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Are the hazards worth it when designers turn into web design trend-chasers? Web design trends, if not considered carefully and implemented with caution, could lead to several common UX mistakes.
Bojan is a senior web designer and front-end developer proficient in UX design with 12 years of experience designing for web and mobile.
SaaS apps are among the most complex software written, but there are UX principles that can make any SaaS product a success. Learn to reduce churn and engage users with UX best practices for SaaS.
Jeremy has over 15 years of experience designing user-centric products for brands like Warner Media, Walmart, and Eli Lilly.
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Finding the right UX research participants can result in valuable insights even from a mediocre UX testing plan. UX researchers should spend the time to identify and find the right participants.
James fuses cognitive science techniques with clever interaction design to make products people love.
Small words matter. Effective UX microcopy can help UX designers create digital products that are more useful, engaging, and simple to use. Here are several examples of good (and bad) microcopy.
Chintan is a user experience designer with over a decade of experience designing products for web, mobile, and other digital mediums.
By adopting the smart home, are we forfeiting the security and intimacy our home—our most personal space—has given us over millennia?
Kent is a globally recognized environmental designer who uses design to create innovative and transformative experiences.
CX design encompasses every interaction a customer has with a business. UX may shape the moment, but CX shapes the memory through digital products, physical spaces, support channels, social platforms, and personalized touchpoints. To create cohesive experiences that fulfill a brand’s promise, brand designers must adopt a CX design mindset.
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
Effective font combinations are a hallmark of good design. It’s vital that designers master this skill if they want to create exceptional designs that set them apart from their contemporaries.
Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.
Data visualization and dashboard design is both an art and a science. The correct use of dashboard UX and graphical excellence principles turn ordinary graphics into extraordinary experiences.
Shane comes from a background in architecture, information technology, customer experience, and UX design.
We chat with Toptal Design Lead Lubos Volkov—who’s worked remotely his whole career—about tips and strategies for balancing life, work, and the pleasure of a remote setting.
Luboš is Toptal’s Lead Product Designer, and along with his team has led all design initiatives at Toptal since 2012.
UX research provides invaluable insight into product users and what they need and value. Not only will research reduce the risk of a miscalculated guess, it will uncover new opportunities for innovation.
Miklos is a UX designer, product design strategist, author, and speaker with more than 18 years of experience in the design field.
Once designers better understand how people’s minds work with imagery, they are able to create better products that really make sense in a person’s life, while positively affecting the business itself.
Rian is an interaction designer with extensive experience in UX, research, and visual design.
Prototyping, user testing, and UX deliverables are important to the design process, but there are some UX myths that can put these processes at risk of being devalued by clients.
James is a problem-solver who fuses cognitive science techniques with interaction design to make products people love.
Designers are not mere pixel pushers. If they improved communication and employed their skills more effectively through strategic design thinking, they could make a bigger impact with their work.
Kent is a globally recognized environmental designer who uses design and writing to create innovative and transformative experiences.
It wasn’t easy, but you looked uncertainty in the eye and made the biggest bet of your career. Now what? We’ve got an encouraging word for new freelancers and anyone who’s braved self-employment.
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
Since designers work with so much text-based content, creating an effective typographic hierarchy—one that clearly shows what information is most important—is a vital skill for designers to master.
Cameron comes from a design background and is the author of two web design books: Color for Web Design and The Smashing Idea Book.
Thematic analysis, an approach used to analyze qualitative data, is central to credible research and can be used to improve UX design by uncovering user needs, motivations, and behaviors.
Shane comes from a background in architecture, information technology, customer experience, and UX design.
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