Art needs curators—and so do NFTs
Foundation’s new tool for curating NFT collections shows how traditional art practices are influencing the NFT world.
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Exciting New Tools for Designers, January 2023
In January’s edition of our monthly roundup of the most exciting new downloads for designers and developers, there’s everything from full-blown applications to helpful little side projects. Enjoy!
How To Empathize With Your Users
Learn how to put yourself in your users’ shoes and understand their needs and feelings
Challenging the blue checkmark: how to design ethical status on social media
How UX designers can leverage status games, social capital, and network effects in the design of social platforms.
How Practitioners Create Journey Maps: Typical Uses, Roles, and Methods
Data from 343 companies provide a baseline to understanding typical approaches for selecting journey-mapping applications, research methods, contributing roles, and map components.
Three pillars of user experience delight
To understand the multiple types of delight, consider Don Norman’s three levels of emotional processing (visceral, behavioral, and reflective), which he describes in his book Emotional Design.
How advertising creatives can succeed in the knee-buckling and night sweats of the 2023 economy
Within the next six months, about 40% of U.S. marketers plan to fire their advertising agency. The source: a November 2022 survey by the agency-brand matchmaker SetUp, which talked to such brands as Coca-Cola, Delta Air Lines, Warner Bros., UPS, Discovery, and Home Depot, to name a few.
Design your product for Gen-z generation.
Designing for Gen Z users involves understanding their values, preferences, and behaviors, and creating products and experiences that resonate with them. Here are some tips for designing for Gen Z:
10 Windows Interfaces That Are Burned Into Your Brain Forever
Take a trip down memory lane with a few Microsoft-y images that you will never, ever be able to forget, for better or for worse.
