulting life I go through many, sometimes brief, cycles of meeting a potential new client, talk about what their pain points are, what...
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IoT613: It’s a wrap!
As you may have heard, on September 24th and 25th, Akendi presented the inaugural IoT613 conference in collaboration with CapCHI and Design 1st...
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A shopping experience ahead of the rest
Shopping online can be daunting and frustrating, from un-useable checkout processes to boring visuals, most online shopping experiences are...
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What’s your sign? Designing for the experienced user.
Have you ever faced this signage dilemma? Amazing, isn't it? I know which way to turn for everyone else's room but my own.* And yet...
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Akendi Perspectives: Google’s Logo Redesign
With Google unleashing its redesigned logo this month, we thought we'd gather up some feedback from around the office. Here are some of our...
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Trust them; they thought about you — and your money.
New York City sees over 50 million visitors annually, with numbers rising each year. This is a huge number and an important one to consider...
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Designing UX for emerging technologies
I recently participated in an open design challenge from NASA to create an application for a wearable device. The challenge called specifically...
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GO Train – An Experience Review
I've recently relocated outside of the Greater Toronto Area and find myself commuting into Toronto on the GO Train quite frequently. In the early...
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