Knowing when to use asymmetry and symmetry in layout design is a powerful skill set. Both approaches evoke different feelings from the user and can make or break a design. Learning how to combine the two helps create designs that are unique and memorable to viewers.
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When you first start working on a new project, it's important to understand who will be using your product. When done right, user interviews are an excellent way to gain this understanding.
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In today’s highly competitive market, user experience design is highly important. Prototyping is a cornerstone of testing your UX designs. And while there are many approaches to prototyping, rapid prototyping is one of the most useful.
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As a designer, one of your goals is to create a design that makes your users' lives easier. That means that you need to reduce cognitive load, the amount of mental energy users need to expend to navigate your design. And one of the best ways to reduce cognitive load is to use smart defaults.
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Designing a smooth user flow means creating a frictionless user experience. A frictionless experience means users are less likely to abandon your website or product for something more user-friendly. But what goes into creating smooth user flows?
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The average U.S. user spends five hours a day on mobile, making mobile an extremely valuable medium for app developers. But like any discipline, mobile app design suffers from misconceptions and myths that can stop designers from creating a good UX.
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Mobile is quickly taking over the world, and that means that mobile design trends are especially important to pay attention to. These trends are changing not only our designs, but how we interact with the environment around us.
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When designers are working on a new product, in most cases they will choose to use a white background. However, there are cases when a dark background is much more beneficial—but be warned. Working with a dark UI comes with its own rules. In this article, we take a look at how to make a dark UI work.
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In part one of this two-part series, we looked at how conversational interfaces are changing the way people interact with systems. Today, we will take a look at what considerations are important for you when designing a successful conversational interface.
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User experience is so important these days, and a huge part of that is in the interface that sits between a user and a service. Conversational interfaces are the latest trend in the world of user experience, and are changing how people interact with systems.
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