Alexandru Portan on Medium curated some lists

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Design

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Best practices

15 stories

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Handovers

2 stories

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AI

12 stories

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A meeting table seen from above with 8 people seated discussing ideas.

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UX research

29 stories

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A meeting table seen from above with 8 people seated discussing ideas.

A board with a lot of yellow coloured sticky notes. These sticky notes contain insights which a user researcher would have identified based on talking to customers

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Product management

21 stories

A board with a lot of yellow coloured sticky notes. These sticky notes contain insights which a user researcher would have identified based on talking to customers

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Leadership

17 stories

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Career

20 stories

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Design strategy

9 stories

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Infographic that explains the past, present and the likely future of the design industry. It outlines the past growth, the pandemic boom and the likely unequal future.

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Workshops

3 stories

A close-up image of a board with sticky notes and other information, suggesting is taken from a UX workshop.

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Design career ladder

4 stories

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Design systems

20 stories

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A hiker pauses at a fork in the trail surrounded by ferns and tall redwoods.

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Psychology

5 stories

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Screens from Tinder, Headspace, Instagram and Duolingo

An illustration of a human brain with various graphic elements representing cognitive overload. On the left side, there is a black scribble with a pink circle around it, symbolizing confusion and stress. On the top right of the brain, there are yellow lightning icons, representing a sense of overload. At the bottom right, there is a pink circle and an alarm icon, symbolizing alertness and stress.

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It’s a mindset

41 stories

Screenshot of Safari search bar at the bottom of the screen

Infographic that explains the past, present and the likely future of the design industry. It outlines the past growth, the pandemic boom and the likely unequal future.

An illustration of a human brain with various graphic elements representing cognitive overload. On the left side, there is a black scribble with a pink circle around it, symbolizing confusion and stress. On the top right of the brain, there are yellow lightning icons, representing a sense of overload. At the bottom right, there is a pink circle and an alarm icon, symbolizing alertness and stress.

Alexandru Portan

Design thinking

9 stories

A clear cube with the sides marked depth of use cases, breadth of use cases, and design & development process. A blue prism marked “MVP” shows that depth in the process dimension is the key to a successful launch.

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UI best practices

9 stories

Master 25 US laws

A mobile phone with its screen divided with one half being in light mode and the other in dark mode. Man sitting in front of it, gazing at the dark mode option.

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Branding

3 stories

The word is out that Solarpunk is in, at least according to Figma CEO, Dylan Field. And there are clues as to why the fastest-growing design tool is heading towards the next design trend. (image source: Yeo)

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Data driven design

1 story

A screenshot from a vintage role playing video game showing a girl in a library and a text box saying “Knowledge can be a guide or an obstacle depending on how you handle it.”

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Data visualization

2 stories

A boy stands on the books, with a book as a backpack, looking at the epic cityscape.

2 examples of dashboards

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Storytelling

1 story

A boy stands on the books, with a book as a backpack, looking at the epic cityscape.

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