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Article No. 1839 | October 20, 2020

Be Unique, Don’t Build a Novelty

Chances are, you’ve experienced the feeling of opening a new SaaS application, engaging with its features, and realizing that it feels like a total novelty.

Article No. 1838 | October 13, 2020

The Aesthetic-Usability Effect: Why beautiful-looking products are preferred over usable-but-not-beautiful ones.

by Abhishek Chakraborty

Users are strongly influenced by the aesthetics of any given interface, even when they try to evaluate the system's underlying functionality.

Article No. 1837 | October 8, 2020

7 Principles of Conversational Design

by Linus Ekenstam

Conversations are bound to psychology. Here are 7 principles for getting started with conversational desgin.

Article No. 1836 | October 7, 2020

The equipment you’ll need to be a UX Designer

by Joel Lipton

Finally, an article about the hardware required to enter the field of UX Design.

Article No. 1835 | October 6, 2020

What is Simplicity Theory? Why people prefer simple experiences

by Jennifer Clinehens

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow “In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.”

Article No. 1834 | October 5, 2020

Airlines and Covid19: How User Centered Design Can Help

by Tyler Roberts

As the dust settles on aviation travel, and attitudes toward it are reevaluated, airlines would do well to follow principles focused on the customer experience.

7 Principles of Conversational Design

A New Twist on Two Old Morphisms

Conversational Design — applying it to all types of interfaces.

Browse Topics

Accessibility

AI is Here, Time to Reimagine your Accessibility Strategy

Tobii EyeMobile Takes Eye Tracking Technology to New Heights

ONE Robot: Designed by the autistic community for autistic users

Artificial Intelligence

The future of work will be far less frightening when there’s more women in AI

Designing Agentive Technology: AI That Works for People

Automation and Applied AI

Conversational Design

Why This UX Role Will Grow Fastest In 2020

A Six-Minute Breakdown of Gartner’s Top Conversational AI Platforms

Creating a Chatbot: A UX Designer’s Firsthand Experience

Data visualization

Poetry in Motion

Jesse James Garrett and Ken Jennings Talk Maps and Design

The Psychology Behind Information Dashboards

Emotion

Provocation Can Lead to Emotional Design

Designing with Emotion Means Being Brave

Stop Sprinkling Emotion, Start Creating Magic and Meaning

Empathy

Apply Empathy Within Your Organization

What is Empathy?

To Dwell Is To Garden

Personas

Revisiting Proto-Personas for Executive Alignment

Persona Grata

Personas: The Foundation of a Great User Experience

Storytelling

The Flâneur Approach to User Experience Design

Owning Your Story

Why We Need Storytellers at the Heart of Product Development

The Psychologist’s View of UX Design

by Susan Weinschenk, Ph.D.

Psychologist and cognitive scientist Dr. Susan Weinschenk explains how her science informs UX design.

Article No. 1200 | March 5, 2014

The Future of Information Dashboards

by Shilpi Choudhury

Five things that will change the way we experience data using information dashboards.

Article No. 1025 | May 28, 2013

The Experience Tells The Story

by Ted Booth

An original don of advertising, David Ogilvy's 11 principles for creating great campaigns still ring true today.

Article No. 1017 | May 13, 2013

A Look at Flat Design and Why It's Significant

by Luke Clum

By eschewing the design limitations of skeuomorphism and embracing the limitations of digital experiences, flat design has the potential to create great UX.

Article No. 1153 | December 4, 2013