Design & UX Reads

Gems on design for digital. Ali Dark is studying design in Brisbane Australia, always loving the intersection of design, usefulness and business. www.AliDark.com, @alidark3000

By Ali Dark

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Design
I Read 4 Popular Design Books, Here Are My Thoughts
uxdesign.cc - Anna Wikström
I hope with this help, you can decide what books you want to read to further develop your own design skills. This is probably the most well-known …
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To take the next step on digital, we dropped the word ‘digital’
wearecitizensadvice.org.uk - James Plunkett
Last year, Citizens Advice helped over 2.6 million people directly and our digital advice had 41 million hits. The people that turn to us need help …
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10 things I wish I knew before my first corporate UX design job
uxdesign.cc - Teisanu Tudor
Teisanu TudorBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Sep 26, 2018 Almost two years ago I sat down in front of a computer screen, in an open office space, …
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Why I Write…or How Writing Makes You a Better UX Designer
medium.com - Chris Kiess
This article was originally published on chriskiess.com. I have been doing more and more writing lately — most of it surrounding user experience, …
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As a Designer, I Refuse to Call People ‘Users’
medium.com - Adam Lefton
I’ve worked in UX for the better part of a decade. From now on, I plan to remove the word “user” and any associated terms—like “UX” and “user …
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Getting the iPad to Pro
craigmod.com
I love my iPad. I am conflicted by my iPad. I am bullish on the A-chips that power iPads as the future of Apple’s computers. You know the drill, they’re …
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The Human Digital Manifesto – The Human Digital
alidark.com - Ali Dark
The final implication of all digital communication is analog… physical. The digital is just an abstraction from the real. The only problems that …
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Stop Trying to Fit In With Your Porfolio
casestudy.club - Tobias van Schneider
Hey Tobias, thanks for taking the time to talk to us. Let's cut straight to the meat. You're the founder of Semplice, a portfolio system that has …
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Studio D 2018 End of Year Report
medium.com - Jan Chipchase
What we do and why, and what’s on the horizon. Studio D is a design, research and strategy consultancy based out of San Francisco. We specialise in …
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How to get a job as a UX/Product Designer?
uxdesign.cc - Maciej Lipiec
What should be the skills and responsibilities of a UX/Digital Product Designer according to us? In short: Designing interactions, processes, and user …
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Freelancing
Freelancing as a UX Researcher
uxdesign.cc - Nikki Anderson
I have freelanced as a UX researcher alongside full-time jobs for almost my entire career, but I recently am coming out of a long stint where I was …
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The future of Information Architecture
uxdesign.cc - Kari Meric
Information Architecture (IA) originated from library and information sciences — it’s the study of how information is created, managed and …
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DNA of a Designer
medium.com - Anish Joshi
The traits of strategic designers and how they vary While I naturally ask myself many questions around ‘What design is today’ and ‘The impact of …
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Design’s Lost Generation
medium.com - Mike Monteiro
A year ago I was in the audience at a gathering of designers in San Francisco. There were four designers on stage, and two of them worked for me. I …
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Microsoft Bob Gets the Last Laugh
medium.com - Elizabeth Nicholas
Before Alexa, before Siri, and even before the meme-ified Clippy, there was Microsoft Bob and his rad pad. Take a walk down memory lane and you might …
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Designing Perceptions Instead of Solutions
uxplanet.org - Eugen Eşanu
Why a solution to a problem in the 21st century may not be the answerHenry Ford’s reaction to a consultant who questioned why he paid $50,000 a year …
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Ever wonder why the most popular apps are starting to look the same? It might be a good thing
uxdesign.cc - Yazin Akkawi
Yazin AkkawiBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Sep 11, 2018 Open Instagram, Airbnb, Apple Music, Twitter, Dropbox or Lyft and at first glance it might feel …
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A list of must-dos for your first days on the job as a UX designer
uxdesign.cc - Nicolas Ferney
Yay! You just landed your next gig. Permanent or temporary contract, in-house or freelance, doesn’t matter. There are a bunch of boxes to tick. As …
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Agile Isn’t Supposed To Be UX Hostile
medium.com - Jared M. Spool
Design teams frequently struggle when their development organizations adopt an Agile process like Scrum. These processes seem to leave no opening for …
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How I used crowdsourcing to help Kerala floods rescue operations.
freecodecamp.org - freeCodeCamp.org
Overnight, I made a website that let people discover urgent requests In August 2018, floods decimated the state of Kerala. One-sixth of its population …
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Runway UX Case Study
prototypr.io - fernandocomet
I made this work at my course for UXUI Designer at Ironhack. The briefing was clear: “Create a digital wellness tool for Wellness coaches, and update …
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Fake UX Jobs and how to Spot Them (and avoid them)
uxplanet.org - Mitchell Wakefield
In this article I’ll share some advice and tips on how you can spot and avoid fake UX jobs and proceed with confidence with your next move. But first …
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Re-learning how to talk about Design
medium.com - Bethany Heck
If I’m designing outside of my day job, I am typically looking for excuses to try out new typefaces, and often typefaces that are still under …
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Should you hire a junior designer for your startup?
uxdesign.cc - Shawn Sprockett
I’m often approached by founders who want advice on who their first design hire should be. You usually have two choices: hire fast and cheap…
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The explosion of design tools has come at a cost
medium.com - Fast Company
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The ‘UI and UX Design’ Pocket Guide (Volume One) 📘
medium.com - Marc Andrew
Volume One of the UI & UX Design Pocket Guide is a little ‘Hmm, I could take away some little nuggets of valuable information here’ type of article …
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Revamping a digital agency — a UX case study – UX Collective
uxdesign.cc - Sierra Swaby
Mango Concept is a digital agency dedicated to app and website development through UX research, UI design, and business strategies. As of 2017, the …
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Affinity Designer is 'Adobe Illustrator for the iPad'
digitalartsonline.co.uk - webmaster@digitalartsonline.co.uk (Digital Arts Staff)
This full-spec vector art and graphics app is the latest iPad app from Serif that aims to not just match desktop software, but be better.
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What Every CEO Needs to Know About Design
Inc Magazine - Ayse Birsel
CEOs who are design thinkers now need to add 'design doing' to their toolkit. "To personalize an experience in the context of the moment--to understand what makes a customer human--Reinventors don't just