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Prioritise beautiful essentials

Peter Skillman, speaking during MEX/14 while Head of Design at mapping business HERE, warned against the temptation to focus on flashy, headline elements of the UX. This was often done at the expense of more frequently used, but less glamorous interactions. There is an untapped opportunity to build little moments of joy for the user in small gestures, sounds and visual sequences, creating a cumulative effect and long lasting relationship.

— Part of the MEX Insight Series, highlighting memorable moments from 12 years of MEX conferences at the forefront of experience design.

MEX/16 is in London on 12th/13th October 2016 and tickets on sale now.

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Marek Pawlowski

Marek Pawlowski is the founder of MEX. Since 1995, he has focused the MEX business on helping digital industries to develop better, more profitable products through improved understanding of user behaviour with mobile devices and wireless networks. MEX is best known for its events, research and consulting, which balance commercial, technical and user insights to define the future of mobile user experience.

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