Oct 26, 2020AdobeMAX Lessons for Early Career DesignersThe AdobeMAX conference was last week and in addition to taking place virtually this year, it was also free for the first time ever(??). For a designer with time on her hands, it was a thrilling three days full of product reveals and demos, conversations with thought leaders and a…4 min read4 min read
Oct 23, 2020Hacks for HumanityJust over a week ago I participated in my first hackathon. As an early career designer, I was equally excited about the opportunity to gain more experience and the prospect of participating in a design challenge with a team of other designers and engineers to solve a problem. As someone…Hackathons3 min readHackathons3 min read
Oct 16, 2020Psychology in Design: Happy PathIf there was ever an instance where a Happy Path was needed, the year 2020 is that instance though there’s a real case to be made that all the data and information was there to at least make the path happier, shorter and without shutting down an economy, but the…User Experience Design4 min readUser Experience Design4 min read
Published in UX Collective·Oct 8, 2020Psychology in design: the Zeigarnik effectI initially wrote about Psychology in Design as it related to the overlap between interior design and product design but now I’m exploring it as it relates to design strategy. We know that design decisions are based in large part on who our users are, how they behave, their goals…UX Design4 min readUX Design4 min read
Oct 4, 2020Microcopy: smol but mightyI remember the first time some microcopy made it past my subconscious and made me stop and take notice. I happened to be scrolling through my apps that had updates available. I rarely read the details about the reason for the update, but today, Twitter’s leapt…Product Design3 min readProduct Design3 min read
Published in UX Collective·Sep 27, 2020Why Peace Corps Volunteers make good product designers*disclaimer: everyone’s experience is [same same but] different. “The toughest job you’ll ever love” is the unofficial slogan of the Peace Corps and what we would jokingly toss at each other when we were riding in an overloaded furgon (vans that acted as a cross between a taxi and a…Product Design9 min readProduct Design9 min read
Published in UX Collective·Sep 18, 2020Member-onlyWhy designers should be part of user testing sessionsGoing back to my love of psychology, learning the fine art of creating and implementing a user testing plan was a real brain treat during my bootcamp. It took some trial and error before I was able to get a good grasp on the differences between a usability test and…Product Design5 min readProduct Design5 min read
Published in UX Collective·Sep 10, 2020Member-onlyFrom interior design to product design — part 4: psychology in designThis was the post in the series that I’ve been looking forward to writing the most because it’s my favorite topic: psychology in design. The human brain is a fascinating place and I’ve always been captivated by the way it works. Psych 101 was the Gen Ed class I was…Interior Design6 min readInterior Design6 min read
Published in UX Collective·Sep 2, 2020Member-onlyFrom interior design to product design — part 3: user-centered designWhen I began the Flatiron UX/UI Design course, I discovered that I’d already learned the core tenets of user-centered design, I just didn’t know them by that name. User-centered design incorporates the needs of the users at each stage of the design process. Part of that also includes taking into…Interior Design7 min readInterior Design7 min read
Published in UX Collective·Aug 26, 2020Member-onlyFrom interior design to product design — part 2: accessibilityI’m sure you’re wondering what’s up with the vegetable peeler. I’ll explain later. Of all the transferable knowledge I brought from my interior design education, the topic of accessibility was both the most surprising and exciting. The topic of accessibility in design was something that my professors at Kansas State…Accessibility7 min readAccessibility7 min read
