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40 days ago
concept design user interface
12 of the Year’s Best Ideas in Interface Design
User interfaces, when done well, are the unsung hero of product design. They’re the difference between a printer whose buttons you can figure out without even reading the instructions and one you want to throw across the room.
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52 days ago
concept design user experience
Design the Invisible to Tell Better Stories on the Web
For design to be meaningful we need to tell stories. We need to design the invisible, the cues, the messages and the extra detail hidden beneath the aesthetics. It’s all about the story.
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154 days ago
business concept ideas
Where Are All The Good Business Ideas?
Opportunity recognition is important for both startups and mature businesses. New business is the life’s blood of any company. Due to the fast pace of change in today’s business climate, if you are not constantly innovating you are falling behind.
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159 days ago
concept management
The Art of Asking Questions
Asking questions effectively is a major underlying part of a manager’s job — which suggests that it might be worth giving this skill a little more focus.
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160 days ago
concept
Act First, Do the Research Later
Think before acting. Sounds right, doesn’t it? Think before starting to design. Yup. Do some research, learn more about the requirements, the people, the activities. Then design. It all makes sense.
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284 days ago
concept web design
The Web Native Designer
… trends: how we work, how we communicate with clients and colleagues and how we’re starting respect the web as a medium in its own right.
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355 days ago
concept creativity
There Are 4 Types Of Creativity
Creativity can be either emotionally or cognitively based, and it can also be spontaneous or deliberate. That gives you the four quadrants.
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378 days ago
concept redesign
When Visual Style Gets In The Way
“Voice Memo” for the iPhone is a cool little app that allows people to record short audio clips using the on-device microphone. While the visual elements themselves look quite good, they create a bad user experience.
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388 days ago
concept design user experience
A Product Development Tip – From a Measuring Cup
Product developers everywhere could learn a lesson from OXO’s angled measuring cup (shown at right), which was born out of some very simple, very smart research.
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397 days ago
concept design ideas
Thoughts on Developing A Design Concept
A good design begins with a good design concept. You’re trying to solve a problem and your concept will lead the way and give you direction for your design decisions.
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430 days ago
concept management product design
The Work Is Never Done
Have idea. Build application. Launch application. Profit. Those are the steps, right? Maybe we could throw another step in, like Add New Feature. Yep, that is it.
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447 days ago
analysis concept product
UnStuck Your Product
If you’ve ever had an online business or product fail, you know it’s a frustrating experience. It can be a long, drawn out process that may never be fully rationalized or explained by a simple answer. Emotionally it can be draining.
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530 days ago
concept design future
How Can Futures Thinking Amplify Design Thinking?
The business world has been quick to try and implement design thinking in hopes of stimulating sweeping organization change and innovation, only to abandon it and return to old practices when it doesn’t “work.” Is design thinking nothing more than a poorly defined gimmick, or are people just missing the big picture?
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532 days ago
concept experience design
What design can do: Emily Pilloton and Project H
Emily Pilloton is the founder and executive director of Project H Design. She was recently awarded a $15,000 Adobe Foundation grant to support work on her new book Design Revolution: 100 Projects That Empower People.