I redesigned the Google UX Course’s Dog Walking app high-fidelity example — Last year I reviewed the Google UX Course on YouTube and the videos got quite popular. While I found some issues with naming conventions and a bit of unnecessary filler I quickly realised that even with all its flaws the Google UX Course is one of the best values for…

Exploring a new UX research and analytics tool. — Many designers are often struggling with the research part when writing their first case studies, or even working on their first real product. While there’s a lof of ways to do research, let me tell you about one we do every single time at hype4 when working on real, client…

A Free, built-in, multiplatform whiteboarding that can kill FigJam. — I wasn’t planning on writing anything about the WWDC Apple event this year, but near the end Apple dropped a true bomb. Something that’s relevant to all designers out there. So here we are. Apple has hinted on some collaborative features across their platforms before with SharePlay, first challenging companies…

Now what?! — Hey, designer! 👋 Last year I reviewed the Google UX course and made a video on every one of the seven segments. I also wrote a popular UX Collective article: Is the Google UX course any good? Review by a senior designer.uxdesign.cc Did you know that over 300 thousand people enrolled in the Google UX Course since it launched? That’s a lot…

Improve your UI in stages. Here’s how. — Giving feedback on UI is hard. And if you give a lot of feedback, it often gets lost in the noise and not all of it is ever implemented anyway. I did a Twitter experiment a while ago, when I was just giving three short pointers to people posting their…

I’m starting something new. — I’ve done my share of paid courses on design, that were very well received and have proven to actually help a lot of people progress faster. That’s all good, but I wanted to try something different. What’s different about it? It’s a YouTube first, completely free course on Freelancing — which is something I’ve…

I’m trying something different. So far, so good. — I was really stressed releasing “No Bullshit guide to UX” in early April. After all, I’m a graphics/web designer that started in the late 90’s and simply learned the research methods around 2008–2009 when they became industry relevant. Yes, I have worked on hundreds of products since then and my…

A new design style merges chaotic visuals with good typography — Since the material design revolution, we have been stuck with various versions of the modern-minimal style. Nice, rounded edges on everything, soft, colorful shadows and subtle, pretty gradients. That candy-like style almost appears to give out a bit of a glow. People get bored with how their apps and websites…