CREATIVE TECHNOLOGISTS
A bi-weekly hand-picked grass-fed locally-sourced list of the industry articles our creative technologists are currently reading. Topics include customer experience, design, marketing, business, finance, technology, media, and storytelling.
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2019
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020
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March 12, 2018
Prototyping for Virtual Reality using Framer JS
Excerpts of some interaction considerations I learned of while prototyping for a Virtual Reality experience in Framer JS.
Source: UX Collective via Medium
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Read article Explore top companies’ design systems
UXPin launches Adele, a free, open source repository of pattern libraries.
Source: Creative Bloq
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Read article Designing Against Misinformation
Should you trust everything that you see, even if it comes from someone whom you don’t know well? If you’ve never heard of an article’s publisher, but the headline looks legitimate, is it?
Source: Facebook Design via Medium
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Read article Turning Design Mockups Into Code With Deep Learning
Within three years deep learning will change front-end development. It will increase prototyping speed and lower the barrier for building software.
Source: Floyd Hub Blog
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Read article The UX of AI
If you aren’t aligned with a human need, you’re just going to build a very powerful system to address a very small — or perhaps nonexistent — problem.
Source: Google Design
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Read article Why Personas Fail
Personas are useful tools for UX work, so why do they often fail? Find out what pitfalls cause personas to fail, and how to avoid and overcome them.
Source: Nielsen Norman Group
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Read article Sketching in the Browser
Ask any team that works with a design system, and you’ll find the benefits are clear—designers and developers are more productive, products are more consistent, communication between disciplines is clearer.
Source: Seek via Medium
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Read article Your sketch library is not a design system
You can write words explaining how to properly use a toaster, draw pictures of toasters, and even create more efficient ways to draw pictures of toasters. But if you don’t have a functioning toaster, all that effort is for naught.
Source: Brad Frost Blog
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Read article More than a feeling: Ten design practices to deliver business value
As design thinking nears its 50th birthday, many companies still struggle to realize value from design. Those that succeed often follow ten best practices.
Source: McKinsey
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Read article Why Your App Looks Better in Sketch
Exploring rendering differences between Sketch and iOS.
Source: Visual Design on Medium
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Read article Why our industry is paying more attention to Design Ops in 2018
Where design is a standalone entity and creative delivery stalls, the commercial and cultural impact across the organisation can be harmful.
Source: UX Collective via Medium
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Read article A Designer’s Guide to Perceived Performance
To the typical user, speed doesn’t only mean performance. Users’ perception of your site’s speed is heavily influenced by their overall experience, including how efficiently they can get what they want out of your site and how responsive your site feels.
Source: Medium
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