Storytelling: Designing the user’s journey with UX story mappingWe are inveterate storytellers, “who create our own identities around a story,” says philosopher Owen Flanagan. It seems appropriate that…Jan 22Jan 22
The rise of agentic AI: designing for a new eraPattern matching AI is giving way to a new era of agentic AI, powered by reasoning, goal-oriented behaviour and world models.Dec 15, 2024Dec 15, 2024
Published inUX CollectiveThe Vignelli Canon: A design classic from the last of the modernistsMassimo Vignelli, the multi-faceted designer and thinker, was the last of the great modernist designers. A utilitarian, design reactionary…Feb 1, 2023A response icon2Feb 1, 2023A response icon2
Chaos, Derrida and pigeons: Things I learnt from Dave SnowdenTo hear Dave Snowden talk is to be treated to an avalanche of fascinating ideas, with many being relevant to the design process.Aug 31, 2022Aug 31, 2022
Published inUX CollectiveThe Barry Lyndon poster is a design classic, not designed by Saul BassThe Barry Lyndon poster is an iconic masterpiece, and an interesting example of the inaccurate attribution found while I was researching…May 23A response icon1May 23A response icon1
Published inUX CollectiveCardew’s Treatise: The greatest musical score ever designedThe ‘Mount Everest’ of graphical musical scores, Treatise still surprises with its invention and beauty.Feb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023
Published inUX CollectiveDesign detail: Crafting better shadows for interactionShadow doesn’t get as much love such as cool colour palettes or super sexy shapes, but it is vital in communicating interaction.Feb 1, 2023A response icon1Feb 1, 2023A response icon1
Published inUX CollectivePilot error, Chapanis and the shape of things to comeHow Alphonse Chapanis, a young psychologist, saved the lives of WWII pilots through clever design.Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Published inUX CollectiveDesign principle: Effective listening through reflective questioningListening is a vital UX skill we can all get better at, and a chatbot experiment from the 1960s teaches us how.Feb 1, 2023Feb 1, 2023
Published inUX CollectiveMicrocopy: An essential guide to becoming a more literate designerDesigners should not be mere decorators, but have an understanding of language and microcopy, a crucial design skill, now more than ever.May 14, 2021A response icon4May 14, 2021A response icon4
