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The UX / UI Design Digest #001

Hugo
Hugo
Nov 4 · 2 min read

I spend a lot of time everyday browsing the internet to learn and discover new things about UX and UI. I’ll try to share every week few links with TLDR (Too Long; Didn’t Read) summaries of interesting articles. Follow me to get them in your feed and Clap Clap Clap 👏 if you liked it !

Illustrations everywhere

Illustration is a tool, a flexible tool to be used, it can reflect countless moods and it speaks all languages at once.

TLDR : Illustrations help your visitors and users to understand an information faster and remember more vividly. They’ll help you associate an idea or feeling to your product. The cost is low compared to a full custom photography session.

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UBER — Their 3 rules for a better experience

Wait times are critical to a good experience — here’s how Uber applies psychology to perfect their customer experience

TLDR : Uber discovered three key principles dealing with how people perceive wait times:
- Idleness Aversion : To keep people busy, give them information to engage with (animation, gamification, and visuals are ideal);
- Operational Transparency : To keep people informed, make key information available, and help them understand where this information came from.
- Goal Gradient Effect : Think of the Goal Gradient Effect as a virtual finish line. The closer customers get to winning, the more encouraged they become.

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Couple EMOJI creator on iOS 13.2

The new update of iOS added an interesting feature : you can now create your own couple by long pressing one of the couple EMOJI.

Create custom couple emojis on iOS 13

Mike from Creative Mints is on Patreon

Mike (aka Creative Mints) is an awesome multi-disciplinary digital artist. I follow his work since years now and he always inspired me. He just launched few weeks ago a Patreon page where he shares his experience and work process to his community for only 7$/m. Thank you Mike 🙏 !


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Senior UX / UI Designer freelancer with ~15y XP. Proudly and happy father of 3, engaged with a Wonder Woman. My life is Pixel Perfect.

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