Researcher and Designer
From the “must read” files, filed under “buzzworthy” and “trending” is Gothelf and Seiden’s work on Lean UX, which posits that UX designers, with a few adjustments to their craft, can work in harmony with the agile philosophy that is all the rage amongst development teams. You know this is more than a fading trend, when … Read more
Among the potential lessons for UX [and designers in general] from Architecture is the way that the impact of spaces can differ from the impact of the whole. For example take a building. Does the emotional impact of a corridor necessarily need to match the grandeur of its exterior? Can a grand cathedral have a … Read more
Microinteractions sits somewhere between the purely theoretical and conceptual (The Psychology of Everyday Things) and the practical (cite any how-to-create-UX-artfacts book on the market today). It is a reinterpretation of concepts that have been around as long as, or longer than the UX field itself. “Atomic design,” or otherwise known as designing each complex interaction at the … Read more
We’re continuing to read through Frederick’s handy reference guide for architects and designers in general. Perhaps the most salient point worth considering is that of language. I occasionally struggle with the question “what do you do for a living?” The answer is either a short “I design websites,” or the more complicated, and oft followed … Read more
The first book in our UX Bookclub series is a personal favorite, and one which is dear to my heart. Matthew Frederick’s 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School, should be a classic in any user experience curriculum. Firstly, my interest in user experience and design as formulated in my time studying as an Urban Planner. … Read more