Published in Zendesk Design·Feb 21, 2019Get in the (time)zoneTips for building connections in a distributed design team When I joined Zendesk in 2017, my biggest challenge was adjusting to working in a distributed team. Yes, the product set was complex, but wasn’t dissimilar to the complexity I’ve dealt with before. …Remote Working7 min readRemote Working7 min read
Published in Zendesk Design·Jan 29, 2019Taking turns leading the flockScaling the output of your design systems team without scaling the team As a kid fascinated by nature, one of my favourite TV shows was The Living Planet series narrated by Sir David Attenborough. I remember the episode on birds. I was awestruck by the group behaviour migratory birds use…UX6 min readUX6 min read
Published in Zendesk Design·May 9, 2018Design system resourcesAnd what you can expect to learn from each one — Over the last couple of years I’ve been devouring online content on design systems. In this article, I will share the videos and articles I found most useful in my learning journey. The content linked here has influenced the way I think about design systems, and the way I work…Design7 min readDesign7 min read
Published in SEEK blog·Nov 2, 2017Time for a changeAs my last week at SEEK drew to a close, I was in the process of drafting one of those ‘farewell’ emails people send on their last day of work. Before I knew it, the email length blew up, so I decided to say goodbye in picture form instead. So…Culture5 min readCulture5 min read
Published in Design + Sketch·Jun 18, 2017Ancient scripts, gold leaf and typographyCo-created with Emily Arnautovic We made something physical, and shipped it to customers around the world! Read the story behind bosancica-posters.com below. Finding inspiration It was over a year ago that I read a post about a print project by Goran Peuc, a Croatian UX designer at SAP. It inspired me to…Letterpress6 min readLetterpress6 min read
Published in SEEK blog·Apr 11, 2017Four Things We Learnt From Facilitating Usability Testing Sessions With Blind UsersRecently two of my colleagues (Todd Moore, Stephanie Moss) and I tested parts of SEEK’s site with vision impaired users. It was my first time facilitating usability sessions with users who entirely rely on screen readers to navigate the web. We learnt a lot of specific things about our site…Accessibility4 min readAccessibility4 min read
Aug 11, 2016Are we there yet?Over the last 10 months, my wife and I have been lucky to live in Sarajevo, Bosnia, with reduced work commitments. This allowed us to make many road-trips with our two kids who are four and two years old. On each trip, without fail, we never made it more than…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
Published in SEEK blog·Aug 4, 2016An Eye Opening ExperienceIt took a person with a severe vision impairment (macular degeneration) to help me acknowledge what’s wrong with the current design trends of low contrast and thin text, and other ‘trendy’ visual and typography design mistakes. First things first, I get the theory As a designer, I’ve understood why we need legible text in design of digital…Accessibility4 min readAccessibility4 min read
Published in SEEK blog·Apr 13, 2016Designers Shouldn’t Learn To X, They Should Learn To YIf you are a designer and get your daily reading fix from Twitter or Medium, the chances are you’ve read articles telling you what you should and/or shouldn’t learn to do. I don’t want this to be another one of those articles. The problem with *those* articles Articles telling designers what they should and shouldn’t…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Feb 15, 2016James Bond and the design of disabled buttonsThe other night, I watched Spectre — the new Bond movie. During the car chase where Bond is being pursued by the villain, Hinx, something happened that made me laugh out loud. While trying to outmanoeuvre and evade his pursuer, Bond reaches for one of the four custom mechanical switches…UI7 min readUI7 min read
