How we designed a new itinerary concept by working as a pair. — Let’s face it, Pair-design is not really a common method 😲 (at least not in the product teams where I’ve worked so far). However, in my experience, it can be very beneficial, especially when solving complex problems with tight deadlines. It pays off to involve two brains working simultaneously. …

The year 2018 was a challenging but amazing ride. I moved to another city, started a new job and later got promoted to UX team lead. Furthermore, I got married in Mauritius and traveled more than I thought. But who would wonder, I work for a travel company 😉 — During my 2018 retrospective that I did over Christmas, I realized that so many awesome things happened during the year and I learned many lessons that are worth sharing.

Tips and tricks on how you can ease the cross-functional collaboration in the agile UX design process. — If you’ve ever worked as UX designer embedded in the agile team, you know that it is very important to stay together and learn together in order to get where you envisioned, better and faster. In this lesson learned, I’d like to share some tips and tricks on how you…

Are you a designer — perfectionist? Read my lessons learned on chasing “the perfect” in the product design and how to avoid falling into the traps of perfectionism. — You all know the story about the donkey and the carrot. The carrot was dangling in front of the donkey, but always remained just out of its reach as the cart kept moving forward… Using the metaphor of the donkey and the carrot seems to be a great example of…

Lesson I learned on design research, feedback, ideas validation and importance of user testing in order to stay on track. — In my previous article, I promised sharing 5 lessons I learned as UX designer during the past 4 years. Here goes the first one — focusing on a feedback and validation in order to stay on track towards goals in your design process. Designing based on the unknown is like…

Talking on design feedback, perfectionism, cross-functional collaboration, the importance of design systems and lastly, how to stay on top of things when fighting for the good of users in dynamic, rapid growth environments. — It is 4 years since I joined the User Experience Design team at Quadient (formerly GMC Software). It was a great journey full of new experiences where I had an opportunity to work with amazing people while building a great product.

Mnoho designérů by se raději pokusilo znovu vynalézt kolo, než aby se přizpůsobili konvenčním UI návrhových vzorů. Mělo by se však brát v úvahu, že tyto designové konvence dobře fungují, protože již byly zavedeny a testovány na použitelnost. Jelikož jsou uživatelům známy, není tak třeba nic vysvětlovat či poskytovat návod…

Testy použitelnosti a studie založené na sledování pohybu očí (též eye-tracking) ukazují, že obrázky z fotobanky a jiné grafické dekorativní prvky zřídka přidávají hodnotu webové stránce a častěji spíše zhoršují prožitky uživatelů než aby je zlepšili. Takové fotografie totiž nijak nesouvisí s tématem těchto webových stránek a neobsahují užitečné informace…

Běžnou chybou v návrhu webových stránek je zdůraznění důležité části obsahu, graficky přehlcenou a křiklavou prezentací. Tento přístup to však často činí méně viditelné. Když lidé hledají něco konkrétního na internetových stránkách, koukají po textech a odkazech kde předpokládají, že informaci naleznou. …