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Digging Deeper: A Practical Guide to Creative Empathy for Product Design
Master creative empathy techniques to help you understand what other people want and need, then apply these skills throughout the design process to create products that resonate with people.

Brian Pagán, EngD, MSc
Brian is a human-experience designer focused on healthcare, fintech, IoT, and sustainability. He has helped businesses such as Philips, ING Group, and Land Life Company develop innovation strategies and award-winning products and services. He is the author of The Creative Empathy Field Guide.
How Product Designers Can Use Gamification for Good
Gamification in product design is a powerful tool for engaging users, but it can also cause significant harm if left unchecked. With good intent and ethical strategies, designers can create gamified products that balance user health and client requirements.

Alexandre Brito
Alexandre is a user experience designer and strategist with more than 12 years of experience working for companies such as Deutsche Bank, Philips, Vodafone, KLM, Intel, Pernod Ricard, Asics, and Toyota. He designs better ways for customers to experience products and services that improve their lives as well as the business’s bottom line. Alexandre excels at simplifying complex concepts, understanding behavior, and creating innovative experiences.
Delight Users With These Mobile App Design Best Practices
Following these strategies will ensure your mobile product delivers an optimal experience.

Damola Taiwo
Damola is a senior UX/UI designer with more than a decade of experience creating digital products for such clients as fintech company e-Finance; equipment leasing firm Aquila Leasing; and music-streaming platform MyMusic. Previously, he led a creative agency, where he delivered projects for clients across multiple verticals for governments, airlines, financial institutions, entertainment companies, tech firms, and startups.
Leveraging Fitts’ Law: User Interface Design Principles for E-commerce
Apply this midcentury mathematical law to e-commerce UI design and convert visitors into customers.

Alexandre Brito
Alexandre is a UX/UI designer and strategist with more than a dozen years of experience designing standout e-commerce experiences. He has worked with such companies as Asics, Deutsche Bank, Intel, KLM, Pernod Ricard, Philips, Toyota, and Vodafone.
Retain Users With These Mobile App Onboarding Inspirations
Mobile app onboarding is fraught with frustration and friction, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Learn from these exquisit onboarding examples specifically designed to engage and retain users.
Michael Abehsera
Michael is an experienced UI/UX designer whose background in marketing and data analysis helps him make well-informed design decisions.
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How to Design for Maximum Product Trust
We make split-second decisions about whether to trust people; the same is true about trusting digital products. Companies can develop product trust and loyalty online by using design to signal that a website or app is safe and secure.

Mayank Sharma
Mayank specializes in creating user-centered designs and translating complex systems into beautiful web and mobile experiences.
How to Improve App Settings UX
Well-designed settings panels allow users to tailor apps to their needs and help companies lower customer-support costs. What techniques ensure effortless settings UX?

Mayank Sharma
Mayank specializes in creating user-centered designs and translating complex systems into beautiful web and mobile experiences.
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