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At-home medical monitoring is on the rise, thanks to the growing ranks of IoT devices and the promise of fewer doctor visits. How can designers ensure that at-home products meet patients’ needs?
Lauren is a UX designer with over nine years of experience helping businesses build compelling products. In 2015, her team received an International Design Excellence Award for the Interactive Surgical Manager, a dashboard software system that helps hospitals manage surgical supplies. Lauren has also created interaction guidelines for Samsung Electronics and provides augmented reality solutions for an internationally renowned construction tech company.
Many UX portfolios are poorly formatted and lack crucial information. Leverage these portfolio design tips from a UX recruiter to stand out and get hired.
Ignasi is a product designer and UX recruiter who has spent more than a decade working with tech companies, design consultancies, and outsourcing services. He specializes in developing research frameworks, creating wireframes, producing vibrant digital products, and building customer experience teams by recruiting talent from around the world.
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Innovations in tech and shifts in consumer behavior are changing the cosmetics and skin care business. Here’s how designers in beauty UI and UX are adapting to the new trends.
Abigail is a veteran of Pratt Institute and Columbia Business School, where she oversaw the design and production team for Columbia Business magazine. Her work has appeared in the New York Times and been heard on NPR.
In the world of startup products, design resources are scarce. This four-step MVP process helps designers build and launch user-friendly products on time without blowing their budgets.
Calin is a product designer, lean UX practitioner, and branding specialist with experience at both startups and large companies. He’s worked on end-to-end product design from concept and strategy to usability testing to visual design. Calin works well with small teams and startup founders to iterate quickly, test early, and deliver on time.
Designers who advocate for the user without showing an awareness of business objectives are at risk of being ignored. These strategies will help you communicate the value of UX to stakeholders.
Damir is a digital designer who has created payments systems at Booking.com, open-data portals for Australian state governments, and the search experience at Envato Market. He has also facilitated design sprint workshops at Harvard University, been a lead UX instructor at General Assembly, and led AR/VR design at Archimedes Digital.
Toptal designer Beatriz Garcia de Prado explains how she built a digital product to replace the outdated paper forms doctors were sending to insurance companies.
Beatriz Garcia de Prado is a UI/UX designer and branding expert who has worked for clients such as ABN AMRO, Ahold Delhaize, Dutch transport company Broshuis, and aperitif maker Haus. She is the former creative director of EMN & OLLA The Agency, and former managing director and art director of EMN in Bahrain. She is also the co-founder and art director of the luxury table linen brand Prado y Barrio.
User research is essential to product design, but it can be challenging to do alone. Explore how a solo designer can optimize time and resources to uncover important user insights.
Anna is a data-driven product designer who specializes in user research, analytics, and usability testing. She holds an MBA, a Certificate in User Experience Design from the Nielsen Norman Group, and a Professional Diploma in UX Design from UX Design Institute.
The next wave of UI design tools will fully integrate design and code to provide a seamless experience for designers and developers.
Damir is a digital designer who has created payments systems at Booking.com, open-data portals for Australian state governments, and the search experience at Envato Market. He has also facilitated design sprint workshops at Harvard University, been a lead UX instructor at General Assembly, and led AR/VR design at Archimedes Digital.
COVID-19 made telemedicine popular—and in some cases, necessary. But many platforms and apps are inaccessible to those who need them most. Designers can change that.
Amy is a digital design expert who specializes in analyzing big data and designing high-converting interfaces for applications, SaaS products, and websites. She focuses on the healthcare, finance, nonprofit, and government sectors.
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 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.
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 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.
In this dashboard design case study, Toptal UI expert Fellype Silva describes how he built a user interface that improved the image recognition capabilities of automated AI systems.
Fellype is an experienced digital product designer who specializes in user interfaces. His user-focused designs support the business needs of multiple clients, including a market research firm, a pediatric mental health app developer, a real estate marketing startup, and a venture capital studio.
Applying best practices—such as streamlining onboarding, implementing UI elements consistently, and communicating errors—will ensure your mobile product delivers an optimal experience and exceeds user expectations.
Damola is a senior UI/UX designer with 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.
Navigation can be a UX minefield. Apply these guidelines to design intuitive multilevel menus that increase findability and offer a consistent experience across devices.
Andris is a Google and UXQB-certified design professional with a decade of experience in healthcare, fintech, data recovery, insurance, and other industries. He’s designed products for Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac platforms.
Apply this midcentury mathematical law to e-commerce UI design and convert visitors into customers.
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.
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 is an experienced UI/UX designer whose background in marketing and data analysis helps him make well-informed design decisions.
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