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The Myth of The Self-Made Designer

  • Design, Personal and Professional Development, Psychology and Human Behavior
Article by Nate Schloesser
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The Myth of The Self-Made Designer
  • In the article, the author dispels a common myth about a self-made or self-taught designer providing arguments based on his own experience.
  • According to the author, there are five key aspects to becoming a designer, all of them come from sources outside of self:
    1. Education
    2. Experiences
    3. Opportunities
    4. People
    5. Time
  • The pursuit of being “self-made” can be dangerous for designers as it can involve ignorance, arrogance, and isolation.
  • Designers need each other as they learn from each other. External help, advice, expertise, and feedback from fellow colleagues can be a determinant of professional success.
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How Much Personalization Is Enough in UX Design?

  • Customer Experience, Design, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, UX Education

Keeping the right balance when applying customization and personalization in product design is vital. Here are some techniques on how to achieve it.

Article by Mariia Kasym
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How Much Personalization Is Enough in UX Design?
  • Personalization and customization are effective UX approaches that aid users in avoiding undesired content, but they can also cause new challenges.
  • The author covers the main drawbacks of excessive personalization and customization:
    • Lack of diversity;
    • Content redundancy;
    • “Creepy effect” of personalization;
    • Cognitive overload caused by overcustomization.
  • There are several practices, recommended by the author, that prevent overpersonalization and overcustomization:
    • Finding the right balance to maintain content diversity;
    • Using caution when handling potentially sensitive information;
    • Providing users with control when it is relevant;
    • Taking advantage of user feedback.
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Most Read Articles of Q4 2022

  • Accessibility, Contextual User Studies, Customer Experience, Defining AI, Design, Search, SEO, and SEM, Usability, UX Education

Here are the top 10 most-read UX Magazine articles in Q4 of 2022. This collection of articles was read, shared, and discussed the most.

Article by UX Magazine Staff
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Stop Sprinting and Start Jamming

  • Design, Design Theory, Simplicity, Strategy, The rise of design, UX Education

Learn how jamming provides huge benefits to innovation efforts.

Article by Rich Nadworny
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Stop Sprinting and Start Jamming
  • Jamming when designing promotes experimentation and teamwork while sprinting can become misguided and unrealistic.
  • The author draws an analogy between the creative process of producing music and design and shows the number of benefits of jamming:
    • Jamming removes false expectations on the team to accomplish tasks within unrealistic deadlines.
    • Jamming promotes collaboration, curiosity, and experimentation.
    • Jamming allows people to have quiet time between jams to reflect and think by themselves; this gives rise to innovative ideas within the team.
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The Rise of Relational Design

  • Behavioral Science, Design, Design Theory, Human factors, Psychology and Human Behavior, UX Magazine

What if we designed anything with relationships in mind?

Article by Fabian Pfortmuller
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The Rise of Relational Design
  • The author believes that putting relationships first should be a common practice in every part of human activity.
  • The author sees a relational design as something we can anticipate in the nearest future. It can be applied in many cases – from designing cities to building any type of organization or system.
  • Relational design isn’t new in any way – the fact they are old makes them this powerful. With relationships in mind, we can start designing a new future.
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Designers And Developers Pay More Attention To Human Autonomy

  • Behavioral Science, Design, Design Theory, Human factors

More autonomy and less dependency can improve our toxic relationship with digital technologies and benefit all of us, says Alexander Steinhart.

Article by Alexander Steinhart
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Designers And Developers Pay More Attention To Human Autonomy
  • The majority of tech companies concentrate on attracting active users and increasing consumption. Additionally, their economic incentives conflict with our own values and aspirations as users. 
  • According to the author, we should adhere to the rules of responsible, ethical, and humane design referred to as Design for Human Autonomy.
  • There are 3 conditions to design for human autonomy:
    • The user and their interactions with others should be prioritized over their use of the digital service;
    • In the end, consumers are encouraged to navigate mainly without the software itself;
    • The app’s values are transparent, and it respects the users’ values and objectives.
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