Teo S.
Product Designer
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How to Change Your Career from Graphic Design to UX Design. If there’s an occupation that is 100% linked with the public’s idea of what design is about, it’s graphic design. Let's look at the overlaps and crucially, the differences, as you plan your transition
How to Calculate the Return on Investment of a Design Education. One of the biggest challenges facing designers is how to begin and how to further their design education. Do you go for a university degree, or book-learning, or e-learning?
How to Change Your Career from Marketing to UX Design. Are you a marketing professional looking to transition into UX? Then you already have many skills that will help you transition easily. Read on to know more.
How to Change Your Career from Web Design to UX Design. Changing careers isn’t as hard as it’s often made out to be, especially if you’ve got the right resources to help you make the change. Get yourself prepared.
I’m a business manager. How do I become a UX designer?. But how would a business manager like you make the leap to UX design when at first glance they may seem to have very little in common?
What is Interaction Design?. Interaction Design (IxD) is the process of creating interactive products and services by moving beyond the item and focusing on how users will interact with it.
Bad Design vs. Good Design: 5 Examples We Can Learn From. Explore five examples of bad design, shine the light on how good design can make them work, and distil some lessons so you can create great user experiences.
The One Thumb, One Eyeball Test for Good Mobile Design. Use the one thumb, one eyeball test to optimize mobile design for user experience. Learn how to ensure simplicity of interaction for your products.
What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?. Design Thinking is being taught at leading universities around the world. Here we’ll cut to the chase and tell you what it is, as well as why it’s so in demand.
Design Thinking: New Innovative Thinking for New Problems. The challenges organisations and countries face today are much more complex and tricky than the ones we faced a few decades ago. Part of the reason is globalisation, which brought together different
Obstacles to Problem Solving and Innovation in Design Thinking.
Essential Design Thinking Videos, Methods and Tools. Learn how the essential tools and methods to apply design thinking successfully in your own work.
Stage 2 in the Design Thinking Process: Define the Problem and Interpret the Results. The second stage of the Design Thinking process involves synthesizing observations about your users from the first, empathize stage to create problem statements.
Stage 3 in the Design Thinking Process: Ideate. In the third, ideation stage of Design Thinking, design thinkers spark off ideas—in the form of questions and solutions—through creative and curious activities.
Stage 4 in the Design Thinking Process: Prototype. One of the best ways to gain insights in a Design Thinking process is to carry out some form of prototyping—and this occurs in the fourth stage of the process.
Stage 5 in the Design Thinking Process: Test. Learn how to successfully use testing to learn more about your users, improve your prototype and even refine your problem statement.
Three Steps to Facilitate Design Thinking in Your Team. Learn how to introduce design thinking in your team by explaining the process, using ice breaker activities and encouraging your team members to explore their creative side.
The History of Design Thinking. Learn how design thinking emerged from an exploration of theory to become one of the most effective ways to address the human, technological and strategic innovation needs.
10 Insightful Design Thinking Frameworks: A Quick Overview. A wide variety of design thinking frameworks and visualizations exist in the world today, and each typically contains between three and seven stages. Here's a round-up of the 10 most popular ones.
What Is Empathy and Why Is It So Important in Design Thinking?. One of the most important elements in design thinking and the wider area of human-centered design is empathy. Let's look at what empathy is, and why is it so vital for businesses and designers.
How to Develop an Empathic Approach in Design Thinking. Empathy is innate in everyone, and focusing on some key traits of an empathic observer can help you unlock and augment your empathic skills so you can gain a greater understanding of the latent needs
7 Simple Ways to Get Better Results From Ethnographic Research. Learn how to do better ethnographic research by eliminating bias, putting together a diverse team, giving people a reason to help you, etc, and maximize what you can learn from your users.
Question Everything. Most of what we can see at the first glance about a problem is only what’s on the surface. In order to create solutions that truly impact our users, however, we need to dig deep into the root of the p
The Power of Stories in Building Empathy. Storytelling creates a compelling narrative around the people we design for so that we can develop a deep and emotional understanding of their motivations and needs.
Stage 2 in the Design Thinking Process – Define the Problem by Synthesising Information. In the Define phase, you explicitly express the problem that you and your team aim to address. Learn more about this critical step of design thinking.
Methods to Help You Define Synthesise and Make Sense in Your Research. Methods to Help You Define Synthesise and Make Sense in Your Research
Affinity Diagrams: How to Cluster Your Ideas and Reveal Insights. Learn how to use affinity diagrams to create an overview and synthesize your findings—be it facts, ethnographic research, ideas from brainstorms, user opinions, etc—in a straightforward way.
Empathy Map – Why and How to Use It. Get to know about what is an empathy map and how to do empathy mapping. You will also explore the benefits of empathy maps and top five tips on empathy mapping sessions.
Personas – A Simple Introduction. Creating personas helps you understand your users’ needs, experiences, behaviours and goals. Learn more about how they help you create great user experiences.
Define and Frame Your Design Challenge by Creating Your Point Of View and Ask “How Might We”. Spend enough time to carefully consider the format and composition of your POV and HMW questions to ensure that your upcoming creative ideation and design activities are informed with one of more HMW
Stakeholder Mapping: The Complete Guide to Stakeholder Maps. Learn how to map and outline everyone who’s either involved in, affected or influenced by the design process—both internally and externally—and get them on board with your design project.
What is Ideation – and How to Prepare for Ideation Sessions. Unlike the all too familiar designer's nightmare of staring at a blank page unable to conjure up ideas from the creative ether, Design Thinking’s first two modes, Empathise and Define, gives you a sol
Understand the Elements and Thinking Modes that Create Fruitful Ideation Sessions. Facilitating ideation sessions involves an understanding of human thinking and mental modes. Ideation relies on the interplay between a range of cognitive processes and mental modes or mindsets.
Create Some Space – for Ideation Sessions and Design Thinking. The spaces we occupy deeply influence our experiences, our feelings, and our behaviors. Our state of health, psychology, productivity, mood, and creativity spaces influence us on many levels and also
Introduction to the Essential Ideation Techniques which are the Heart of Design Thinking. Ideation is at the heart of the Design Thinking process. There are literally hundreds of ideation techniques.
Learn How to Use the Best Ideation Methods: Brainstorming, Braindumping, Brainwriting, and Brainwalking. Brainstorming is the most frequently practiced form of ideation. We recommend that you mix it with Brainwriting, Brainwalking and Braindumping and other ideation methods.
Scamper: How to Use the Best Ideation Methods. The SCAMPER method helps you generate ideas for new products and services by encouraging you to ask seven different types of questions, which will help you understand how you can innovate and improve
Learn How to Use the Worst Possible Idea Method. The Worst Possible Idea is a lateral thinking method that zeroes in on what will work by exposing what won’t.
Learn How to Use the Challenge Assumptions Method. Learn to innovate by looking at the way we see things as just one of the many possible ways, and challenge assumptions to generate new ideas.
Learn How to Use the Analogies Method. Learn to use analogies as a designer to build empathy with users, to synthesize and define information and to generate new ideas.
How to Select the Best Idea by the End of an Ideation Session. Learn how to use the best selection methods such as Dot voting, the Four Categories method, the Bingo Selection method and the Idea Affinity Diagram to select the best ideas after an ideation session.
14 Barriers to Ideation and How to Overcome Them. Learn how to break innovation barriers—such as: inexperienced facilitation, unfriendly space, unclear goals, egos and hierarchy, etc—and run or participate in successful ideation sessions.
Design Thinking: Get Started with Prototyping. Many times, we tend to invest in exciting new ideas, brainstorming, and planning for their implementation — until we realize, after launching them, that our brilliant designs had no traction
6 Common Pitfalls in Prototyping and How to Avoid Them. Learn how to prototype the right way and avoid some common pitfalls such as diving into the first good idea, falling in love with your prototypes, and wasting time explaining, among others.
What Kind of Prototype Should You Create?. So, you want to create prototypes to help in your design process or Design Thinking project. However, what kind of prototype should you create? How detailed should your prototype be?
5 Common Low-Fidelity Prototypes and Their Best Practices. Learn how to use low-fidelity prototypes to quickly test ideas to improve the final design.
Test Your Prototypes: How to Gather Feedback and Maximize Learning. Learn tips to gather and organize feedback such as choosing the right people, asking adequate questions and avoiding bias, and methods such as the feedback capture grid.
From Prototype to Product: Ensure That Your Solution Is Feasible and Viable. Learn how to make sure your design solution is feasible, viable and desirable.
The Key Elements & Principles of Visual Design. Visual design is about creating and making the general aesthetics of a product consistent. To create the aesthetic style of a website or app, we work with fundamental elements of visual design.
What is a UX Portfolio?. Your UX design portfolio is bait (and only bait) for getting you to the first stage of the hiring process—an interview or a phone call. Your recruiters will use your portfolio to get a sense of who yo
3 Reasons Why You Should Have a UX Design Portfolio. your UX design portfolio is one of your most important assets in your UX career. It’s not only a passport to the UX world, but also an advertisement for potential clients and a compass to stay focused
UX Roles: The Ultimate Guide – Who Does What and Which One You Should Go For?. Discover eight popular UX roles and find out which is the perfect fit for you based on your career goals and passions.
No Experience? No Problem! 3 Ways to Find Projects for Your UX/UI Design Portfolio Case Studies. Use hypothetical projects, volunteering and your non-UX experiences to craft a standout UX/UI design portfolio that gets you hired!
UX/UI Tools vs. Design Principles: What Are Hiring Managers Eager to See in Your Portfolio?. Put UX/UI design principles before tools to elevate your designs and take your career to the next level.
What UX Tools Do I Need to Create My Portfolio, and How Do I Learn Them?. Before you think about tools, you should always think about what you want to achieve.
How to Write UX/UI Design Case Studies That Boost Your Portfolio and Get You Hired. Discover the UX/UI case study structure hiring managers want to see, plus the storytelling elements that will bring your portfolio to life.
How Aristotle’s 6 Elements of Drama Will Transform Your UX/UI Design Case Studies into Page-Turners. Discover how plot, character, theme, diction, melody, and spectacle will elevate your UX/UI design case studies to dramatic heights.
Freytag’s Pyramid: Craft Compelling UX/UI Design Case Studies the Easy Way. Use this straightforward 5-part storytelling structure to introduce some (good) drama to your UX design portfolio and engage hiring managers.
How to Write the Perfect Introduction to Your UX Case Study. Your introduction should include 3 key components: a design problem that involves a business need, your approach to solving the problem as well as your role in the project.
How to Write the Perfect Middle Part of Your UX Case Study. The middle is the longest part of your UX case study, where you bring a recruiter through your design process.
How to Write the Perfect Conclusion to Your UX Case Study. So, you’ve written a great introductory hook to your UX case study, where you defined your problem statement, your approach to solving it and your role in the project.
How to Handle Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) When You Write Your UX Case Study. Most designers are familiar with non-disclosure agreements. Usually, your employer asks you to sign such an agreement to prevent you from revealing confidential information.
Picture Perfect: How to Use Visuals to Elevate Your UX/UI Design Portfolio Case Studies. Learn how visuals can enhance your UX/UI portfolio and captivate potential employers.
How Our Courses Can Help You Create Great UX Case Studies for Your Portfolio. If you want to be a UX designer, you’ll need to create a UX design portfolio containing 2 to 3 UX case studies. But if you’re new to UX design, it can be difficult to get started.
What Should a UX Design Portfolio Contain?. Your UX design portfolio is the key that gets you a job interview, and it is therefore vital that you include everything necessary in it.
Should You Create an Online or PDF UX Design Portfolio?. There are generally two types of UX design portfolios: online portfolios and static PDF portfolios. So, which of these should you create if you want to get a job in UX design?
4 Tips to Amplify the Potential of Your UX/UI Design Portfolio. Elevate your UX/UI design portfolio with refined, up-to-date case studies and expert feedback.
How to Build a UX/UI Design PDF Portfolio That Hiring Managers Will Love (Includes Examples). Learn how to build a PDF UX/UI design portfolio that impresses hiring managers. Tips and best practices included!
How to Create the Perfect UX Resume and Cover Letter. Your cover letter helps sell you as a good fit for the company and serves to introduce your resume and portfolio.