Storytelling: Designing the user’s journey with UX story mappingWe are inveterate storytellers, “who create our own identities around a story,” says philosopher Owen Flanagan. It seems appropriate that…Jan 22Jan 22
The rise of agentic AI: designing for a new eraPattern matching AI is giving way to a new era of agentic AI, powered by reasoning, goal-oriented behaviour and world models.Dec 15, 20241Dec 15, 20241
Published inUX CollectiveThe Vignelli Canon: A design classic from the last of the modernistsMassimo Vignelli, the multi-faceted designer and thinker, was the last of the great modernist designers. A utilitarian, design reactionary…Feb 1, 20233312Feb 1, 20233312
Chaos, Derrida and pigeons: Things I learnt from Dave SnowdenTo hear Dave Snowden talk is to be treated to an avalanche of fascinating ideas, with many being relevant to the design process.Aug 31, 202269Aug 31, 202269
Published inUX CollectiveThe Barry Lyndon poster is a design classic, not designed by Saul BassThe Barry Lyndon poster is an iconic masterpiece, and an interesting example of the inaccurate attribution found while I was researching…Apr 28, 2022207Apr 28, 2022207
Published inUX CollectiveCardew’s Treatise: The greatest musical score ever designedThe ‘Mount Everest’ of graphical musical scores, Treatise still surprises with its invention and beauty.Feb 1, 2023164Feb 1, 2023164
Published inUX CollectiveDesign detail: Crafting better shadows for interactionShadow doesn’t get as much love such as cool colour palettes or super sexy shapes, but it is vital in communicating interaction.Feb 1, 20234031Feb 1, 20234031
Published inUX CollectivePilot error, Chapanis and the shape of things to comeHow Alphonse Chapanis, a young psychologist, saved the lives of WWII pilots through clever design.Apr 28, 2022370Apr 28, 2022370
Published inUX CollectiveDesign principle: Effective listening through reflective questioningListening is a vital UX skill we can all get better at, and a chatbot experiment from the 1960s teaches us how.Feb 1, 2023224Feb 1, 2023224
Published inUX CollectiveMicrocopy: An essential guide to becoming a more literate designerDesigners should not be mere decorators, but have an understanding of language and microcopy, a crucial design skill, now more than ever.May 14, 20211K4May 14, 20211K4
Published inBootcampFavorite podcasts for creatives, designers, and amateur psychologists14 hugely interesting and educational podcasts on design, creativity and psychology to fill any learning void.Apr 23, 202114Apr 23, 202114
Published inBootcampDesign principle: Avoid the need to ask the questionSteve Job’s challenge to the engineers of the first iPad keyboard is an excellent lesson to us all.Apr 14, 202115Apr 14, 202115
Published inUX CollectiveThe art of visualising music: A brief history of graphic notationDesign and music intersect in many areas, yet one relatively obscure but staggeringly creative area is in the design of graphic notation.Oct 7, 20222942Oct 7, 20222942
Flipping the bird: Quitting Twitter and getting my attention backI joined Twitter 10 years ago and today, I wilfully pressed the deactivate button.Mar 19, 2019501Mar 19, 2019501
NoUI and the danger of invisible designI know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I’m afraid that’s something I cannot allow to happen.Jul 12, 20171Jul 12, 20171