Gensler’s US Workplace Survey on workplace design
Editor’s note: Open plan offices might oil the wheels of collaboration but the noise and distraction can diminish our effectiveness at work. Thanks to HR_Gem for sharing.
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8 killer single-purpose design tools
Editor’s note: Some useful design tools here – from data visulaisation tools to timelines.
Interaction design: What we know and what we need to know
Editor’s note: Steve Whittaker, professor of human-computer interaction at the University of California at Santa Cruz, on the current state of play of interaction design.
Slidedeck of the week: Creative communities and sustainable qualities
This deck by Ezio Manzini, professor of industrial design at Milan Polytechnic, looks at the…
Building a better Pinterest through data
Editor’s note: How a data scientist is helping Pinterest provide a better service for users. If you design anything for the web then this is worth a read.
How to build agility into your learning design
Editor’s note: Advice from the Elearning Network’s Rob Hubbard on how and why to take an agile approach to elearning design.
Exploring problem-framing through behavioural heuristics
Editor’s note: Dan Lockton’s in-depth look at designing for behaviour change. This is about designing systems for behaviour change and there is a lot in here for L&D to learn from if you consider behaviour change to be the end-goal of learning design.
Slidedeck of the week: Designing for social experiences
This deck on social design principles is from Paul Adams (@padday). Social Design Principles from…
15 free ebooks about user experience and interface design
Editor’s note: Great free resources on user experience and interface design.
Transitional interfaces
Editor’s note: The nuts and bolts of animated content. As the author says: “Animation leverages an overlooked dimension — time! An invisible fabric which stitches space together. You don’t have to be a math dork to understand this.”
How Facebook design researchers evaluate the first-time user experience
Editor’s note: Chris Dannen, the editor of Co.Labs at FastCompany, sat down with Facebook UX Researcher Marco De Sa to learn his thoughts on enticing first-time users.
Redesigning the conference experience
Editor’s note: Video of weelearning’s event on design thinking and how it works. Includes how participants redesigned the conference experience.
Design for the glance, in a distracted world
Editor’s note: How should we design for the distracted? Keep it simple . . .
Design assessments first
Editor’s note: Better assessments require them to be designed once the performance goals have been established, not when you have designed the course, says Jane Bozarth.
Government service design manual
Editor’s note: A useful resource on delivering digital services from the UK government.