Published in UX Planet·Jul 16, 20203 Biggest Mistakes Young UX Designers MakeThese are the 3 biggest mistakes I’ve seen young UX designers make when entering their first design role. 1. Everything needs to be PERFECT If there is one thing I’ve learned as my time as a UX designer is that there are always trade-offs in your design. It could be anything from SEO needs more copy…Design3 min read
Published in UX Planet·Jul 14, 2020Design System Pt. 3 — Jumping InIf you haven’t read parts 1 and 2, I would recommend starting from the beginning. So now that you’ve read the first two posts in this series you should have documentation that shows different variants of each individual component on your site. …UX3 min read
Published in UX Planet·Jun 23, 20205 UX Design Myths You Can Fix1. Good usability is good enough without aesthetics Myth 1 is a doozy… I’ve always been visually inclined, maybe it came from my parents, my mom was always good at painting and calligraphy. But one thing I’ve never understood is when UXers say “Visuals don’t matter” or put less emphasis on Visual Design than Interaction Design or Research…UX4 min read
Published in UX Planet·Jun 22, 2020Design System Pt. 2 — Getting OrganizedWhere to start when you don’t have a design system. — This is a continuation of an intro article about design systems. If you haven’t read part one, I would highly recommend it to help set the groundwork of what you will be reading below. Have you ever come into a new company and realized that it has little to no…Design Process4 min read
Published in UX Planet·Jun 19, 2020Design System Pt. 1 — IntroductionThe move towards consistency. — When I got to Blue Nile, I expected a set of guidelines to design around. Call it a style guide, call it a pattern library, call it whatever you want… we didn’t have one. The basic idea was to try and make things look like they were all from the…Design3 min read
