In both business and design, we are focusing increasingly on our users' experience, especially in the digital medium. What are the reasons for this development? This article traces this development and answers questions like: What is the economic value of experience? What is characteristic of experiences? Why are experiences so important, especially in the digital medium? And how can experience help us shape a future worth living?
In a connected world, target audiences are more diverse than ever before. In user experience (UX) design, this complexity is a major challenge. However, the right design approaches allow creating digital services and products that stand out positively from the rest.
Especially in the digital age, positive user experience is an important differentiation criterion for products and services. Therefore, this user experience (UX) should be considered from the very beginning of human-centered design. With the right ideas, even limited resources are no reason to give up on creating good user experiences. What possibilities does guerrilla-style UX design offer?
As a global medium, the web promises being able to find users world-wide. However, cultural imprint is still a factor to consider, even in times of digitization. What should you keep in mind in intercultural web design to create a good user experience?
Personas are among the most practical and flexible tools in human-centered product design. They make user research results tangible and are therefore important building blocks on the way to a good user experience.
We see them over and over again in the digital world: progress bars. They are more than simple indications of loading status. In worst case scenaries, they can be really frustrating. How can we enhance the user experience by building user-friendly progress bars?
In the first part covering the basics of website concepts, we described the target audience, created usage scenarios and defined the overall goal of the website. What aspects are important in order to reach these goals?
Last week, creatives and media people of the region met at Schloss Niederweis where the second Media Day took place. I participated with a presentation on the creation of mobile apps for medium-sizes businesses. Now, it is about time to review the event and let you get an idea of the manifold presentation, covering apps for the tourism sector, responsive web design and the impact of mobile communication.
Kim Wittfeld, 25, a student of media design in Cologne, creates t-shirts for his label uglyful, "existing since October '09 and not needing a description" (presentation on the homepage). Besides his own designs, it also features creations made by friends who use the infrastructure of uglyful. A couple of days ago, he contacted me via email asking me whether I would like to write about his label and the t-shirts. As I am always interesting in exchanging with creative people, I proposed an interview with Kim about his t-shirts, his work and his inspirations. I hope it can inspire you and help you on your way.
Schöne Idee: Der StyleSpion ruft heute in der „Ein ♥ für Blogs“-Aktion dazu auf, mit Vorstellungen deutscher Blogs die Vernetzung in der Community anzuregen. Das Prozedere: Heute, 21.4.2009, veröffentlicht die ganze (na gut, vielleicht auch nur ein Teil der) deutschen Blogosphäre einen Beitrag mit dem gleichen Titel und tut darin nichts anderes, als auf lesenswerte andere Blogs hinzuweisen. Drüben bei den Blogpiloten habe ich schon ein paar Vorschläge eingereicht, die im Laufe des Tages erscheinen sollten, aber es gibt natürlich noch mehr zu sagen. So here we go.