Actions Not Artifacts: Influencing Change within Your Organization
As designers, we produce a wide range of items to communicate with one another and our partners across the organization, These may range from high-level design principles and personas to high fidelity mockups of every screen in an experience. Example of Design Principles created for Domain While all of these can serve as valuable purposes […]
What will UX be like in 2021?
As we close out 2020, let’s reflect on the past year and look ahead to what’s likely in store for the UX industry next year. Despite a pandemic and other major challenges, UX continues to be a strong field with a bright future ahead. Let’s take a look at predictions that include the career outlook in UX, how we will work together, and how we will design for our users in 2021.
What will UX be like in 2021?
As we close out 2020, let’s reflect on the past year and look ahead to what’s likely in store for the UX industry next year. Despite a pandemic and other major challenges, UX continues to be a strong field with a bright future ahead. Let’s take a look at predictions that include the career outlook in UX, how we will work together, and how we will design for our users in 2021.
What will UX be like in 2021?
As we close out 2020, let’s reflect on the past year and look ahead to what’s likely in store for the UX industry next year. Despite a pandemic and other major challenges, UX continues to be a strong field with a bright future ahead. Let’s take a look at predictions that include the career outlook in UX, how we will work together, and how we will design for our users in 2021.
Diversity in Design Matters in Health Tech
In this issue, Amy Oughton founder and CEO of Dream in Color, discusses the value added by having a diverse UX team, especially in healthcare. Bringing together a diverse team is extremely important in the development of comprehensive health tech products and solutions that improve the lives of all medical professionals and patients. As designers, we’re working towards the best-case user response that “this was designed for me by someone like me, who truly understands me and my situation.” When we bring together a diverse design team, results like these are possible.
Diversity in Design Matters in Health Tech
In this issue, Amy Oughton founder and CEO of Dream in Color, discusses the value added by having a diverse UX team, especially in healthcare. Bringing together a diverse team is extremely important in the development of comprehensive health tech products and solutions that improve the lives of all medical professionals and patients. As designers, we’re working towards the best-case user response that “this was designed for me by someone like me, who truly understands me and my situation.” When we bring together a diverse design team, results like these are possible.
Embracing My Past as an Architect Has Made Me a Better Designer
For the early part of my career, I was an architect and urban designer. I spent years studying and practicing architecture across the United States, Europe, and Asia. To me, there was no problem architecture couldn’t solve; whether it be social, economic, or environmental. And while I initially enjoyed the ambition and rigor architecture provided, […]
Developing Your UX Career in the Midst of a Recession
It’s hard to point to a time in modern history as tumultuous as the present. The human toll from COVID-19 is real and deep. So are the economic effects that have rippled through every industry. As a result, many UX professionals are being laid off— a situation that would be hard to foresee only a few months ago. Rob Gifford, Managing Director of Experience Design at Mad*Pow shares his perspectives on how career setbacks can also be a rich source of personal insights that help us recalibrate towards a more fulfilling trajectory.
Developing Your UX Career in the Midst of a Recession
It’s hard to point to a time in modern history as tumultuous as the present. The human toll from COVID-19 is real and deep. So are the economic effects that have rippled through every industry. As a result, many UX professionals are being laid off— a situation that would be hard to foresee only a few months ago. Rob Gifford, Managing Director of Experience Design at Mad*Pow shares his perspectives on how career setbacks can also be a rich source of personal insights that help us recalibrate towards a more fulfilling trajectory.
Should We Give the Boot to UX Bootcamps?
Bootcamps have emerged in recent years as a popular alternative to a university degree for people interested in pursuing a career in user experience. These days there is no shortage of places to get your quick fix of UX expertise. A survey of 300 UX professionals weigh in on the current state of bootcamp programs in the UX industry. We take a critical look at bootcamps and the potential damage that they may be causing to the field of UX. We also look at possible ways for bootcamps to “reboot” and become positive contributors to the training and eventual hiring of new UX professionals.