Gray Matter: What Is a Mind Map in the Design Process?
Mind maps are widely used as a thinking tool. Designers can use them to organize ideas into an arrangement for clarity as well as untangle system complexity to make things more understandable.
Calin Balea
Safe by Design: An Overview of UX Security
Interface designers: A disregard for UX security places users at risk—financially, professionally, and emotionally. Learn why security is a crucial aspect of interface design.
Mayank Sharma
UI Trends 2020: What's in Store?
The best UI trends are visually appealing while improving the usefulness and overall UX of a digital product. 2019 introduced some amazing UI design trends that will continue to be seen through 2020.
Olha Bahaieva
Prominent Design Conferences 2020
Even the sharpest designers need to explore new ideas, learn about new techniques, and draw inspiration from other creatives to stay on top. We present a list of the most prominent design conferences to consider attending in 2020.
Miklos Philips
UX Design Trends Retrospective 2019
Every year, popular UX design trends emerge and become popular because they provide better user experiences. This retrospective explores some of the most interesting and effective ones from 2019.
Miklos Philips
Mini Tutorial – Leveraging Figma’s Features for the Entire Design Process
Can one program handle the entire digital product design process? Learn how Figma, a web-based interface design tool, promotes collaboration, iteration, and documentation throughout the design process.
Manuele Capacci
The Definitive Guide to Building Apps for Kids
Children today spend an average of three hours a day on digital devices. There’s a great opportunity, and a responsibility, for digital designers to influence tomorrow’s generations in a positive way.
Tanya Junell
Future UI and the End of Design Sandboxes
As design moves from target destinations to systems of interactive components, it’s important for designers to master creating products that adapt and can thrive in unpredictable contexts.
Bree Chapin
The Complete Guide to Cross-cultural Design
Cross-cultural design is not a walk in the park. To be effective, designers need to consider not only language differences, but cultural tendencies, values, customs, and taboos.
Jon Vieira
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