user research
Courage and user research
If you believe, as I do, that the most meaningful advances in technology start from extraordinary human insight, is there an argument for more courageous experimentation in user research methods?
Consider that most ubiquitous of questions:
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Good UX flows from thorough user research
I’ve begun reading Roger Deakin’s Wildwood. Early on, he describes a series of school trips to Beaulieu in the New Forest, where he and other children observed and documented the flora and fauna of a 3 by 2 mile area. I’m in awe of what his biolog…
Francis Ford Coppola, user research and ‘bioimaged’ vs ‘autobiographical’
About 2 minutes in the interviewer comments: “Your films are not so much autobiographical as bioimaged.”
This is from ‘Blank on Blank‘, a Youtube series which animates old audio interview recor…
Planning for the intensity of empathy in user research
Part of a new MEX series highlighting compelling case studies which catch our eye. Follow MEX @mexfeed or by signing-up for the weekly email newsletter.
Benjamin Earl Evans‘ ‘How to avoid UX burnout‘ is a departure from our recent case study p…
Video: Rachel Liu’s #mexsession on cultural nuance & user research in Chinese education
Recorded at MEX, October 2016
User research. What next?
This is part of a series of provocations to fuel discussions at the MEX/16 conference. Follow @mexfeed for more, join the debate at #mexdesign16 or by posting your comment below.
Everything we do starts with users. At least, it should.
The …
Intro to user research in 4 videos: better interviews to generative techniques
Rory Southworth’s video series of 4 ‘lightening’ sessions on user research starts with the basics of how user insights drive better design decisions and goes on to explain a range of techniques for delving deeper into user motivations.
Each of …
Design Talk 18. Microexpressions in user research; Aaron Garner, Director, Emotional Intelligence Academy
Design improves in proportion with how accurately users’ true feelings are understood. However, are user experience practitioners doing enough to look outside their own field to evolve new research techniques? We spoke with Aaron Garner of the E…