Personal and Professional Development

Announcing Winners in the 2014 Design for Experience Awards

Accessibility, Agile and Iterative Process, Analytics and Tracking, Android, Apple, Apple iOS, Business Value and ROI, Cloud Computing, Consumer products, Content and Copy, Content Strategy, Contextual User Studies, Customer Experience, Data visualization, Design, Design for Experience Awards, Design Tools and Software, Emotion, Empathy, Facebook, Google, Government and Public Services, Healthcare, Information Design and Architecture, Input devices, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Internal Company Systems and Intranets, iPad, iPhone, Location-Based Services, Marketing and Brand, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Personal and Professional Development, Personas, Persuasive Design, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Project Management, Prototypes, Psychology and Human Behavior, Remote Research, Requirements and Specifications, Research Methods and Techniques, Research Tools and Software, Sketching, Software, Software as a Service, Sound and Audio, Storytelling, Strategy, Tablet, Team Dynamics, Technology, Technology for the Common Good, Twitter, Ubiquitous Computing, Usability, User Acceptance Testing, User Adoption, User Reported Feedback, UX Magazine, Video, Visual Design, Voice & Natural Language

Here they are! The winners of the 2014 international Design for Experience awards.

Article by UX Magazine Staff

May 8, 2015

10 min read

Becoming a More Thoughtful User Experience Designer

Design, Design Tools and Software, Empathy, Flow and Immersion, Internal Company Dynamics, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns, Project Management, Psychology and Human Behavior, Research Methods and Techniques, Research Tools and Software, Strategy, Team Dynamics, Working With Stakeholders

The difference between creating good experiences and amazing experiences often comes down to how thoughtful we can remain during the design process.

Article by Jake Lee Haugen

May 4, 2015

8 min read

How to Succeed as an Experience Designer in Advertising Agencies

Agile and Iterative Process, Design, Internal Company Dynamics, Marketing and Brand, Mobile Applications, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Project Management, Social Media Marketing, Social Networking, Strategy, Team Dynamics, Vendor-Client Relationships, Working With Stakeholders

The keys to being a successful UX designer in an ad agency environment are creativity and flexibility.

Article by Ellen van den Berg

April 14, 2015

4 min read

Green Means Stop, Red Means Go? #wtfUX

Design, Design Tools and Software, Information Design and Architecture, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, New and Emerging Technologies, Personal and Professional Development, Product design, Product Releases and Redesigns

By identifying and sharing examples of bad UX, we can rid the world of poorly designed experiences.

Article by Josh Tyson

April 9, 2015

1 min read

4 Techniques of Successful UX Executives

Agile and Iterative Process, Business UX Leaders, Business Value and ROI, Design, Empathy, Employee Experience, Internal Company Dynamics, Personal and Professional Development, Strategy, Team Dynamics, Vendor-Client Relationships, Working With Stakeholders

UX executives who bring real change and innovation to their organizations rely on many of the same techniques when working with their teams and stakeholders.

Article by Gayna Williams, Tracey Lovejoy

March 24, 2015

9 min read

Experiment, Share, Evolve, Repeat

Business Value and ROI, Design, Design for Experience Awards, Employee Experience, Employment and Hiring, Internal Company Dynamics, Personal and Professional Development, Project Management, Team Dynamics, Vendor-Client Relationships, Working With Stakeholders, Workshops and Brainstorming

Results of the Work Environment for Digital Practitioners category of the Design for Experience awards show what agencies are doing to stay vibrant and relevant.

Article by Josh Tyson

March 13, 2015

3 min read

Personal and Professional Development

Announcing Winners in the 2014 Design for Experience Awards

Becoming a More Thoughtful User Experience Designer