UXPin: Welcome to 2020 Design Trends. Today I’m joined by Benjamin Hersh. Ben, could you tell us a little bit about yourself and your little friend there? (Ben is holding a small dog.) Ben: I’m Ben, a Product Design lead at Dropbox. [The dog] is my associate creative director. I’ve been at Dropbox for a
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UXPin: Welcome to the 2020 Design Trends by UXPin. Today I’m joined by Agata Orlowska. Agata, would you please tell us a little bit about yourself? Agata: I’ve been working in the UX world for almost six years. Professionally, I’m a senior UX designer and a UX researcher. Basically, I’m a one-woman army of UX
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A study published by Forrester Research makes it clear that UX projects can have a significant influence on how much money a business earns. When companies used UX based on excellent design systems, they found that their websites: Converted 400% more consumers. Improved the willingness of customers to recommend products by16.6%. Increased customer willing to
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One of the most important jobs of a designer is to come up with new and innovative solutions to user problems. How can designers keep generating innovative ideas? The answer is in the design thinking ideation process. It allows designers to come up with fresh ideas by thinking outside the box, challenging assumptions, and exploring
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UXPin: Welcome to 2020 Design Trends with UXPIN. Our guest today is Ramsés Cabello. Ramsés, can you tell us a bit about yourself, such as your work experience? What is your field of design? Ramsés: I work at GAN Integrity in Copenhagen. My role in the company is UI engineer, but I mostly work throughout
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As user experience and related fields mature, so does the terminology, tools, processes, and roles involved in the process. But trends change over time. The number and types of roles expand or specialize, and then contract, favoring generalists with unicorn status. Different businesses and industries use different names for the same roles. It can be
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No matter what type of business you may run, finding the best methods and practices of gaining and maintaining customers for the long-term can be challenging. Indeed, given that many markets are saturated and there are literally new businesses popping up overnight, companies now need to go above and beyond to encourage customer loyalty. Nevertheless,
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Agile environments, teams, and manifesto. In the world of design, there is no way to escape these buzzwords that have gradually entrenched themselves in work circles around the globe. What is an agile environment and why is it so important to those in the design industry? To understand how agile environments revolutionize a design team’s
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UI elements or user interface elements are the most integral part of a software application, regardless of whether it’s a mobile, web, desktop, or Augmented Reality or Virtual Reality app. UI elements are the core building blocks for all applications. They are responsible for interactions between the user and the application. They are what allows
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All designers should place the user experience at the center of their design work. If people have a difficult time using a product (website or app), they’re going to take their business somewhere else. UX design is about making sure there’s a match between the website or app’s use and the user’s needs. We write
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Strategic design is the crossroads between user experience and business objectives. It means creating a set of design principles that guide your team through the process of building a product or experience. The principles articulate the vision and mission of your project and keep you focused on the big picture as you move through the
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The release of the recently announced UXPin Merge introduces a new era for UXPin: we’re not just for designers anymore. Merge allows frontend devs to push live, working React components to UXPin. This ensures designers are prototyping with real, up-to-date components and reduces friction in the design/dev handoff. How do developers test components locally and
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Hero image banners, also called “hero headers” dominate the top of your website or application. Typically, they spread out over the entire horizontal space. Ideally, they have high-resolution images and calls-to-action that get attention from visitors. Creative designers have made a variety of hero image formats over the years. A hero section may include navigation
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With the U.S. unemployment rate hovering at around 8%, millions of Americans are in limbo either looking for a new job or unsure about when (or if) they’ll be able to go back to their pre-pandemic employment. On the bright side, a tight and unpredictable job market is the perfect time to learn a new
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Like Patrick Bateman inspecting Paul Allen’s business card, it’s easy to be envious when inspecting the design systems of GitHub, IBM, and Atlassian. Responsive? Check. Patterns? Check. Vector-based design libraries? Check. These systems are monuments to work-ethic, discipline, and teamwork. When a design system is launched, it dramatically reduces the time it takes to go
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