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Designers Talk: What We Didn’t Expect

When it comes to insights into a design job, it's always cool to get the first-hand information. Here it is:…

6 years ago

Lunacy Editor: Why We Don’t Support XD and Photoshop

Answering the frequently asked question from Lunacy Editor users: check 6 reasons why Lunacy is Sketch alternative for Windows and…

6 years ago

Card Sorting in 2018: Explanation, Example, and Online Tools

For user testing, card sorting is a simple method of organizing any data. Unlike classic guides, this one is written…

6 years ago

Case Study: How Difficult Is It to Build Stock Photo Websites?

Stock photo websites look simple - is it hard to build one? The article shares two ways of creating a…

6 years ago

How to Design an App for User Goals (by Example of Airbnb)

Would you like to redesign anything in Airbnb app? Check our ideas on usability improvements for the app and join…

6 years ago

Design Career: One Product Designer’s Story of Relocation to the USA

The article presents a real story from a product designer who dreamt to relocate to the USA and how he…

6 years ago

Icons and Big Data: Predictive Analytics for Search Accuracy

Search process to get the needed icon among the tons of others is not an easy challenge. To make the…

7 years ago

Usability of Bitcoin: What Satoshi Forgot

What will destroy Bitcoin? Governments? Hackers? Winklevoss twins? Usability. Here’s why. Problem 1. High Price of Error Imagine your grandma…

7 years ago

Five Designers Draw: One Icon

That’s how it starts. Fiverr: 5 designers. 5 designs. $5 each. One task. Check the process and the result.

7 years ago

6 Cool Gifts for a Graphic Designer

How much money do you have? Nah, that’s the wrong question. How much money are you willing to spend on…

7 years ago

How To Retain User Engagement After Website Redesign

5 case studies of website redesign failures that will teach you how to retain user engagement when you roll out…

7 years ago

Blind Method of Hiring a Software Developer

Table of Contents 1 How Come They Passed the Interview? 2 The Blind Method 3 Our Experiment 4 Step 1. Choose a Test Task…

7 years ago

Make Amazon Great Again

If everybody at Amazon works so hard, why does the site still looks like it is 2003? In the article,…

7 years ago

Difference Between UI & UX [Practical Example]

The article by usability specialist shares a practical example to explain the difference of design terminology between UI and UX.

7 years ago

How I Was Studying 3 Buttons for 20 Hours

The article shares a case study by the usability specialist of Icons8 team sharing the process of testing buttons and…

7 years ago

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