By Ellie Krysl [Author’s note: We started this project and wrote this post long before COVID-19 became a global crisis. However, what we’ve come to realize through the societal challenges we’re facing with social distancing and revised medical practice policies,…
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Design Heroes and Designing for Good
By Doug Collins Author’s note: This is the text of the talk of I gave today at UXCopenhagen. I hope it inspires us all to make a positive change in the world. When I first sat down to write this talk, I had a vision in my head – a room full of hundreds of designers, brought together to help make the world a better place. And in…
The Holidays UX – A Child’s Perspective
By Doug Collins, Editor, UXNewsMag.com My son, Henry, will be a mere 19 months old when Christmas rolls around this year. Last year, at 7 months, Christmas was as much as a non-event as it’s possible to be for…
All the World’s a Stage: A UX Designer’s Guide to Understanding your Audience through Theatre
All UX designers should have an active interest and appreciation for theatre. No other artform is more supportive of our craft, both in honing our skills and stirring our creativity. Out of all forms of entertainment, a UX designer who…
The Hotel of Doom: The World’s Worst Building and it’s Valuable UX Gift
In the heart of the world’s most secretive dictatorship, a mysteriously abandoned hotel the size of Chicago’s John Hancock Tower has spent 30 years lurking over the capital city like an evil Christmas tree. That’s the draw of the Ryugyong…