articles on creative process, successful design, ux, and deliverables.

Creative Process

From the initial idea to delivering the final product; process is about management and work flow. Ensuring that you are creating a product to fit the people who are going to use it, and not just the designer who envisioned it. This section discusses the discovery, exploration, refinement and reaction in the creation of something new.

Topics: Project Management Styles, Industry Accepted Processes, Case Study Examples, Process Innovation

Successful Techniques

The creative techniques behind the construction of great experiences. Developing a look appropriate to the response you expect from your users. Pulling from various influences, trends, and heuristics. This section covers the principals behind creative desicions, discussing how to successfully approach and support visual design solutions.

Topics: Typgraphy in Design, Inspiration and History, Presenting Content Successfully, The Strategy of Design

User Centered Design

The experience behind a design doesnít happen because the designer says it does, it happens when a user has reported it. This is the key destinction behind a successful experience, and will allow you to design products people will want to use. This section is about understanding the user and putting their needs first.

Topics: User Experience Essentials, Designing for the User, Information Architecture, Successful Personas, Evaluating Interface Design

Interviews

Seeking out the inspirational minds, opinions, ideas, and techniques. Scowing the web for the people behind innovative solutions to common industry problems. This section is about putting wisdom before knowledge and taking a moment to learn from the successes and mistakes of industry leaders.

Topics: On the Business of Design, On Improving Deliverables, On Creating Usabile Design, On Project Success

Project Delierables

This section is strictly about content, formating, and conventions behind common industry deliverables. The term deliverable is corperate jargon for a ìtangible object producedas a result of workî, however it can be just about any component of a larger project. Discussing items like project charters, design documents, personas, case studies and all that other good stuff thatís kept you up at night.

Topics: The Essential UX Deliverables, Innovating the Standards, Deliverable Examples and Anaylsis