Product design Archives

Book Review – “X: The Experience When Business Meets Design”

Accessibility, Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Emotion, Empathy, Heuristics, Human factors, PopUX, Product design, Reviews, Storytelling, Technology, The Business of UX, The Business of UX Page Banner, UX Education, Visual Design, Web, Working With Stakeholders

“X: The Book” is both a crash course in architecting great experiences and simultaneously a must-read for any designer looking to brush up on his trade.

Article by Gigi Peccolo

February 5, 2016

7 min read

Connecting Your Tools with the User Experience

Business Value and ROI, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Design Tools and Software, Information Design and Architecture, Product design, Technology, Technology for the Common Good

The role of the designer requires a critical lens toward decision-making and the appropriate use of technology to solve problems.

Article by Shanon Marks

January 27, 2016

5 min read

Divvy Bikes Review

Accessibility, Automotive, Consumer products, Contextual User Studies, Customer Experience, Design, Government and Public Services, Human factors, Interaction Design, Marketing and Brand, Mobile Applications, Mobile Technology, Product design, Reviews, Technology, Technology for the Common Good, Usability

I’m a Divvy bikes member and fan, but there have been some speed bumps in my Divvy user experience.

Article by Will Scott

January 20, 2016

7 min read

Hi-Fi Prototyping

Agile and Iterative Process, Business UX Leaders, Consumer products, Customer Experience, Design, Design Tools and Software, Development, Direct Observation Research, Enterprise Products, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Motion and Animation, Product design, Prototypes, Technology, Usability, User Reported Feedback

Prototyping facilitates rapid iteration and fail-fast (and learn-fast) experimentation, and helps the whole product team push technical limits.

Article by Heather Daggett

January 15, 2016

6 min read

Who Moved My (Virtual) Cheese?

Customer Experience, Design, Design Theory, Flow and Immersion, Interaction Design, Interface and Navigation Design, Product design, Prototypes, Psychology and Human Behavior, Technology, UX Education, Visual Design, Web

Human beings are creatures of habit, and once we have a model for how a certain space should look in our head, finding that model flipped on its head can disorient us.

Article by Liraz Margalit

January 11, 2016

7 min read

Understanding Your App

Analytics and Tracking, Android, Apple iOS, Customer Experience, Data visualization, Heuristics, Interaction Design, iPhone, Product design, Research Methods and Techniques, Research Tools and Software, Usability, User Acceptance Testing, User Adoption, User Reported Feedback

Task-based testing provides an approach that allows companies to gather both quantitative and qualitative feedback from a target audience.

Article by Arthur Moan

January 6, 2016

5 min read

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Book Review – “X: The Experience When Business Meets Design”