While the Dadaists’ goal was to create a nonsense piece of art deliberately, I believe that creating absurd art could be used to jog the brain for work-related tasks. I wanted to explore these methods and techniques and create something by myself. — Poem Tristan Tzara’s recipe for a poem was to take scissors, cut out an article and randomly pick words. David Bowie went further and used computer software for this technique. This might have been the first high-profile computer-generated art. …

I often synthesise my user research into personas, which include gender and other demographics. While working on a product targeting women, I started wondering if the demographics and gender information are discriminative. The brief How might solutions specifically empower female-identifying donors, inspiring gender equity across the giving ecosystem? I learned that women…

Recently I was designing a new product from scratch and created a design system from the beginning. This has proven to be beneficial when a new member joined the team and immediately managed to start contributing to the project. This inspired me to share my experience. — Where to start? While developing a new product, there are two obvious choices in terms of a design system: Use an existing one Create your own

Recently I’ve been working on a design sprint, where we were testing the communication between a company and its customers. We ended up using quite unusual prototyping tools and I thought that this experience is worth sharing. — The goal of the testing was to understand which medium of communication people would prefer as a follow-up to physical mail: email or a chatbot on the website. A part of the journey would be done only on the website so we included that part as well. …

Spoiler: It works and it’s really easy to use. Here is what I learned and some tips to get started. — As a UX designer, I was both curious and critical about no-code tools, so I wanted to try them out. I decided to create a Pomodoro timer app based on an idea I had earlier this year while working on a Daily UI challenge. I set a 3-day time limit…

Coming from Architecture, I see the user experience as more than what’s happening on the screen. As I always thrive for simplicity, I was fascinated by these amazing low-tech solutions I encountered during my trip to Japan last year. — 1. There is a way to rethink everything I have seen many “physical” questionnaires asking for customer feedback. They are always a piece of paper with a pen lying next to it. I haven’t seen people filling those in. You need to sit at the desk to do so.

My favourites, that helped me discover the world of User Experience. This list covers a broad overview of topics such as design, strategy and psychology. — 1. The design of everyday things By Don Norman The classic. Every recommended book list starts with it for a reason. After reading it you will see the world differently and start noticing the little design decisions around you. Whether it’s the design of the door handle or the temperature control panel. …

My recent move from London to Zurich made me realise that there are fewer UX Designers per company in Switzerland than in the UK. That discovery made me reflect on the reasons behind the existence of UX, and how it can contribute to businesses. — McKinsey examined the business value of design. Their team collected over 2 million pieces of financial data and 100 thousand design actions over 5 years. They defined the McKinsey Design Index, which rates companies by how strong they are at design and how that links up with the financial performance…

Trying to find myself in the new field that is at first glance very different to what I was doing before, I’m exploring the many similarities in these two fields. I studied and/or practised architecture in 5 European countries, so my experience might differ from others. — The famous Design Thinking process is something you will hear about while diving into UX. It became so famous that a lot of companies started giving workshops and presentations on that topic. To my surprise Design Thinking is something I’ve been using from early on at the university but didn’t…