One would think that the IT domain is all about numbers, schemes, and prototypes; that functionality means more than empathy when it comes to digital products. In the technological race, where beautiful designs and fancy interfaces rule the day, businesses forget that they create products and services primarily for people. But more and more modern
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When combined with financial modeling, competitor analysis, and other initiatives, business design can strengthen a business plan by testing concepts and reducing risk. Researchers can use business design to test ideas, find a market, and identify a unique value proposition. Organizations like Spotify, Netflix, and others have recognized the value of design thinking and how
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Enterprise design thinking was invented by IBM to compensate for the disconnect that enterprises often experience between teams, stakeholders, and end-users. It takes IDEO’s traditional design thinking methodology and changes it in a way to tackle the unique challenges of enterprise-level projects. IBM’s Enterprise design thinking methodology has one major benefit. It prioritizes human connections
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Design projects often come with many stakeholders, each with different interests, priorities, and goals. A stakeholder analysis can help you understand each individual and their potential impact on UX and the project. Why is understanding stakeholders important? Not everyone understands the workflows, challenges, and complexities of user experience. UX leaders and professionals must get buy-in
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Key Takeaways: Inclusive design aims at taking perspectives of diverse user groups when designing a digital product. It considers temporary and situational factors that may play into user’s experience of a product. There are 8 principles of inclusive web design that designers may use when creating inclusive experiences. One of an exercise for designing inclusive
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Sustainable web design is a growing movement as organizations look for every opportunity to reduce emissions and minimize their carbon footprint. If you follow responsive web design and mobile-first practices, you’re already on the way to reducing your environmental impact with greener digital products. According to a March 2020 BBC article, Why your internet habits
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MUI is one of the top React component libraries that help front-end developers and designers create consistent user interfaces for their products. It contains a collection of ready-made building blocks that significantly speeds up prototyping. If you want to take the MUI for a test ride, you can try MUI Core 5 with UXPin Merge.
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Material Design is a comprehensive design library that both designers and developers can build mobile apps, websites, web applications, and other digital products. The documentation is excellent, with lots of information that’ll benefit even the most experienced of designers. Google’s Material Design UI is one of the most popular and widely used design libraries in
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An accessible design system makes it easier for designers to create products that don’t discriminate users with disabilities. Design a system that is accessible in the first place, test it with available tools, and audit it from time to time to ensure it fits the standards. Let’s see how. Design system accessibility is the first
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The quality and fidelity of your prototypes can significantly impact the design process and the final product. With advanced prototypes (that look and function like the final product), UX designers can get better results from usability testing and fix any issues before they get to the design handoff. The problem? Most leading vector-based design tools
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How do you create support for your design system? Most designers agree that design systems provide a host of benefits, from ensuring design consistency to making design onboarding faster. It’s worth creating one for any project for sure. It’s relatively easy to show other designers the value of design systems, but how to convince stakeholders
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Due to its subjective nature, UX design is not simple to quantify and measure. UX also indirectly affects other areas of the business, namely sales, marketing, support, and engineering. But, for UX design to succeed within an organization, design leadership must demonstrate the value of its design investments. A 2016 report from Forrester, The Six
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Designers and developers collaborate for a common cause–to build products and experiences their customers want or need. Their shared purpose is to serve their users. To achieve this common purpose and collaborate effectively, designers and developers should understand the other’s discipline. Designers don’t have to become coders, but understanding the basics of code and its
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Developing a design workflow that supports designers, developers, and the end-user is a challenge every organization must overcome. With the progression of DesignOps, design workflows have improved significantly, but there are still many challenges designers and engineers battle to get from concept to handoff. Unfortunately, with popular image-based tools, it’s impossible to overcome some of
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