Airbnb: Communicating Clarity And Charm
” Using Material Design principles, the company took a direct approach to communication, creating a visual language that’s clear and understandable to its diverse user base. This conversational interface has garnered Airbnb over 84,000 five-star reviews and a Material Design Award for focused efficiency in 2016.”
Designing The Internet of Things
“IoT continues to gain tremendous momentum, and even more organizational interest, to the tune of multi-million dollar investments. Companies like Samsung, Google, Ford, GE, and more have made tremendous organizational shifts, in order to fully understand and contribute markedly to what many are calling the next big technological revolution.” Article via uxdesign.cc
Designing Beyond Screens: An Interview with UX Author Dan Saffer
“As designers, when we start to move away from designing for clicks, taps, and screens, we enter a new domain that might be unfamiliar to us. Are we really prepared?”
How To Run A Remote Design Sprint Without Going Crazy
“Remote sprints are harder than in-person sprints. There’s something about tracking a group of people over video that exhausts our poor caveman brains. If there was ever a time to break a sprint over a couple of weeks (maybe “Monday” happens on week 1, and the rest of the sprint happens on week 2) it’s with a remote sprint.”
Blocs For Mac
“Blocs for Mac is a fast, easy to use and powerful visual web design tool that lets you create beautiful and modern websites without the need to write code. Cleverly designed to accommodate complete beginners or those familiar with web design. You will love building with Blocs.”
5 Logo Trends For 2017
“We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: nobody thinks good design is about copying others. But nor does good design exist in a vacuum. So it’s good to know what kind of branding other designers are creating right now; whether it inspires you to follow in their footsteps or run screaming in the opposite direction.”
How To Avoid A Rebranding Disaster
“If you’re trying to change every rule, you’ve lost your audience.”
UX Notebook – Issue 158
“This week’s newsletter is packed with ideas and articles about:
How to get executive buy-in for UX
Why designers must also become great facilitators
The dos and don’ts of long scrolling pages
How to change your perspective
And more …. “
How to get executive buy-in for UX
Why designers must also become great facilitators
The dos and don’ts of long scrolling pages
How to change your perspective
And more …. “
The Underestimated Power Of Color In Mobile App Design
“Color is arguably the second most important aspect of your app, after functionality. The human to computer interaction is heavily based on interacting with graphical UI elements, and color plays a critical role in this interaction.”
Facebook iOS 10 GUI Is Now Available For Craft
“Resources like Facebook’s iOS 10 GUI and our suite of plugins, Craft, have been game changers for time-strapped designers looking to supercharge their process. That’s why we’re so excited to share that Facebook’s iOS 10 GUI is now available for Craft.”
