Easy is hard
On the Design in Government blog, John Newton has written about creating Easy Read content. So, to clear things up, easy read is used mainly by people with […]
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Be consistent. But consistent with what?
At UX Collective, Duncan Stephen writes about consistency in design. He points out that there’s a real danger in being too consistent, as it can make individual services […]
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Humans will always struggle to be content
In 2018, Brandon Speck wrote an article in www.livescience.com about “Prevalence-induced concept change in human judgment“. It details a series of experiments which show how important context is […]
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User centred design, the GDS way.
I was recently in Brighton where the city council hosted a Government Digital Service session on user centered design. Here are things I found most interesting.
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The power of context in UX
uxplanet.org has a tidy summary of 7 principles which can be applied to digital service design to influence people’s behavoir.
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Tips for young designers (or young people in any career)
David Airey’s blog has a nice excerpt from small NYC based design firm Sagmeister & Walsh’s answers page. The section on advice for students gives the following tips for young designers, but […]
Read moreRoads that wirelessly charge electric cars
Here’s an ambitious forward thinking project – cables under roads which can generate a field which is picked up by a special coil built into electric cars to charge them. […]
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(Very) Honest webdesign feedback.
How can you get really honest feedback about your website or digital project? Richard Littauer realised that when he gets drunk, he gets very honest, and it turns out […]
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The best design is invisable
When something has been designed exceptionally well, you shouldn’t notice “the design”. You should be using a service which just works, not fighting to understand what the process […]
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Great design doesn’t need to “wow”
Another post about good design. It doesn’t need to “wow” its audience, good design works. And it may look boring or dull, but if it allows people to accomplish […]
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