Insights

The latest instalment of our popular event series brought speakers from two British media giants to the packed Goldsmiths’ Centre in Farringdon. We covered user experience trends, the evolution of designers’ roles, and what’s on the horizon for the discipline.

If this isn’t your first time visiting us, I’m sure you’ve noticed our fresh look. Here’s the brief explanation behind our decision to take on a rebrand, as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Cyber-Duck.

Last Thursday, we cruised the River Thames with our staff, clients, suppliers, and friends who have made the past 10 years possible – and introduce what's in store for the years ahead.

Every day, we are assaulted with digital platforms that nag us to do all kind of activities - buy their products, eat more healthily, get on the treadmill... How do some of these persuade us to get going? At this year's Pint of Science festival, I demonstrated how tech can influence our decision-making process.

We’ve been proud to join UX London’s fascinating line-up of talks and workshops for the last three years. This year’s theme was ‘Products, People and Platforms’. Last Friday, Danny Bluestone and I led an event for the Product stream: blending our popular ‘Introduction to UCD’ session with a new Internet of Things twist. Here’s a recap of our workshop!

A couple of weeks ago, Matt and I had the chance to speak at Digital Shoreditch 2015: sharing ideas about creating the best user experiences with responsive web design. I explored how we can build better communication between development and design teams, avoid misunderstandings and the consequences for the final product.

At our annual Quack Hack, the teams were challenged to create projects, inspired by the Internet of Things, in just 32 hours. The Cuckoo Quack was our winner, turning an antique clock into a web notification system.

This Friday, 22nd of May, we’ll be running our fourth workshop at UX London: an introduction to user-centred design, with an Internet of Things twist. The conference begins tomorrow, giving user experience designers three days of inspiration, education and skill development.

This year I’ve been thinking and talking a lot about how we need to adapt our workflows for the multi-device landscape that we’re designing for, looking at how can we be better at embracing uncertainty and managing people’s expectations. Last week, I debuted a new presentation at Digital Shoreditch, about designing responsive experiences that go further than simply applying a few media queries and a fluid grid to make our designs look slick across different devices. Here’s a transcript of that talk.