By Good product design is not about letting your users design your products for you — it’s about solving users problems and making their lives better. So what problem does the Galaxy Fold solve and how does it make people’s lives better?
Contextual Inquiry: A primer
Contextual inquiry is where ethnographic research meets user interviewing. It’s a key, foundational user research method that you should know.
User interviews: A primer
User interviewing isn’t just chatting with people. It’s not just asking them what they like and dislike. User interviewing is about trying to get to the core of what a user is trying to do and what their problems are.
10 Principles of Good Design by Dieter Rams
The 10 Principles of Good Design by Dieter Rams are timeless. This video with Rams does a really great job of going over them.
What is an affordance?
If you want to be a good designer (or to understand good design) you need to understand what affordances are and when they are being used properly.
Guidelines for constructive and empowering design feedback and critique
I put together this list of core guidelines for critique and feedback that will help you run and participate in better feedback and critique sessions.
How to determine if something is well designed: The Design Critique Rubric
How do you determine if a feature or product is well designed? You don’t just guess. It’s not a question of personal opinion. Use this rubric to know.
Guidelines for thoughtful product design
You can use the below guidelines to check if your product is ready to ship (or if your prototype is being thoughtful enough), and you can use it as a core way to critique other products.
Paper prototyping: A primer
Paper prototyping is a great way to rapidly build and test new ideas. Here’s how.
