10 Productivity Tips for Designers
Many designers complain about a large number of tasks they have every day comparing with the time required to achieve it. If you are a freelance designer, the problem becomes,
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Author: Dr Rafiq Elmansy
Hick’s Law: Building Usable Navigations
Building a user-friendly UI Design involves creating a usable navigation system that allows users to easily move between pages or UI screens, and one of the laws that contribute building a
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What Does the Systems Thinking Teach us About the Problems of Problem-Solving Practice
The systems thinking theory combines understanding how complex systems integrate with each other and solve complicated problems that involve multiple inputs outputs from these systems. The theory can also help
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Service Design Thinking: Putting Your Consumer First
The design process involves multiple disciplines starting from the emphasize phase to the final product delivery. However, achieving a desirable design experience extends the borders of the product development to
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What Designers Need to Learn Aside from Their Design Education
In a conversation with one of my friends about the problems that designers face in their professional life, she highlighted that while designers may get good design-related skills during design
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Practice Guide to Solve Problems with TRIZ
Previously, we covered the TRIZ (Using the TRIZ Method for Creative Problem Solving) as one of the most effective methods to solve problems using innovative ideas. Unlike the other problem-solving
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5 Common Myths About Design
“Designers only do Photoshop work,” “They only think about colors,” ” Design only adds more cost to the project,” and other comments are common to hear if you are a
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Why You Should Move to a Lean UX and How to Apply It
Recently, the Lean UX technique has been highlighted as one of the user experience methods that privilege the Agile development method to overcome the cons of the traditional UX process.
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Practice Guide to Run a Google Design Sprint
The design process plays an essential role in achieving product success by ensuring that the user is at the heart of the development process and that the final product is
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Design Principles: Repetition, Pattern, and Rhythm
The use of repeated design elements is a controversial topic in the creative industry. The distinction between, on the one hand, mundane repetition at the expense of creativity and, on
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SWOT Analysis for the UK’s Brexit Decision to Leave the EU
Last week, the UK decided to leave the European Union after more than 40 years of membership. The national referendum results were 51.9% to leave, while 48.1% to stay. The
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How Design Thinking Approaches Problems
Design thinking is widely known as a strategy to successfully address complex problems and build products that address consumers’ needs. Many word-leading design companies, such as Apple, Microsoft, IKEA, Lego
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Guide for 3D Printing Technologies
3D printing technology is one of the rapidly growing fields that has been involved in different industries including, but is not limited to industrial design, product design, and medical implementations.
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Time Management Tips for Designers: The Action Priority Matrix
Unlike regular jobs, designers are required to handle various of tasks on different levels. This challenge increases when working as a freelancer or working in your own start-up. The majority
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Decision Trees: Eliminating Uncertainty in the Decision-Making Process
Every day, designers are faced with decision-making challenges on different levels of their careers. In many of these situations, uncertainty dominates the choices, especially when it comes to evaluating new
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10 Success Factors for the Experience Design Process
Experience design (or “user experience design”) aims to improve the usability and accessibility of the digital or physical product and thereby create a pleasant and effective experience while using the
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Exploring Design in the Egyptian Creative Market (Infographic)
There is an agreement between both scholars and practitioners about the important role of design and creativity in the following three fields: education, organization, and government. In a previous article,
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Types of Innovation and How to Utilize Them
Innovation is widely acknowledged as important for companies seeking to achieve market success in various industries. This perception is supported by case studies and by observation of companies that have
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Using the Affinity Diagram to Organize Ideas
The design process depends on collecting a large amount of information about consumers, markets, and competitions. This large amount of data collected during the research phase makes it hard for
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How to Conduct a Successful UX Research for Your Design Project
Lacking a clear understanding of the project target audience can prevent a design team from developing a product that fulfills the end user’s needs and expectations. Before starting a project,
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