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Autonomous Decision Making in Design

Autonomous Decision Making in Design

Every designer has been in a position where they needed to make a project-changing decision, only t...

Design is Not Independent of Context

Design is Not Independent of Context

A terrible misconception people have about designers is that we make things pretty. Yes, pretty is ...

You Are More Than Your Software

You Are More Than Your Software

Software is great. It makes our work faster, more efficient, and gives us more design power and capa...

The Design Process for Non-Designers

The Design Process for Non-Designers

The role of a designer is to create solutions for visual problems in medium communications that are ...

Designing Under Pressure

Designing Under Pressure

Inevitably, you'll eventually run into a situation where you have to deliver a task under an entirel...

The Job Interview Design Challenge

The Job Interview Design Challenge

Almost every single designer out there has been put in a situation where job interviews seem to be g...

How to Spot the Faux-Prophets of UX Design

How to Spot the Faux-Prophets of UX Design

Too many "UX Designers" out there are giving UX a bad rep, especially in the MENA region. We have t...

In Search of the Wow Factor

In Search of the Wow Factor

It was during a job interview that I first heard the term "wow factor". I was presenting a project I...

Design Thinking is Not Design

Design Thinking is Not Design

We've all heard about Design Thinking, and it's been a buzzword catching on like wildfire. Business...

A Balanced Approach: Incorporating Both Agile and Waterfall into Your UX and Product Team's Workflow

A Balanced Approach: Incorporating Both Agile and Waterfall into Your UX and Product Team's Workflow

You've probably seen this endless debate countless times on LinkedIn or other social media websites:...

Leveraging AI to Enhance Your Daily Tasks as a Designer

Leveraging AI to Enhance Your Daily Tasks as a Designer

There is no denying that artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live and work. Fro...

Should UX Designers Learn to Code?

Should UX Designers Learn to Code?

As a UX Designer, should you be expected to create design interventions by coding? It's a question...