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Learn the Role of Perception and Memory in HCI and UX
Have you ever wondered how your brain makes sense of the world? It's a fascinating process! If you want to design helpful products and services that people love, you must first understand how they think. A large part of human interaction relies on perception, our ability to see, hear and feel our surroundings. But we also need to be able to connect these things. That's where memory comes in—it helps us connect the dots. Learn about the role of perception and memory in design through the IxDF Per
Tooling and feeling
<div><p>On our relationship to the tools that shape us, how machine intelligence understands, and the value in the human capacity for feeling.</p>
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The Forged Apple Employee Badge
<div><p>Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye.</p>
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DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb
<div><p>Once a vibrant platform for artists, DeviantArt is now buckling under the weight of bots and greed.</p>
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Time-based CSS Animations
<div><p>In my earlier post Time Uniform For CSS Animation, I took a note about a way to do CSS animations with time ticks instead of keyframes.</p>
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Triple stripes and trefoil
<div><p>The history of the Trefoil logo and Adolf Dassler’s logotype for German sports brand Adidas.</p>
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Global Accessibility Awareness Day at Clearleft
Thursday, May 16, 2024, marks the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.
According to the World Health Organisation, over one billion people worldwide live with some form of disability. Despite this, many digital platforms remain inaccessible. Global Accessibility Awareness Day encourages designers, developers and organisations to consider a
Apple announces new accessibility features, including Eye Tracking
<div><p>Apple today announced new accessibility features coming later this year, including Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, and Vocal Shortcuts.</p>
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The Classic Border Radius Advice, Plus an Unusual Trick
<div><p>When you nest elements with border-radius, the inner element needs less radius than the outer element. </p>
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Emoji history: the missing years
<div><p>During my research into vintage Japanese drawing software, I came across some devices that had built in sketch or handwritten memo functions.</p>
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Why is The World Losing Color?
<div><p>The age of productivity, minimalism, and monochromatic color schemes.</p>
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CSS Masonry
<div><p>I’m worried about the tabbing behaviour, rather than the syntax and name of CSS masonry.</p>
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5 New Amazing UX/UI tools and updates for UX designer
Photo by Tirza van Dijk on UnsplashIn the UX design field, new tools and updates always help us create unique products. In this post, I’ve gathered five new excellent tools and updates to improve significantly the UX designer’s work. Ready to learn about the latest trends in the UX/UI world?Spline DesignSpline Design now has a powerful new tool, AI 3D Generation. Using text prompts, you can create 3D objects and turn your images, characters or avatars into 3D images in the Spline Editor or dashb
Generative AI UX Design Patterns
PRACTICAL DESIGN INNOVATIONFacilitating conversations on Generative AI in your UX ecosystemMidjourneyGenerative AI can add value to your site in many more ways than as a conversational ChatGPT-like experience or as a feature like the button on resume sites that generates your cover letter.Let’s explore different ways to facilitate conversations about melding Generative AI and your product’s functionality!There are three ways of looking at integration relationships between features and genAI: sys
The Power of Collaboration in User Research
User research stands as the cornerstone for product managers and design agencies striving to create impactful solutions. However, as the world and its problem become bigger, understanding user needs brings significant challenges for researchers. Synthesizing and comprehending user interviews, especially within the constraints of team dynamics and client expectations, can often feel like navigating a labyrinth. In this article I’ll explore how collaboration, coupled with new technology, can help
Why companies will struggle hiring the best designers today
The irony of trying to pick the best resulting in not-so-ideal outcomesContinue reading on Prototypr »
Design Thinking: Top Insights from the IxDF Course
Think about a new project at work— your team needs fresh ideas. The challenge is significant. You want to create a desirable, economically viable and technologically feasible product for your users. You try to understand market trends and consumer behaviors as your first step. As complexities and uncertainties arise, you must turn to design thinking. It guides your team through idea generation and promotes iterative prototype testing. Learn more about the design thinking process with the IxDF co
Furniture and Home Decor UX: Deprioritize "View in Room" Augmented Reality (AR) Features
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Key Takeaways
Baymard’s large-scale testing reveals that 87% of users largely avoid AR features when furniture shopping
When AR technology is used to model furniture in a room, it often generates doubt about product suitability and delays purchasing decisions
Instead, invest in high-performing images o
Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down
<div><p>Out: 10 blue links. In: all AI everything.</p>
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AI Hallucination Examples and Why They Happen
<div><p>Easter Eggs of AI: Meme References, Duplicates, Biases, and Other AI Hallucinations</p>
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