The Best of UX Magazine
10+ most popular UX Magazine articles, as voted by our community.
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UX Magazine on Design
UX Magazine on Gamification
Five Steps to Enterprise Gamification
With gamification continuing to grow in popularity as a way to engage users, the new book Gamification at Work lays out the five steps of "player centered design."
UX Magazine on Systems Thinking
How Systems Thinking Unlocked More Creativity Than I Could Ever Dream Of
Systems thinking is popular in fields like: economics, psychology, ecology, computer science and many others. Learn more about it as a tool for predicting future outcomes and being creative.
UX Magazine on UX
Pixar’s Rules of Storytelling Applied to Product Managers & UX Designers
Being a good storyteller is why some product managers, marketers, and designers make the leap from Good to Great… and others don’t.
Manufacturing “Aha Moments” For Your Users
If you’re a fan of cartoons, you’ve probably seen that moment when the main character has a great idea, and a lightbulb turns on in their brain. Or maybe a genius plan falls into place. Well, “aha…
UX Magazine on Visual Design
8 Reasons Why Design Is Dead (And How We Can Revive It)
I’m ashamed to call myself a designer.
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The Value of Inconvenient Design
Technology makes seemingly inconvenient tasks easier — but at what cost?
AI UX Design: A New Way Of Designing
What AI-infused UX is and how to design AI-powered products
«When dealing with this type of project, building trust is key. In many cases, AI sounds too good to be true. As a result, this can breed skepticism and distrust.»
Designers: Your self-insight is as bad as everyone else's
Designers understand people who they might impact, and create with others who they definitely impact, but still…in ways that might affect their work. Is it time to become self-aware? Read more in the…
Creating a Fight Club
Making a space for healthy conflict in an organization to work through confusion and disagreement.
Accessibility in UX: The case for radical empathy
A common misconception is that accessibility requires a focus on users that have some kind of disability — but that isn’t the case.
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