UX brutalism, fragile ideas, Kano model and more UX links this week
What’s hot in UX this week:
What’s hot in UX this week:
Brutalist wireframes →
Usability? Legibility? Common sense? Forget everything you know about UX. Here is a proper framework for designing brutalist experiences that your design peers will love.
The Brutalist UX Framework™ is a not a tool nor a template; it is a mindset for UX Designers that brings the best of the brutalist trend to the UX process.
Forget seamless experiences. The Brutalist UX Framework™creates rough edge moments that will make your users love you. A new type of experience based on neglect, and on user affinity caused by brutality.
The journey of a fragile idea →
It turns out your idea was not so brilliant after all. It turns out there are plenty of loopholes in the interaction and it really doesn’t fit with the long term product strategy. By Gabriel Valdivia.
The golden age of UX won’t last →
How will UX designers continue to prove their value now that good experiences are becoming a commodity? By Jonathan Courtney.
Hey designer, why so fragile? →
Some designers seem to respond very badly to criticism and twitter is becoming a bit of a battle field. Why? By José Torre.
Should you invent a new UX? →
Have you always hated tabs inside dialog boxes? Understandable, but users know how they work, so you have to use them. Is it time to reinvent the wheel?
Choosing the right features with Kano model →
How to create products that will meet our users’ expectations using the Kano model? By Aleksandra Bis (白雅 玲).
How Google designers adapt Material →
Material Design provides a set of tools and guidance to help you make informed decisions when creating an app. But you can break its rules. By Mustafa Kurtuldu.
Don’t mistake common UI patterns for best practices →
Designers have notoriously poured their blood, sweat and tears into browse experiences, but some still overstimulate and under deliver. By Callie de Roussan.
How Gestalt theory appears in UX design →
In the age of AI it’s extremely important to understand some basic psychological principles like the Gestalt theory. By Norbi Gaal.
Why your UX team needs a design technologist →
Working with design technologists can be highly impactful, but there’s often confusion about this role and where fits into a UX team. By Moneta Ho Kushner.
News & Ideas
A really thorough explanation of how trust works
Plus, a good reminder of the fast-cheap-good triangle
Facebook Stories are coming to the desktop soon
Snapchat might be alienating the very people they need to survive
Shopify launches new card reader to compete with Square
The DistractionBot has a lot of conspiracy theories to share with you
The step-by-step evolution of Shazam’s UX
Brandpa lets you register a domain and get a logo at the same time
These Georgian dancers are fascinating
Airbnb has launched a toolkit for inclusive design
A place to discover foreign rap artists from 20+ countries
Tools & Resources
Principle has a new version
Sketch has a new version (46)
InVision has a new tool for collaborative whiteboarding online
Failory: learn from other entrepreneur’s mistakes
AnyIntern: ask 10,000+ interns for advice
Lingo is a design system manager for Sketch
Hall: automated data reports sent to your inbox or slack
Storyboarder: quickly draw animatics to share with others
Fiber is a UI Kit for Framer, by Framer
Mssg.me lets your visitors message you on various channels
Easle is a place to discover and hire independent artists on demand
A year ago…
The best Medium publications from design teams to follow →
Over the last two or three years, design teams from different types of companies have started to turn to Medium to share their thoughts and ideas — from startups, to mature tech companies, to design firms and consultancies, to advertising agencies.
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