Just 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. …

If 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…

I 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…

I 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. …

*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…

Going 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…

This 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. …

When 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. …