While you may realize the importance of developing the right UX team structure, actually executing this is something that many businesses struggle with. Whether there’s a lack of organization or you don’t have the right team in place to create a structure, there are many reasons why companies may find this difficult. In this post,

Running a design thinking workshop is one of the best ways to spark creativity and nurture a user-centric mindset within your design team. As a designer, you will encounter situations where you need to run design thinking workshops either with your team, your clients, or other departments in your organization. This article will give you

Gone are the days when design was considered as a ‘nice to have’ in most organizations. Today, design is an integral part of successful companies with McKinsey reporting that companies that invest in design see a 32% increase in revenue and a 56% increase in shareholder returns. Design teams that are structured properly are the

Workfront’s 2019 State of Work Survey reported that American workers spent 60% of their workday working on tasks that were not their core responsibility. Time was spent in meetings, answering emails, and doing other administrative tasks. As companies grow, designers are faced with the same challenge: the need to do other tasks that are not

Most designers do everything possible to give users streamlined experiences without any interruptions. Sometimes, though, it makes sense to interrupt the user flow with a modal that triggers  the user to do something on a website or in an app.. The following article explains various  cases  in which it makes sense to use modal UI

When UI components don’t offer a visible change in response to a tap or click, users don’t always know whether the website or app is working. Think of an animated user interface that shows the progress of a file download. This basic example helps illustrate the importance of UI animations. You can, however, get much

Most designers want to create something beautiful, but beauty alone in the UI & UX world is not enough. If it doesn’t support the goals of your business or your clients – it just won’t last very long.. A product can only last when the client makes money from it. A UX that doesn’t drive

The user experience of a website often determines its success. As developers, creating a new website for clients means striving for results — not just a pretty picture. The wireframe focuses on this UX factor. It’s the first stage of website design, that focuses on functionality instead of graphics. It’s a crucial process that you

At its core, a website is a way of presenting information to users. When the information is organized effectively, it makes it easy for users to find what they are looking for and for the business to accomplish its goals. In this article, we’ll look at how you can use Information Architecture (IA) to create

When you’re designing for a friendly user experience and user interface, you start with a concept. You have an idea of how it should work in the real world. You just need to communicate it to the rest of the design team. Welcome to the world of what we call Conceptual Models. In this article,

Every product needs a consistent design that helps users make sense of their experience. Without consistency, users will feel lost. Frustration leads to abandoned carts. Your customers will choose an alternative that maintains a cohesive standard throughout its features – and you don’t want that. UI guidelines can help you maintain the consistency that appeals

The search bar is an easily overlooked part of a site during the design process yet users depend on it to find specific information. Since the search bar is one of the most used elements on a website, search bar design has a significant impact on user experience. This article will give you the complete

The best design is focused on people. Always.  In the world of Web and app design, we often use words like audience, clicks, likes, visitors, and users. Those words remove us a step from the fact that we are designing for people. Behind every click is a human being looking for something — a product,

Users require physical clues on what they should do on your site and where they should do it. This is where visual clues or affordances come in; they show users what they should do. This article will show you how you can design the best affordances to guide your site users.  What is an affordance? 

Understanding your site user’s journey is foundational to designing a better user flow on your website. When users are ready to learn more or take action, is the path clear? Or is their journey disrupted by a broken or disconnected experience?  When this happens, users get frustrated, bored, or decide to search for an alternative.