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Age Before Beauty – A Guide to Interface Design for Older Adults
As people age, there are certain physiological and cognitive changes that are almost inevitable. Designers need to understand these changes to effectively master interface design for older adults.
Sergey Polyuk
Sergey has 4+ years of experience designing for mobile. Staying on top of design trends, he brings a fresh approach to all of his projects.
Exploring Multimodal Design–An Adobe XD Tutorial
Design tools like Adobe XD can be used by designers to prototype multimodal designs that improve the user experience through interaction mechanisms such as voice, touch, and haptic feedback.
Frederik Goossens
Frederik is a technical and creative thinker with 8+ years of experience in user experience design, user research, and business analysis.
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Mini Tutorial: Working with Figma Button Components
In Figma, UI Components are all-powerful and unbelievably versatile, but how do they work? We demonstrate their power by focusing on one of the most common UI elements of all—the button.
Micah Bowers
Micah helps businesses craft meaningful engagement through branding, illustration, and design.
Coding for Designers: How Much Should We Know?
Much of the design community is wondering: does graphic design require coding? Some favor seeking out the unicorns who can do both, design and coding, while others claim they don’t exist or only get in the way.
Jon Vieira
Jônatas is a detail-oriented digital art director who uses UI, UX, visual and motion design to make technology simple for everyone.
UX Research Techniques and Their Applications
UX research techniques and their applications will result in better designs that avoid costly mistakes such as cost overruns, guesswork, following best practices, and reliance on industry knowledge.
Michael Craig
Michael is an experienced designer whose research-driven design process has resulted in purposeful user experiences that delight users.
The Dos and Don’ts of a Rebranding Strategy
Rebranding requires a lot of strategy. Some companies have done it well, others have flopped. Learn what works and what doesn’t in this list of lessons gathered from those who have rebranded.
Jordan DeVos
Jordan is a visual communications designer with a user-centric focus. Her work integrates strategy, brand, and user experience.
Design Talks: Better Designer and Developer Collaboration with Aarron Walter of InVision
Designers often struggle to work with developers and vice versa. In this Design Talk, we explore how designers and developers can collaborate better in order to make them stronger and more capable.
Miklos Philips
Miklos is a lead UX designer and strategist with more than 18 years of experience in a wide variety of projects across multiple industries.
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