Whether your organization is planning to launch a new digital product, or there's a chance that existing user experience flaws may be blocking your growth, it is beneficial to hire external UX consultants. These experts are able to identify problems with your product, find opportunities, and help your company make a leap. 

A one-of-a-kind digital design team of more than 60 individuals, changing the world one project at a time. Working as partners with clients ranging from small local startups to global enterprises, their work impacts millions of lives every day. Considering how passionate they are about sharing their experience with the community, you may have seen one of our designers speaking at a conference near you, wherever in the world you might be. 

A few months back I had the opportunity to be a part of a project in which the goal was to design an app helping surgeons perform operations. The app was unique in that it adopted the rigid checks and procedures used in military aviation.

It’s only natural that you want your product to be a roaring success. It is also understandable that you want to build it in the most cost-effective way possible. But, saving money by cutting back on product designers could actually prove to be a false economy in the long run. 

What even is UX writing?, you might ask. Well, imagine if you were a copywriter, but your job was, for the most part, disconnected from trying to sell the product. Instead, you’re responsible for making the product communicate its capabilities on its own, as clearly as possible.

To thrive in an increasingly competitive business environment, it is vital that you make your company as agile and flexible as possible. You need to be able to spot opportunities and pain points in the market and react to them before your rivals. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As a traveller and a hothead, I use plenty of travel apps that help me move around, find inspiration and tips, or buy tickets and book accommodation online. Traveling is my passion, however oftentimes I feel insecure when I’m in a foreign country. I always ended up writing down the emergency contact information on paper and printing the government information about the country or region I was visiting.

Creating a design system is one of the services we offer at Netguru- we are about to share the things we learned. 

In April 2019, G Suite, Google’s flagship set of collaboration and productivity apps for business, hit five million paid users worldwide. According to iDatalabs, it’s the market leader among office suite technologies with a 63-percent share. Yet, when it comes to its cloud sharing services, Google Drive is not the most popular choice. Only one in five business customers use the Google Drive cloud storage option at least once a month. Next to security and reliability, ease of use is one of the most important factors when evaluating cloud storage services. Our team decided to find ways to improve Google Drive’s overall experience for a business user.

Case studies can be amazing communication tools for UX and product designers. They’re a wonderful way to convey your skills to potential clients - not just your ability to deliver beautiful visuals, but also to do research and gain deep understanding of various projects.

Exporting your designs with Zeplin is nothing particularly difficult. Once someone shows you the right way to do it, you will be a master. Therefore, I am happy to present you with the proper way of handling the handover. After reading this article you will know everything about Zeplin. Without any further ado, let’s get started!

To be useful, an app needs to communicate its ideas clearly, both within the UI and in the marketing material. Making sure the visual experience you deliver is well-crafted, coherent and attention-grabbing can have a positive impact on building your brand, improving relationships with users, and boosting sales. One of the best ways to do it is by using custom illustrations to distinguish your company from others. Take a look at our list of seven areas in which illustrations can help your business.

The fintech industry has gained momentum, shaping the way both traditional and emerging financial institutions operate. It seems that the rapid adoption of cutting-edge technologies has become a norm in most financial services, including digital payments and money transfers, financial software, or lending and funding platforms. We decided to see whether the was a niche still unexplored. The result? Pockee, a financial platform that bridges the generation gap.

AI-driven UX design is one of the hottest trends for 2019. That said, product designers are not among the jobs and specializations expected to be replaced by robots soon. After all, coming up with the right product idea and executing it is a complex process that combines creativity and advanced analytics.