UX / UI

Why do we prototype? Most of you, dear readers, would agree that the design process for any medium, whether physical or digital, cannot exist without prototyping. Prototyping is such an essential part of any design work that we can’t even imagine not having it as part of our workflow. In fact, it’s so essential, so obvious… that it stopped being discussed as something we're supposed to care for and optimize. After all, everyone knows how to prototype, right? Unfortunately… wrong. Throughout the last decade, I’ve seen absolutely terrific approaches to prototyping that pushed projects forward in great, initially unforeseen, directions and some [...]

How to create the best colour palette for your product’s UI Did you know that it only takes 90 seconds for a user to make a judgement about a digital product? Interestingly for us as designers, most of this judgement is based on color. Coming up I’ll give some tips on how to find colors that work together, how you can test them, and finally some handy tools. Choosing a color palette for your app could be considered the most important part of an app’s visual design, strongly affecting the user’s perception of the quality of the product. But, choosing it doesn’t have to be [...]