Ideas Why I'm Going Back To GDC March 12, 2014 Next week, when I'm not at Adaptive Path's MX: Managing Experience conference, I'll be heading to the Game Developers Conference here in San ... A Reading List That (Actually) Gets Read February 26, 2014 Books can be like New Years’ Resolutions. How to Design Experiences the Adaptive Path Way! February 05, 2014 It's a conversation I've had many times with fellow designers over the years. MX 2014: Big Topics, Smart Leaders, Supportive Community
useit.com: Jakob Nielsen on Usability and Web Design 456 Berea Street: Articles and news on web standards, accessibility, and usability What Is User Experience Design? Overview, Tools And Resources - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Websites and Web applications have become progressively more complex as our industry’s technologies and methodologies advance. What used to be a one-way static medium has evolved into a very rich and interactive experience. But regardless of how much has changed in the production process, a website’s success still hinges on just one thing: how users perceive it. “Does this website give me value? Is it easy to use? User experience design is all about striving to make them answer “Yes” to all of those questions. What Is User Experience? User experience (abbreviated as UX) is how a person feels when interfacing with a system. Those who work on UX (called UX designers) study and evaluate how users feel about a system, looking at such things as ease of use, perception of the value of the system, utility, efficiency in performing tasks and so forth. UX designers also look at sub-systems and processes within a system. Why Is UX Important? There was no science behind what we did.
Ideation + Design | Writings on Digital Product Strategy & Design Boxes and Arrows: The design behind the design 45 Beautifully Designed Book Covers Posted by Andrew Lindstrom / Lists / June 11th, 2009 I would imagine that nobody hates the expression don’t judge a book by its cover more than an actual book cover designer. Obviously, the metaphor isn’t really about books – but still, that’s gotta sting a little. Let’s face it, if people didn’t actually “judge books by their covers”, there would be a lot of graphic designers out of a job. The need for company branding, attractive packaging or promotional material of any kind would be non-existent; thus leaving the lowly graphic designer nothing short of obsolete. So in the spirit of judging books by their covers, I’ve compiled a list of 45 beautifully designed book covers that I find inspiring. Moral Relativism – Source The Brief History Of The Dead – Source The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Source The Microscope and the Eye – Source Lowboy – Source The Kiss – Source Who Is Conrad Hirst – Source The Collected Poems of Tennessee Williams – Source Spade & Archer – Source Send Me – Source
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