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5 Design Lessons from Great Writers

What can great writers teach us about being great designers?
Great Designers Throw Away Most of their Work

If you want to create better designs, get comfortable creating more and throwing most of it away.
False Simplicity in UI Design: Simple is not always better

The desire to make designs as simple as possible can sometimes go too far and negatively impact usability
Blowing Away Dyson’s Biggest App UX Weakness

We bought a Dyson fan but the app experience could do with one key improvement to make it more usable. Here's how I would redesign it.
The Best Way to Stand Out in Design Job Interviews

I’ve used this technique to get better jobs and push my design career forward (and it's even doable in this remote world)
Improving American Express’s App Payment Process

Even the biggest companies can miss a few simple UI changes that will make a big difference
The Most Important Thing Designers Have

Designers often mistake tools as the most important thing we have but something else is far more important
Learn from Great Design: Warby Parker

Warby Parker disrupted the eyewear market, here's how their website UX helped them reach a valuation of over $1 billion
Learn from Great Design: Captain Train

Captain Train's user experience is a lesson to all other train companies
Learn from Great Design: Beliyf

Beliyf are a “strategic consulting firm” but that’s a bit boring, so they’ve positioned themselves as much more interesting through great design.