How to Decrease Decision Fatigue and Increase Conversions
It sort of feels like our lives are nothing more than an endless string of decision-making, doesn’t it? You go…
5 Human Things UX Designers Can Learn From Conversational Design
It seems like magic: you talk to the phone, and it talks back. And if you’re lucky, it says something…
What’s the Minimum Amount of Security Your Website Needs?
Unfortunately, over half (54%) of the businesses surveyed for the 2018 State of SMB Cybersecurity report believe they’re too small…
Brand Science 101
But unlike its younger sibling social media, branding has lacked the polish of evidence-based metrics and science to back it…
5 Tips for Controlling Focus
You’re going to have build your site in such a way that the eye is naturally drawn from one step…
8 Ways to Kickstart a Design System
Recently, I was part of a 3-person team of consultants who in 12 weeks built the foundations of a new…
How to Rescue Bad Brand Assets
Just imagine it, you walk into your office, and you get a notification: your client has just dropped everything you…
Does the Web Really Need Cookies?
Every day, millions of people visit websites all over the world, and are confronted with a simple message: “We use…
How to Create Identity Guidelines that Empower your Clients
It’s time to take our cue from UI design and start creating guidelines that leave nothing to the clients imagination….
5 Common Design Mistakes that Disappoint Users
Designing an interactive interface or a website is not an easy feat. You have to analyze everything about your audience,…
Why Don’t We Just Use Material Design?
I work out of a small office in a co-working environment. Next to my dedicated space is a hot-desking area…
6 Actionable Tips for Accessible Emails
WHO suggests that 1.3 billion people all around the world have some kind of visual impairment – which includes 217…
Should You be Building Progressive Web Apps?
Take a close look at Monetate’s Ecommerce Quarterly Report for Q2 2018 and you might not be happy about the…
8 Dead Web Trends We’re Better Off Without
A lot of very smart people have said that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat…
The Hidden Costs of Minimalism in Design
It offered a simpler and cleaner design direction for websites and interfaces. Web and app designs became less complex in…
How to Make Gamification Work on the Web
The somewhat controversial topic of the usefulness of gamification in business has been sparking debates recently. One claim is that…
Dogma Kills Design
It’s all in the title, really. I am no stranger to dogmatic thinking. I was once a very religious missionary,…
15 Critical Website Fixes to Make Before Launching a Mobile App
Your target market has gone mobile. Mobile users spend up to 12% of their time browsing on their device, which…