Sensing the world in VR: an overview on the state of VR in UX (and introducing a new term to the game)


Note: This is a guest post written by Ayelet Batist, who is giving a Master Class (which you should definitely sign up for) on avatar embodiment in VR on June 7th. Sign up for the Master Class (it’s free & online) → Standing in a crowd of excited Chinese visitors at the 798 Art Zone […]
What if we were to use AI while crafting user experiences?


AI for apps is here, and in this article we’ll show examples and talk about why we need to think that way
Victor Yocco (UX researcher & Author) on applying psychological theory to digital design


David was fortunate today to sit down and have a great conversation with author and UX researcher Victor Yocco. With Victor he discusses how UX research fits into the workflow, what it takes to create a really good experience, and how user psychology comes into play in design.
Jon Lax from Facebook on the Teehan + Lax story, and useful tips for design managers


This week we were fortunate enough to meet face to face with Jon Lax, Director of Product Design at Facebook. In this insightful and brutally honest conversation, Jon shares the lessons he learned while scaling Teehan+Lax to almost 50 employees.
Scaling a Design Team, Episode #5: Feat. Joel Califa, Product Design Lead at Digital Ocean


This week we’re thrilled to share with you our talk with Joel Califa (twitter). Joel is a Product Design Lead at DigitalOcean, Founder of Design & Code, and Front-End Instructor at GA . On this call with us is Noam Liss, senior product designer at SimilarWeb.
Scaling a Design Team, Episode #4: Feat. Emmet Connolly, Director of Product Design at Intercom


This week we’re thrilled to share with you our talk with Emmet Connolly. Emmet is Intercom’s Product Design Director. Also joining us on this call is Noam Liss, senior product designer at SimilarWeb. Talking with Emmet was insightful, and we learned a lot about the way Intercom’s design team works and scaled.
Scaling a Design Team, Episode #2: The Hacking UI Design Panel event in San Francisco


This November we teamed up with Design&Startups and launched a free product design panel event, discussing product team structures, responsibilities, and workflows. It was an amazing experience for me hosting the first ever Hacking UI event in San Francisco. The panelists were amazing and listening to what they had to say was super insightful!
Scaling a Design Team, Episode #1: feat. Billy Kiely, VP Product at Invision


In this episode we talked with the amazing Billy Kiely, VP Product of Invision. Billy was the first designer at Invision, and he scaled the company alongside Clark, the CEO, with design thinking as one of it’s core values. We talk about the structure of Invision’s product team, about how Billy made hiring decisions, what it’s like to work at Invision on a daily basis, and more.
This is our first episode, so we would love to hear your feedback! Write us in the comments!