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The musings of a designer on what he loves about design and what he’s learned along the way.

I want to tell my story about how I came into the design, and how anyone can do the same with a certain will and dedication.

Thanks to all 170+ of you who voted last week on our cover design. The clear winner, coming in at over 70%, was this one, which makes me laugh every time. The book itself is in the layout stage (the manuscript gets converted to actual book pages) and on schedule for a release this September. Stay tuned for more details.

How you portray yourself matters as much as your work.

Your gift for explaining things can change your career

you have abilities most people don't - it's time to use them

How much do UX Researchers make? Data on UXR and Research Ops salaries in 2024, plus key year-over-year UX research salary trends.

After almost a decade of working on digital products across various industries, meeting almost 100+ leading designers from different…

In this article, we'll explain essential components of effective UI design, such as size, spacing, consistency, shapes, visual balance, and many more, so keep reading!

I’m going to break down why the terms “UX” and “user experience” don’t actually describe what it is we design, and the fact that every…

From starting my UX design career in 2014, to getting my first ever freelance gig, to achieving 100,000 subscribers on YouTube, and…

Product Design Director Ryan Lee on following your purpose, growing as a leader, and always staying close to your craft

Coping mechanisms to deal with work overload.

Designing a better experience starts with understanding where we’ve been and where we can go.

Stay to Influence and Learn… change course for Passion and Growth… and always be looking ahead for that next Great Leader.

Ways of measuring your influence on your team and beyond

Top 3 problems for designers: no research, no design strategy, and no career progression It’s been a horrible year for design. Mass layoffs from 2023 contin ...

Stop reading right now if you’re looking for feel-good advice. This is not going to be that kind of article.

To understand others, you need to know more than just their fleeting emotions. You must be able to perceive who they are as people.

The flow state has been co-opted by Silicon Valley to mean productivity, but it’s more about enjoyment than meeting metrics.

Standing up for yourself as a UX person and getting buy-in from senior management.

In UI/UX design, empathy is a foundational skill. How do we harness this skill to create beautiful experiences for our users?

From design-team-of-thirty to design-team-of-one

Are you finding it challenging to figure out how to make the most of your training budget? Unsure of where to focus your efforts to elevate…

The world of UI design is in constant flux, evolving hand in hand with technological breakthroughs. Today, AI and AR/VR are ushering in a…

Designers are the 6th pillar of a business but still they get paid in peanuts and also don’t get much recognition in an industry. This…

Businesses often don’t care as much about what you did but what it resulted in

Building a shared understanding of complex issues is key to doing work in the social impact space.

Our heroes are public figures, not our best designers