Article No. 1385 | February 4, 2015
You can get free book from Rosenfeld Media by recommending someone for a Design for Experience award.
Article No. 1373 | January 9, 2015
Design for Experience award winner Lookback proves that giving UX practitioners rewarding experiences can be a recipe for success.
Article No. 1365 | December 29, 2014
You can get free book from Rosenfeld Media when recommend someone for a Design for Experience award.
Article No. 1349 | November 25, 2014
A review of several layer- and code-based prototyping tools highlights opportunities to gain more control over your mobile prototypes.
Article No. 1348 | November 24, 2014
The 2014 international Design for Experience awards program, presented by UX Magazine, is now accepting applications and recommendations.
Article No. 1338 | November 4, 2014
A thoughtful examination of empathy in life and in the context of design reveals that empathy is not merely about receiving, but also about giving.
Article No. 1337 | November 3, 2014
Card decks are an enduring tool with the power to transform digital and physical experiences by helping designers reorganize their thoughts and inspiring new interfaces
Article No. 1335 | October 29, 2014
Conducting research with teenagers requires a slightly different approach for putting the subject and the interviewer at ease.
Article No. 1333 | October 27, 2014
Developing mobile apps for the healthcare sector comes with a very different set of challenges that require a focused approach.
Article No. 1331 | October 22, 2014
An excerpt from Studying and Designing Technology for Domestic Life from Morgan Kaufmann looks at strategies for conducting in-home studies with children.
Article No. 1283 | July 31, 2014
A look at three easy-to-use platforms that work together as part of an integrated text analytics framework: KH Coder, OpenOffice Base, and Wordaizer
Article No. 1282 | July 30, 2014
By running Spotify through a usability test, one avid user was able to find some relatively easy fixes that could make for a more intuitive and rewarding experience.
Article No. 1280 | July 28, 2014
By mitigating the feeling in users of being watched and judged, you can get better data from testing sessions—especially when working with kids.
Article No. 1277 | July 23, 2014
Looking at personas, goals, and scenarios relative to the characters, plot, and objective of a novel or movie can help designers avoid self-referential thinking.
Article No. 1271 | July 10, 2014
Modifying Jeff Gothelf's proto-persona process reveals another method of working with clients to establish executive alignment on target users.
Article No. 1264 | June 27, 2014
A workshop activity that forges alignment on user needs, goals, and pain-points, Persona Empathy Mapping bridges the gap between personas and design concepts.
Article No. 1243 | May 22, 2014
A closer look at the results in the Bringing Order to Big Data category of the international Design for Experience awards, featuring the winner: Roambi.
Article No. 1224 | April 21, 2014
Studying small groups of friends or family using your product in a familiar setting can yield qualitative insights that improve your user experience.
Article No. 1218 | April 9, 2014
A closer look at the results in the Accessibility category of the international Design for Experience awards, featuring the winner: Tobii EyeMobile.
Article No. 1216 | April 7, 2014
An excerpt from the book A Web for Everyone, by Sarah Horton and Whitney Quesenbery, introduces a set of personas that can inform accessibility in design.
Article No. 1212 | March 31, 2014
The official website for the international Design for Experience awards is up and running!
Article No. 1210 | March 27, 2014
Combining eye-tracking data with conventional usability studies can give you unparalleled insight into how to better guide user attention and refine their experience.
Article No. 1209 | March 26, 2014
Building your own UX research participant community can be a cost-effective, time-saving measure for conducting in-depth user studies.
Article No. 1207 | March 21, 2014
We are thrilled to present the winners of the inaugural international Design for Experience Awards!