In this two-part series, Andrii Zhdan outlines common challenges faced at the start of a design career and offers advice to smooth your journey based on insights from his experience hiring designers. Learn why mastering design tools is crucial, how to build a strong portfolio, and tips for acing your first interviews.
Many UX professionals often find themselves working alone, and usually face more projects impacting user experience than they can handle. In this article, Paul Boag explains how UX teams can be transformed into a significant driver of customer-centric innovation within organizations.
First impressions online are made in just a few seconds, so nailing your web design is crucial. Among the many elements to play with, one stands out for its universal appeal and psychological impact: human faces.
In my experience of building and supporting UX teams, most of them are significantly under-resourced. In fact, the term “team” can often be a stretch, with many user experience professionals finding themselves alone in their roles.
Becoming a team leader in UX design is not only a big responsibility but also a great opportunity to develop your leadership skills and contribute to the success of your team and company.
As UX professionals, we constantly face the challenge of making our designs intuitive and easy to use. A key aspect of this is discoverability — the extent to which users can find and understand the features and functionality of an interface.
Anyone involved with a design department often encounters complex, unfamiliar abbreviations or terms. It’s common to end up Googling and reading articles to understand exactly how UX differs from UI and CX, what a product ecosystem is, and what service design entails. In this article, I’ll break down all these terms, explaining their origins, meanings, and usage areas. When you grasp the terminology, the processes become clearer, and your experience…
Design and software development projects have life cycles — which span from the project conception to completion. And the two most common types of life cycles are linear and iterative.
WCAG provides guidance for making interactive elements more accessible by specifying minimum size requirements. In fact, the requirements are documented in two Success Criteria: 2.5.5 and 2.5.8. Despite this, WCAG can be difficult to achieve due to a number of misconceptions about the requirements. In this article, Eric Bailey discusses the nuances of interactive element sizes and clarifies what it looks like to provide accessible interactive experiences using WCAG-compliant target…
The world of UI/UX design is often mistaken for pure visual artistry. While aesthetics do play a role, there’s a powerful blend of creative thinking and technical expertise that goes into crafting exceptional user experiences. Let’s delve deeper and decode the art and science behind UI/UX design.
