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The 5 Stages in the Design Thinking Process
Design thinking is a methodology that provides a solution-based approach to solving problems. It’s extremely useful when
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What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?
Design Thinking is not an exclusive property of designers—all great innovators in literature, art, music, science, engin
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Personas – A Simple Introduction
Personas are fictional characters, which you create based upon your research to represent the different user types that
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What is Interaction Design?
Interaction design is an important component within the giant umbrella of user experience (UX) design. In this article,
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Latest UX / UI Design Articles

What is Sensory Memory and How Does it Work?
Sensory memory isn’t a “true” type of memory because it doesn’t involve the hippocampus, which is the part of the brain
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What Types of Memory do we Have?
Our focus here will be on how human memory is organized, along with a brief look at how it works. Our main goal is that
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Start Your UX Journey: Essential Insights for Success
One in three consumers (32%) will abandon a brand they love after a single poor experience—yes, all it takes is just one
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The Role of Micro-interactions in Modern UX
Micro-interactions are small but crucial elements that enhance user experience (UX). They offer intuitive cues and turn
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User Experience Design

What is Interaction Design?
Interaction design is an important component within the giant umbrella of user experience (UX) design. In this article,
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Human-Computer Interaction

How to Use Mental Models in UX Design
Mental models are important in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and interaction design because they provide information
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A Brief History of Human-Computer Interaction
Human Computer Interaction is the academic discipline that most of us think of as UI design. It focuses on the way that
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Usability

User Interface Design Guidelines: 10 Rules of Thumb
Learn to design with your user’s needs and expectations in mind by applying Jakob Nielsen and Rolf Molich’s Ten User Int
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The 7 Factors that Influence User Experience
User Experience (UX) is critical to the success or failure of a product in the market but what do we mean by UX? All too
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KISS (Keep it Simple, Stupid) - A Design Principle
It was Albert Einstein who said; “If you can’t explain it, you don’t understand it well enough.” Though it is often mis-
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User Interface (UI) Design

10 Great Sites for UI Design Patterns
You don’t want to spend your whole life redesigning the wheel, do you? No, neither do we. If you are looking for a desig
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User Interface Design Guidelines: 10 Rules of Thumb
Learn to design with your user’s needs and expectations in mind by applying Jakob Nielsen and Rolf Molich’s Ten User Int
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The Grid System: Building a Solid Design Layout
Now that we’ve seen some grids at work in the Rule of Thirds article, let’s examine them a little more deeply. As a conc
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Design Thinking

What is Design Thinking and Why Is It So Popular?
Design Thinking is not an exclusive property of designers—all great innovators in literature, art, music, science, engin
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Personas – A Simple Introduction
Personas are fictional characters, which you create based upon your research to represent the different user types that
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