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  • From Product Design to UX

    My journey is not a common one, but maybe it should be.

    Despite being trained as a product designer I am now working in the field of User Experience (UX) Design. While I am not the first designer to find my skillset applicable in another discipline, the…

  • The Magic is in the Details: The Beauty of Well Designed Micro-interactions and the Horror of Badly Designed Ones

     

    What are microinteractions? Microinteractions are the tiny details of a process that create the flow from beginning to completion. Dan Saffler defines Microinteractions as single moments within a use case.  They are discreet touch points that support…

  • UXify 2017 | Making Technology Personal...Again

    At the 5th annual UXify conference, sponsored by Infragistics, I had the privilege of giving the keynote address. In my presentation, entitled, Making Technology Personal...Again, I attempted to explain how the process of design has evolved (or devolved…

  • McMansion Problems - Don’t Design for the Extras

    There is a blog that I love called McMansion Hell  –  you know those crazy monster houses built in bulk starting in the 1980’s? They are usually found in great clusters and sometimes on very small pieces of property relative to their immense size;…

  • The UX of Working With You

    The creative process can be an emotional roller coaster for both designers and clients alike.  Clients must trust the design team to conceive a solution that will meet the needs of their customers. The experience our client has throughout the design process…