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Designing for Today’s Behaviors and Tomorrow’s Potential

  • Accessibility, Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Design

An interaction designer shares the lessons learned on design and user needs in emerging markets.

Article by Angie Fu
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Designing for Today’s Behaviors and Tomorrow’s Potential
  • When designing experiences, it is essential to aim for inclusivity and accessibility since users around the world don’t have the same opportunities.
  • One way to create an inclusive experience is to embrace functionalism and opt for clear visual elements. This might include easily recognizable icons and colour schemes.
  • Because of issues like poor network coverage, digital products should be also adapted to the unpredictable environment that characterizes some of the developing countries.

Read the full article for some ideas on how to consider accessibility in digital products around the world.

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Fear and Loathing in Design Strategy

  • Design, Emotion, Strategy

The most common fears that hamper the design process and what it takes to transform clients into advocates for your approach.

Article by Matthew Franks
IDEAS IN BRIEF
Fear and Loathing in Design Strategy
  • Going through the design process might be scary for clients since it implies exploring new ideas. Many are generally unfamiliar with design strategy.
  • Some common fears include testing ideas on specific demographic groups, using unconventional research methods, and drawing conclusions based on synthesized data sets.
  • These fears create significant barriers to innovation in design and the best way to overcome them is to involve clients in the design process.

Read the full article to learn more about how fear affects the design process, to help you better empathize when this happens.

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Usability Testing Quickstart in 30 Minutes

  • Design, Prototypes, Technology, Usability

A step-by-step guide for those who strive to save time and provide better user experience.

Article by David Dikman
IDEAS IN BRIEF
Usability Testing Quickstart in 30 Minutes
  • Taking the time to conduct usability testing allows to discover bugs at earlier stages and earn time to redesign some features.
  • Usability testing doesn’t have to be long. Even 30 minutes might be enough to identify the most critical issues and save costs and development time.
  • There are four main stages to follow to run a test: defining what should be tested, preparing a prototype, explaining to users what we want them to do, observing them.
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6 Reasons Why Remote Interview Session is Hard to Execute: a reflection by a frustrated, screen-fatigue user researcher

  • Design, Empathy, Human factors, Personas, Product design, Remote Research, Research Methods and Techniques

A few tips by a UX researcher on how to make the utmost of remote interviews

Article by Michelle Natalie Susanto
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6 Reasons Why Remote Interview Session is Hard to Execute: a reflection by a frustrated, screen-fatigue user researcher
  • In the past year, UX researchers encountered numerous challenges because of the new shift to remote work.
  • Some of the major issues consisted in recruiting respondents, online ghosting, unstable internet connection, and misunderstandings, among others.
  • Gaining some additional data beyond the interview, or repetitively communicating your question might prevent some of the problems and allow to run the interview efficiently for both sides.

Read the full article for perspective from a UX researcher on six relatable struggles of remote interview sessions and ideas on how to solve them.

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Why cross-cultural design really matters

  • Accessibility, Design, Empathy, Product design

Learn how to address differences in cultural background to design products that provide exceptional customer experience in every corner of the world.

Article by Sofia Gomes
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Why cross-cultural design really matters
  • When expanding a product internationally, it is essential to bear in mind users’ cultural background.
  • A close focus on the cultural background can ease the product design process and helps manufacture products that are meaningful for an international audience and reflect the best market practices.
  • It is vital to invest in user research as it allows to identify the potential pitfalls at the early stages and obtain a greater understanding of users’ habits, needs, pain points which often depend on their cultural background.

Read the full article to learn more about designing for different cultural backgrounds.

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UX Personas are Useless. Unless Created Properly

  • Design, Personas, Research Methods and Techniques, Usability

Discover the common mistakes in creating UX personas and how to avoid them to artifact products that meet users’ needs.

Article by Adam Fard
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UX Personas are Useless. Unless Created Properly
  • UX personas are meaningful for product management and UX design only if they are based on real data and not on assumptions.
  • Leveraging UX personas is key to empathizing with users, making informed decisions, and designing valuable products.
  • A common mistake is overlooking the research stage or not putting enough effort and time into refining UX personas.
  • It is vital to get as deep as possible and collect relevant information by communicating with stakeholders, conducting prior research and interviews, identifying differences between users, and creating baselines.
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