User Experience.UX Design

SEO and UX Design

User experience, and our abilities as designers to guide and influence it positively, "starts from when you first hear about a product," says Don Norman. And we should listen. After all, he coined "user experience design" over a decade ago. So what does search engine optimization (SEO) have to with user experience design? If we accept Norman's definition of user experience; everything. Often the first impre... Read Full SEO and UX: Common Goals Article »

Art vs. Design, Form and Function

Good design can seem subjective. Most design award contests are expert-judged, and the judging criteria are seldom formally defined or revealed. This may afford judges lots of latitude in their scoring, but there is a cost to the rest of us. This approach can leave untrained people thinking design quality is subjective; merely personal taste. And though it can sometimes be, it certainly need not be. So let's make a distinction, for baseline clarity. One of the main distinctions between design ... Read Full Good Design Article »

Design Bliss, Even In A Down Economy

In the world of software interaction design we talk a lot about empathic design. That's good, because designing well means understanding well the people we're designing for. But can we have empathy without compassion? Empathy and compassion can not only make us and others feel good, they are practical, useful tools we can apply to our design craft. Of course, we don't only design for "u... Read Full Design Bliss Article »