Category: Design
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Empathy Tools: Artifacts in the UX Process
Artifacts are documents that design teams create to gather, organize and present information throughout the UX process. We will look at user personas, scenarios, user stories, and storyboards and their process. User personas A user persona is a model or character that portrays a possible use of your website or app. Personas aid the design…
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Inclusive Marketing
Discrimination, biases, and stereotypes have rooted in our society for as long as you can remember. It happens everywhere in the same or different forms. The death of George Floyd in May 2020 brings light to the long overlooking issues. You might have already known that more and more companies focus on being inclusive of…
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Designing Cross-Platform Experiences & the Four Cs
When designing a new product or feature, it’s important to think about the different types of platforms that the design will be experienced on. A platform is the medium that users experience your product on. Some common platforms are: Desktop computers Laptop computers Mobile phones Tablets Wearables, like smart watches TVs Smart displays A product…
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Design Frameworks: Think Like a Designer
Most UX designers follow a specific framework or process from start to finish when approaching their work. A framework creates the basic structure that focuses and supports the problem you’re trying to solve, kind of like an outline for a project. Every designer and every team is different, so it is helpful to have a…
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The Role of a Beginner UX Designer
In this reading, we will go over the role of the entry level of the UX design as well as diving into the differences between generalist, specialist and T-shapped UX designers. Please note that the actual work of UX designer career might be slightly different from organization to organization. Therefore, you can explore the commonly…
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Characteristics of a Good User Experience
Good design is easy to spot but often hard to pin down. What exactly makes a product effective to its users? Is it a matter of simplicity, structure, or functionality? The answer depends on the product in question. Some of the primary characteristics of good UX are usable, equitable, enjoyable, and useful. These characteristics can…
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The Product Development Life Cycle
Every new product, whether it’s an app or a physical object, follows a specific set of steps that take it from the first spark of an idea to the release of the final product. This is called the product develpment life cycle, and it has five stages: brainstorm, define, design, test, and launch. Depending on…
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Portfolio Project For Local Donut Shop
Looking back in April 2021, I decided to join the Google UX Cetificate grogram on Coursea. I have completed a major milestone in having my first UX project for the course to showcase. In this post, I will walk you through the process that I personally experience and share what I would do differently, if…
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