Some weeks ago I co-hosted a Visual Storytelling 101 workshop with my visual thinker friend Yuri Malishenko at the Design Summit 2020 conference. In this article, I share the sketches I created during our workshops, and I also list out some tips & what made our workshop special.

Some weeks ago we held a webinar called “Neobanks X-rayed: a UX/UI audit & zoom-in to the challenger sector with a special focus on Revolut’s strategy” together with two great professionals, Feri Muck and Ivan Muck. We examined Revolut through three lenses: business strategy, UX design and UI design. One…

Why learning typography is key & what my favorite resources are As I recently wrote in my article about my favorite UI design books, I’m originally a designer who has a strong focus on research and UX design, so learning about typography is a constant, yet very enjoyable challenge for…

A curated list and review of my favorites In this article, I summarize what my favorite UI design books are, and I also include the reason for recommending them. (I might add books to the list in the future, so bookmark it and check back later.) Why these books? The systematic approach You should know one…

The disabled state The disabled state means that the user can’t interact with that part of the UI: it is unavailable for some reason it is irrelevant or not applicable (e.g. with the current selection) Why you might want to use it Some possible reasons for using the disabled state: Loading: a process is loading, e.g. the user has already…

How to find edge cases and design for them — Designing for edge cases: a balancing act I believe that designing for edge cases is a fascinating balancing act (cover what is necessary but at the same time don’t try to cover them all). 14 years ago, in an other life, I graduated as a lawyer. And one thing I learnt is that real life scenarios are…

An error in our decision making One trait might cast a halo The halo effect is a cognitive bias: people tend to let their judgement about one trait of a person, brand, place, product (or other thing) influence their overall judgement. When it occurs, a feeling, a thought about one area influence our impressions of other…

How to define your target audience The false consensus effect One of the most well-known UX clichés is that “you are not your user”. Clients or stakeholders often assume that they know their target audience since e.g. they know the domain, or they are users of their own product or service, or they have…

And its design implications — UX Knowledge Piece Sketch #44 Change aversion Have you ever changed your existing design? Have you ever participated in a redesign project? If yes, most probably you have encountered change aversion: the — in many cases temporary — negative reaction to changes in a product or service. The eBay.com story …