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5 hallmarks of strategic vs tactical UX projects
Describing user experience projects as ‘strategic’ versus ‘tactical’ is sometimes seen as interchangeable with ‘good’ versus ‘bad’. It is over-simplification to assume that strategic work is more valid than tactical, but the ability to categorise …
Video: James Deakin’s #mexsession explores digital dieting & the 6th sense
Tapping a worldwide study looking at trends in digital user behaviour, James Deakin of Fjord talks about:
- The emerging need for digital dieting
- The sixth sense we are given by technology
- How experience quality is shaped by smoothing …
Design Talk 32. Death in VR; Paula Ceballos, experience designer
Video: Jonny Burch’s #mexsession on the surprisingly complex art of ‘cool’ design
‘Cool’ is one of those complex, over-used terms often aspired to by experience designers but rarely delivered. Jonny Burch, at the time head of design for children’s financial brand Osper, takes on this tricky topic by exploring examples which ill…
Video: Toni Laturi’s #mexsession on multi-touchpoint UX for sports fans
Building multi-touchpoint experiences which unfold across several screens – from TVs to smartphones – challenges designers to think about what happens in the conceptual gaps between devices. It requires a different approach to user research and in…
Hey Siri, am I clear to land?
I was lucky enough to be taken for a flight in a small four seater plane, touring over New Jersey, USA. It provided insight into the role of audio as a data channel, especially in an environment of complex controls.
The panel of instruments wa…
Design Talk 31. Craig Bryant, We Are Mammoth; patience and incubating agency ventures
This episode is a story which gets to the heart of the challenges facing digital agencies, from remote working to incubating in-house ventures, as Craig Bryant talks to Marek Pawlowski about his journey co-founding We Are Mammoth. Craig shares his…
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…