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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2018
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February 26, 2018
Dangerous Drop-Downs? Bad UI Design Caused Hawaii’s False Missile Alert
We’re all aware of the false alarm people in Hawaii saw on Saturday the 13th of January. Bad design was the main reason — a drop-down menu to be more precise.
Source: Prototypr via Medium
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Read article Designing Friction For A Better User Experience
In experience design, friction is usually the opposite of being intuitive or effortless. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s always bad for the users.
Source: Smashing Magazine
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Read article What I learned about leading a design system in 2017
As the influence of the design system grows, so does the overhead.
Source: Design Systems via Medium
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Read article The Making of Apple’s Emoji: How designing these tiny icons changed my life
This is the story of how an intern and her mentor designed Apple’s original emoji set and together changed the way people communicate around the world.
Source: Visual Design on Medium
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Read article Make Product Decisions Without Doubt – My Lessons from Twitter and Slack
Facebook’s News Feed. LinkedIn’s ‘Who’s Been Viewing Your Profile’ feature. And now Twitter’s move toward 280 characters per tweet. Before these features saw the light of day, there were long debates.
Source: First Round
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Read article 10 New Principles Of Good Design
Dieter Rams’s design principles get a 21st-century update.
Source: FastCo. Design
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Read article How Strava Makes Money Amazes Me
The business model behind the leading cycling app.
Source: Best Company via Medium
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Read article How Nike used algorithms to help design its latest running shoe
Each version of the Nike Epic React Flyknit has a slightly different sole. And that’s all thanks to some clever algorithm trickery.
Source: Wired
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Read article Navigating The Urban Jungle
Two neighbourhoods across two major cities unveiled rebrands recently. How was place branding approached in New York and London?
Source: Communicate Magazine
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Read article Scientific Thinking For Better Design
While design thinking is usually applied to more scientific endeavors, scientific thinking can also benefit design. While it may be a less-trendy topic, a scientific approach to design is certainly effective.
Source: MeasuringU
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Read article Want To Build A Culture Of Innovation? Master The Design Critique
Fifteen years as a design educator has taught Jon Kolko the right–and wrong–way to critique design work. He shares his process here.
Source: FastCo. Design
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Read article A Shift from Engineering-Driven to Design-Driven Business Model
Several of our panelists encourage UX designers to acknowledge the equally important roles of Engineering, Design, and Business, or Product Management, in designing optimal product user experiences.
Source: UX Matters
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