The Ultimate Design Decision: Skeuomorphism Vs. Flat Design
At the 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference, the new iOS 7 interface transformed from a rich 3D design to a flat 2D design which sparked a lot of conversation. Although both desat ign concepts are still used widely today, there are pros and cons for each style,...
Designing With Ugly Content: Effective Content Management
Every member of the team serves the content king during some point in the development process. Large scale projects can involve writers from different teams - from marketing to legal - and multiple incoming data channels that require technical strategies to manage. Part of a user...
Adobe XD vs. Sketch App: Whoever Wins, We Win
The lack of direct competition for any program is a shortcut to market penetration. To have this advantage for more than seven years, that’s the real deal; it’s called branding. That was the case with Photoshop many years ago and it is now for Sketch...
Contextual Design: The Key to User-Centered Apps
A user-centric interface should make the user feel as if you’ve read their mind. A smart and delightful interactive experience is as close to magic as technologically possible. This is accomplished by designing an experience that meets a user’s needs with little input required. An effective...
7 Mobile App Onboarding Tips That Increase User Retention
Having an effective mobile app onboarding experience is critical. Great user onboarding not only lowers abandonment rates but can also help boost long-term success metrics like user retention and user lifetime value. - // This post describes the best practices for creating an effective user onboarding...
How To Design For Mobile Apps [6 Tips + Infographic]
In an ideal world, design principles and conventions would remain consistent across all devices and platforms. In reality, there are many differences. Just as programming languages and operating systems differ from desktop to mobile, so do design best practices. The graphic below offers tips and tricks...
The Top 12 UX/UI Design Tools: Easier, Better, Faster, Stronger
The amazing and intimidating thing is that there are a myriad of challenges in UI & UX Design, and exponentially more potential solutions. The best kinds of solutions are ones that can be seamlessly integrated into the current tools of choice, and those that can...
The Importance of Visual Quality Assurance (VQA)
Designers seek perfection. Attention to detail is our job. And a successful mobile app is a bug free, pixel perfect manifestation of our vision. As it turns out – no matter how detailed our style guides may be – this is unlikely to happen right...
Sketch 3: A Powerful and Simple Tool for Digital Designers
Sketch is made purely for digital designers who heavily design websites, mobile UI, icons and other similar products. Unlike Photoshop and Illustrator, that are bulky with bloated and unnecessary tools (and not to mention expensive!), Sketch comes as a blessing in disguise with a clean...