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Issara Willenskomer
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Published in UX in Motion

·Sep 24, 2020

How to Create a 3D Instagram Cube Transition in After Effects

I was messing around on my phone the other day and realized how simple the Instagram story 3D transitions are to create in After Effects. I put together this quick tutorial to show you how it’s done. Most people don’t realize how insanely easy it is to create something…

UX

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How to Create a 3D Instagram Cube Transition in After Effects
How to Create a 3D Instagram Cube Transition in After Effects
UX

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Published in UX in Motion

·Sep 13, 2019

3 things I learned teaching Motion and Usability workshops

Over the last 18 months, I’ve been teaching motion and usability workshops to design teams at companies including Dropbox, Slack, Oracle, Salesforce, and Kayak. Hundreds of other designers and engineers from other top brands including Apple, Twitter, Shopify, Cisco, Volkswagen, Bank of America, have also attended my public workshops. During…

User Experience

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3 things I learned teaching Motion and Usability workshops
3 things I learned teaching Motion and Usability workshops
User Experience

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Published in Design Ethics & Climate Change

·Aug 17, 2019

Tech conferences need climate speakers now (an open letter)

Dear tech conference organizer, I see that the date for the ______ conference is approaching, and that you have issued a call for speaker proposals. That’s exciting! I’m a huge fan of the ______ conference and can’t wait! Here’s my proposal. I propose that you include speakers who will talk…

Tech

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Tech conferences need climate speakers now (an open letter)
Tech conferences need climate speakers now (an open letter)
Tech

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Published in Design Ethics & Climate Change

·Aug 16, 2019

Google News and the silencing of the climate crisis

For the last several years, I’ve read the Google News feed daily. And for the last several years, the Google News feed has contained nearly zero stories about climate change. …

Climate Change

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Google News and the silencing of the climate crisis
Google News and the silencing of the climate crisis
Climate Change

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Published in Design Ethics & Climate Change

·Jul 31, 2019

Design ethics in the age of climate change: on the inseparability of skills and ethics

Designers want to have it both ways. On the one hand, we want the upside of being right, of making a difference, of a positive result. On the other hand, we tend to blame circumstances when the results are not what we want. On tech teams, the term ‘ownership’ gets…

Design

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Design ethics in the age of climate change: on the inseparability of skills and ethics
Design ethics in the age of climate change: on the inseparability of skills and ethics
Design

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Published in UX in Motion

·Jul 29, 2019

What to do when you feel like an imposter

I don’t usually do this but last week I received an email asking for career advice. The question touched a nerve and I wanted to share my thoughts about feeling like an imposter. The Question Issara — Thank you so much for this content. I’m a total newb — and I mean…

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UX

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Published in UX in Motion

·Jul 11, 2019

How to transition from a motion background into UX

A few weeks ago I received a really good question: how do you transition from a motion background into UX and product design? The motion designer who wants to transition into UX and product design Many of the folks who reach out to me about this question fall into this group. They have had a career in motion design, are already strong…

Design

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How to transition from a motion background into UX
How to transition from a motion background into UX
Design

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Published in UX in Motion

·Jun 19, 2019

The 4 ways to leverage UI Animation in your design portfolio to land that high paying tech job

Over the years of teaching UI animation and helping designers and animators integrate motion into their online portfolios, I’ve noticed a major trend: designers do not integrate motion well into their online portfolios, and miss out on this red hot opportunity to distinguish their work and get that high paying…

Design

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How to integrate UI animation strategically into your portfolio
How to integrate UI animation strategically into your portfolio
Design

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Published in UX in Motion

·Jun 18, 2019

My top 12 After Effects feature requests for UI animation

Here is my list of 12 After Effects UI Animation feature requests. The backstory: I’ve been teaching UI animation for the last 5 years. You can check out my courses here on my site UX in Motion. Several weeks ago, after giving a talk on UI Animation at Adobe in SF, some folks at Adobe reached out to me and wanted to…

Design

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My top 12 After Effects feature requests for UI animation
My top 12 After Effects feature requests for UI animation
Design

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Feb 3, 2019

A simple thought experiment in hidden systems, biases and opacity

Imagine that you are staying the night at your friend’s house. Your friend is married. You take a shower the next morning. In the shower you see a ledge. On the ledge are two identical toothbrushes, one on the left, one on the right. Two people, two toothbrushes. Given this…

Climate Change

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A simple thought experiment in hidden systems, biases and opacity
A simple thought experiment in hidden systems, biases and opacity
Climate Change

5 min read

Issara Willenskomer

Issara Willenskomer

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I teach UX/UI & Product Designers how to use animation to create better apps and websites: www.uxinmotion.com

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