Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveQualitative UX field guideTurn observations into insights. Advocate for user-held values.Oct 14, 20192Oct 14, 20192
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveUX time-management in a startupI am currently a UX Lead in a startup. I manage two other designers and act as a facilitator between the vision of our founders and the…Oct 10, 2019Oct 10, 2019
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveThe products we design are only intended for “Middle-Users”Designing for the Inevitability of Salvage CommunitiesMay 13, 2019May 13, 2019
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveDefining your UX design philosophyThe Design Philosophy of a Recent HCI GraduateMay 7, 20192May 7, 20192
Collin PfenderinCultura: The Voice of HCI/d at Indiana UniversityCDs & Records: A UX ReflectionIwas visiting my parent’s house back in my hometown. Upon arriving, I unloaded some of my things, brought them upstairs to the spare room…Mar 20, 20196Mar 20, 20196
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveWant a structured design critique workshop? Try AristotleDesign critiques (or “crits”) are the building blocks of honest, rigorous teamwork. They allow us to be torn-down, humbled, and be built…Feb 21, 20191Feb 21, 20191
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveUser research is irreplaceable, but so is your design judgementConstraints, argumentation, designerly ways of futuring, problem-spacing, etc., are strong topics in HCI & design thinking, but these are…Feb 11, 2019Feb 11, 2019
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveDesigning with death in mind, or The fiction of use & efficacy in UXSit next to me for a moment, won’t you? I have the pleasure of occupying the Chicago O’Hare Int’l Airport. I am waiting for my Check-In to…Jan 23, 2019Jan 23, 2019
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveDo we create delight or labor? — designing servicesWithin this brief article I would like to draw your attention to three works that I will be referencing:Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018
Collin PfenderinUX CollectiveUser Interface — or the placeless spacesA particular book I enjoyed recently is The Spell of the Sensuous by philosopher David Abrams. As an ethnographer, philosopher of…Sep 8, 2018Sep 8, 2018