Cultural Blind Spots in UX

Designing for international markets requires more than translating words.

Leading Design Research can be a Full Time Job (or not)

Design research specialization makes sense for a lot of teams.

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How to conduct a successful design studio

Before I get into how we at Nasdaq Design conduct design studios, I think it’s…

Data Experience Design Changes Product Development at Nasdaq

In 2016, Nasdaq’s search to add data expertise to the product design team led us to a hybrid role between data visualization and user experience design. We called this role “data experience designer.” If you’ve never heard of…

Prototyping: You’re Probably Doing it Wrong

Let me help.

To many, the design process is very intimidating because of the perception that design has to be perfect. In my experience, that is not the case. Design is like an iceberg, all the ugly and failed attempts…

Designing for Enterprise Products Like an Urban Designer

Talk to Each Other: A Workshop Approach to Research

At Nasdaq, we’re lucky enough to have buy-in for customer research right from the top of the organization. Our CEO, Adena Friedman, regularly talks about the value of listening to customers. In 2015, she said, “Listening is probably the…

Now You’re Speaking My Language

Microcopy and the small ways you’re irritating your users

An Open Letter to the Bowery Mission

Thank you.

Thank you for welcoming us into your community. It was an honor to help in any small way possible.