It behaves exactly like HTML & CSS. — Figma — which has quickly become the interface design tool for much of the product design industry — has changed the game once again with it’s auto-layout feature. The great thing about the auto-layout is that it enables you to create responsive and consistent designs, quickly. …

A simple method to check that your users know what they’re doing. — Navigation is a topic that seems simple but like the tardis, it’s much bigger than it first appears. There are various debates, such as Deep Vs Shallow Architecture, number of clicks, and Horizontal Vs Vertical navbar, to name a few. …

The method to leverage your own thoughts and feelings to improve your designs. — The visceral response is something designers should always be aware of. It’s the reason that UI Design and Visual Design are so important — it creates a great first impression on people who are using your product or service, the aesthetic usability effect states that good visual design will actually…

TL;DR, stop using paper wireframes, you’re wasting your time! — There seems to be some romantic obsession in the UX Design Community when it comes to paper wireframing. …

Yes… I know its speed has been written about 1000 times, but now you can see it. — The M1 Macbook Pro is rapid, there’s no getting away from it. But unless you’re a power user who’s editing and rendering 4K video content, you probably won't have a chance to see it’s power and speed, unless you do this. One of the most amazing things about the new…

Design done well has the ability to gain companies a lot of money. But poor design leads to costly ‘user error’. — Yeah… I know £500, unlucky right? To give some context; I’m a User Experience Designer. I’m very analytically minded and find software and real-life appliances more intuitive than other people, largely due to the amount of time I spend interacting with them (a lot). Since reading the Design of Everyday…

Gestalt Psychology says that ‘things that are grouped together are perceived to be related’. How might we use this when designing user experiences? — Designers use this in a few ways, to highlight calls to action, to lead the eye to important pieces of information, and to distinguish paragraphs — to name a few examples. However, did you know that people with some types of autism, such as Aspergers, are unable to identify the…

I just had the most nauseating checkout experience ever. — I won’t name the company that provided me with this difficult and confusing checkout experience, I don't think that’s productive or good for anybody. The poor experience all started when clicking on the ‘checkout’ button. The button next to the product I wanted reads: ‘add to cart’. I expected the…

Forms are a highly debated topic in the world of User Experience mainly because there are so many ways to get it right, but even more to get it wrong. In my estimation at least — forms are the single most important thing to get right for social media and…