Design

The ABCs of Non-necessity [Imagination Required]

When was the last time did something for the purpose of just doing? Perhaps allowing yourself to slowly sip a cup of coffee instead of flying out of bed to start a whirlwind day. Forget hurry, hurry, hurry. Imagine taking the time to do…

Guerilla Design Research and a Guy with an Eagles Jersey

It is a beautiful sunny Tuesday. The dash clock says 11:20am, as I pull into a parking lot of Crowne Plaza hotel in Philadelphia, PA. I see many smartly-dressed individuals getting out of their cars, and walk towards the sliding…

10 little tricks to speed up your design process

Research as Strategy

All major parts of a business have a research component — marketing and business analysts use market research to target customers and understand the landscape of what is available in the market, as well as predict the impact the product will have on the market as a whole. Design research…

Tooltips in the Era of Touch

The world today involves so much “touching” when it comes to electronic devices. We have phones, tablets, watches, car dashboard screens, refrigerators, ect… You name it there is probably a touch friendly screen of some sort associated with it. Coming from a world of mouse only…

Why designers should hack

Ireland Watson IOT Hackathon 2016

Last weekend I attended the first Watson Internet Of Things hackathon, run by IBM and Cisco in the Portershed, Galway. The few UX designers attending from IBM and Cisco were running a UX hub where the teams could reach out…

UX Camp awesomeness and why you should support it too!

10 Steps to Transition from Visual to User Experience Design

Thoughts on Patterns

The Rhythm Behind Interaction Design