With the increasing popularity of User Experience as an essential part of the design process, many people are trying to learn how to create great User Experience and become UX specialists. Additionally, many organizations try to make it in the education business, and sell knowledge in this area. You should look carefully at the educational offer and choose only those courses that will provide maximum value. It's not only the matter of the time spent and the quality of knowledge, but also the money invested.
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Some time ago I talked with my colleague Mateusz Jankowski, who is a Senior UI designer. I was telling him that I’m going to write a post about the truth of working as UI designer. The deeper you dig, the darker it gets, but maybe there’s one specific term that describes your daily duties? - I asked. His answer made me cry with laughter - sure, it’s like a visual OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder). Well, it’s hard to disagree. But it’s just the tip of an iceberg.
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Learn How Companies like Dropbox, Uber, and Slack Use Illustration to Increase Conversion
Paweł Utracik
Heavily illustrated websites and apps are quite common nowadays, no matter the industry, but not too long ago that wasn’t the case. Some of the world’s smartest companies have bet on illustrations early on, gracing their digital products and accompanying marketing pages with tiny artworks, and today they are reaping the rewards. They’ve sparked a worldwide trend in digital design, which others have been trying to catch up to ever since. I believe that the storytelling element of illustrations is crucial to their effectiveness. In this article, I’m going to share some insights on how Dropbox, Uber and Slack – world-renowned leaders in their industries – have increased conversion rates through illustration.
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Have you ever wished for a time or life-saving function of your choice existing in Sketch? Well, the good news is you are not the only one, and your desired feature probably already exists as a plugin.
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Illustrations are a powerful tool for your business that can be a real game changer. Is this statement not too bold? Surely, pictures can be a nice decoration of your product, website, app, publication. They can make it more aesthetic, eye-catching, user-friendly. But is it enough to call something “powerful for the business”?
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Best UX Design Tools for Fast Prototyping and Validating Designs - Atomic.io Proto.io UXPin Maze Lookback Comparison
Magdalena Pituła
There are a lot of amazing design tools on the market. It’s important to make the right choice and match the tool with the task you want to accomplish to make your client happy. This article will give you a comprehensive overview of the best UX design tools currently available. Check out what these UX design agencies have to offer. Enjoy!
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We’re happy to announce the launch of our live ebook, Design Process for Pros. It’s an accessible, beautifully designed resource for everyone interested in the professional design process used by Netguru’s team of over 30 product designers. You can grab it here.
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Effective communication with clients is as important to a product designer’s success as their design-related skills. You simply can’t overlook the importance of your ability to understand the client’s vision, communicate on their level, and present your ideas in a way that makes them excited to see them in action. Over the years of working on projects across many wildly different industries, Netguru’s team of product designers has gathered a number of rules to follow to ensure good communication.
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1 Million Lines of Code, 5,000 Tickets in Jira and 3 Years in Development. Meet temi, an 'Alexa on Wheels', and more!
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
A typical day at Netguru looks as follows: One team is building an app for one of the biggest banks in Europe. Another team is working with Volkswagen to help them create a unique customer experience for their first boutique store. Yet another team is sitting at one table with a group of designers and developers experienced in creating cutting-edge unmanned ground vehicles.
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UXDX 2018: 3 Days in 3 Cities. What I Learnt from Revolut, Minecraft, Dice, iZettle, Zendesk and Asos
Piotr Śliwa
It has been a while since my last post on must-have UX practices for fintech. I enjoyed the feedback I got, and I’m sorry I have kept you waiting. But there is a reason. For some time, I have been solving UX challenges for one of the biggest banks in Europe and a groundbreaking investment platform that enables individuals and their advisors to invest in top-tier private equity funds.
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