Why we need to care deeply about our users — Em•pa•thy The ability to understand and share someone’s feelings, moods, and thoughts in any given situation. Users come first Developing products and services serves first and foremost our users. As UX designers, we are tasked to understand our users in depth. We do this by conducting extensive user research, continually gathering feedback from our…

How 5 essential UX approaches can make tutoring meaningful and long-lasting — Young students are highly individual beings. They acquire skills and knowledge little by little, academically, physically, and emotionally. Playtime and time spent outdoors are extremely important for a child’s well-being. Games are a central focus in their daily activities. Parents, aunts, uncles, and teachers are essential leaders in a child’s…

How to make a typography concept work for scalable icons — CSS grids can be complex screen layout options, allowing us to organize content and build hierarchies. CSS grids are exceptional creative tools that lend structure when designing for responsive screens. For instance, a screen layout that features typography as one of its main element benefits from a grid structure. Letter design based on individual grid squares

How to conceive and design your own mind map flow — Have you ever wondered how the brain is able to process hundreds of words, sounds, smells, light signals, or movement, all at once, and how such abundance of thought can get formulated visually? Luckily, an important UX tool, the mind map, can help us translate all that our brain absorbs…

5 ways UX can help us navigate the daily emotional journey — Bonus: A link to free templates! Pay attention to what makes us truly happy Everyday, we go through a range of emotions and reactions. Events we experience can range from blissful to horrendous, exhilarating to negatively imploded.

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.