Producers and designers are reaching new levels in innovation and thus reaching new audiences in the process — Ask the consumers Ask any consumer what type of new products they want to see in 2022 and beyond. You will get answers ranging from improved post-pandemic beauty and skincare regimens to considering self-care and me-time as necessities, not indulgences.[1] Likewise, consumers’ desire for novelty surpasses past wishes for security and trust, coupled…

How to choose the right sentence structure — UX research starts with an entry point. To gather data, we need a problem statement. A statement can be a hypothesis, or a business idea, an improvement statement, or any nugget of an entrepreneurial spark. UX research is a process. It comprises data discovery and data analysis. Without such data…

Where your work space meets the creative mind — Space and mind interact Set your workspace to be fluid. Whether it’s physical set-up, or symbolic space, set your creative environment as an expansive space. Let it flow as it needs to flow naturally. Harmonize your individuality with your surroundings. For instance, include music and fresh air into your work and play zone. Create…

Try these animation codes in your HTML and CSS — SVG animations can give your screen design a playful touch of the unexpected. Experimenting with CSS properties of an SVG outline can produce beautiful results. The stroke-dasharray and stroke-dashoffset properties require some trial and error, once the right input values, speed and other properties, such as transparency or fill, or…

Every user perceives content differently, and often surprisingly so — What is an organizing principle? An organizing principle is a unique reference point for a sum of objects which allows individual objects thereof to be arranged, valued, located, or classified based on such established reference point. (Note: ‘objects’ can mean non-physical items such as topics, ideas, events, occurrences, and a many others.)

Our personal user insights can drive important future decisions — How? Conduct your every day doings as a user research day. Experience every macro and micro interaction as a user. While some daily actions may seem trivial, such as a vendor not having enough coins to return your change, others are epic. …

How to establish innovation zones for ideation and experimentation — What exactly is a design studio? A design studio is a designated space where visual ideas can flow freely and generously. It is a space for imagination and visual experimentation, discovery and development. New products and objects can get researched and experimented on in an unrestricted fashion.

In the new post-pandemic world, boundary-pushing artistic brand expression leads the way — When we refer to surrealist art, creators such as René Magritte, Leonora Carrington, Salvador Dali, André Breton, Frieda Kahlo, Joan Miró, Leanor Fini, Rufino Tamayo, Méret Oppenheim, André Masson, even Francisco de Goya and Hieronymus Bosch in much earlier times, come to mind. They all share a passion for dream-like…

The art of data articulation — Synthesize: combine (a number of things) into a coherent whole The Double Diamond methodology traces the UX process from research to synthesis, or, from discover to define. We synthesize research data in the define space of phase 1. Therefore, the transition to data synthesis from data research happens between discover…