What does an information experience design toolkit look like? Posts in this category describe, analyze, critique, and/or discuss emerging or established tools, techniques, methods, and approaches that inform or facilitate the design of great experiences.
Loading can be understood as progress indicators for data presentation in the Internet environment. And it is also a state of visible feedback triggered when user interacts with media. Good loading design can reduce user’s uncertainty and perception of time. The Logic of Loading Data is presented to users through a series of complex flows. […]
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With an easy-to-use mobile app for participants and a website for data analysis, Indeemo tried to create a more efficient and effective user experience for both parties involved.
Indeemo – A Tool for Conducting Diary Studies Read More »
Creating good design solutions for a complex problem can be difficult for any designer alone. But today, designers are used to working collaboratively in large groups. Some designers work in bigger cross-functional groups for purposes like brainstorming, user research and design critiques while others work in smaller ones for purposes like wireframing, prototyping and front-end
The Yin to your Yang: Gen-Synth Pair Design Read More »
Contextual inquiry is a semi-structured field interview method conducted to obtain information about the context of use of any service or product. The participants are interviewed one at a time in their natural environment, while they perform their daily tasks to show how they use the product or service. As the users are interviewed in
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While people using chunking strategy based on “context” to percept information, reading not-interested content can be painful for a user. For those who have a visual deficiency and for those who have a reading disorder or language barrier, it would be quite challenging to understand how to interact with a site if the navigation and
Introduction UX designers play an essential role in a team. We confront a situation that developers control the universe. How can we transition their developer-centered approach design to a user-centered approach? How can UX designers better communicate and express UX concepts? Games can teach us UX concepts that improve productivity, taking the UX concept –
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I heard about the technique of using origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, for design thinking from Daniel Stillman, who is the author of the book The 30 Second Elephant and The Paper Airplane Experiment. I attended one of his workshops on facilitating a workshop at a meetup event hosted by DesignSprint NYC. Nowadays
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Round robin is a tool used to refine and develop rough ideas into concepts as a team. It is best used in the later stages of the ideation stage of design. Round Robin lets design teams and stakeholders leave their egos at the door and encourages productive debate. Who Should Use it? This tool is
Don’t Hurt My Feelings: Round Robin Read More »
It is always easy to come out with an idea and share it with the team, but not every person is able to understand it and consider it as a business opportunity due to their background and knowledge. How do you make sure your ideas will fit into their business? Well, it is the time
Participatory design, help your stakeholders better define and scope their business Read More »
Guerrilla testing is one of the most effective and simplest (cheapest too) form of user testing to improve the quality of your product, and make sure people can use it for its intended purpose. Using guerrilla testing usually means going into a public place (e.g. a coffee shop, train station, etc.) where you can find a relevant audience to validate critical ideas or assumptions about your product.
Guerrilla Testing: Quick Validation at Low Cost Read More »