Designing an app nowadays is a tricky process. The app marketplace is not only reaching its saturation point, but you will also face fierce competition when launching the app, let alone the increased limitations and rules for app design. That’s why building a user interface is a key element for making your app stand out. In this piece, we’ll discuss how user interfaces have evolved over the last few years, what the frequent mistakes in app design are and how to avoid them, and what alternatives to touch screens you can leverage in your digital product.
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Businesses reached the point where they’re aware of the importance of user experience. If you want to have a successful app, you need to focus your activities on meeting your user’s needs, as well as enable them to achieve their goals and address their pain points. Here are a few ways that will help you achieve a better user experience which your users will appreciate in the long run.
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5+ Benefits of Product Design Sprint to Your Business and Your Digital Product (UPDATED)
Dawid Woźniak
There are times when we face big problems and hard decisions in our businesses. In fact, starting and running a company is a constant struggle to win new clients, increase awareness, respond to customer needs and successfully launch products to the market. These challenges often raise questions on how it should be done properly. Having tested numerous solutions we’ve adopted Product Design Sprint, a tool initially developed within Google, which will give you answers to these strategic questions. Our clients confirm its effectiveness and enumerate its many benefits. We picked some universal advantages of PDS to give you an idea how your business can profit from adopting this framework.
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If you are running a business and would like to expand an existing product or create a new one, you are probably asking yourself “How can I develop my product to make it a success?”. The idea is one thing, but user reception can be another. So, if you want to avoid pointless work and wasting resources, your product has to be perfectly prepared. You might have also thought about hiring a company that is focused on UX design - experts in connecting businesses and their users.
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The first half of 2019 was a record-breaking period for investments and acquisitions, to say the very least: over $2 trillion in deals was made around the world, from small takeovers to blockbuster megamergers. Deliveroo got in on the action in May, gaining worldwide attention when it was announced that Amazon would lead a $575 million (£450m) funding round for a minority stake in the British company.
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Digital product design is evolving dynamically with the rise of new cutting-edge technologies that change the way users interact with their devices. That’s why it’s crucial to stay up-to-date with the recent discoveries and methodologies used to provide the best experience to your audience. We put together 10 UX trends that will help you craft user-centered products in 2019.
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How We Keep Brand Consistency in Our Visual Language – A Design System for Illustrations
Katarzyna Dziaduś
Imagine: you create illustrations to be a part of a company's branding. You define a style, give it a direction, and create more and more illustrations necessary for the whole project. But what do you do when you're not a lonely island? What if there are other illustrators on board? Add to that the team of 60 designers and the entire marketing department who will sometimes also need to use your illustrative skills. Our solution: the Illustration Guidelines and Smart Library.
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Smart organizations like Atlassian, Dropbox, Airbnb, and Shopify invest in design systems to provide their products with a consistent look, streamline the design and development process, and boost their teams’ productivity.
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Many things in the digital world are born out of necessity. That is, we need to find a way to do something in a smoother, more efficient manner in order to create something of higher value.
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UX design has become an important element in digital product strategy in many organizations. More and more companies are investing in UX design as it proved it can bring both long- and short-term benefits to a business. Yet, there are still many companies that do not pay enough attention to it, or fail to understand what's behind UX design. In this article, we’ll try to explain what it actually is, how it fits into the design process, how it differs from customer experience, and what benefits it can bring to your business. We’ll also discuss some popular misconceptions.
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