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THE DESIGN PORTFOLIO

The concept of a design portfolio dates back to when designers were called “graphic designers”, and their artefacts had a longer life span. Nowadays, designers involved in delivering digital experiences know that their work will last in the blink of an eye.

My approach to not creating and curating a design portfolio started many years ago. I decided to avoid this task because it offers a low return on investment.

In this post, I’ll share my thoughts on why design portfolios aren’t that helpful in showing recruiters and managers how real design talent can unlock business value.

BACKGROUND TASKS: HOW TO IMPROVE THE UX?

Background tasks often need significant technical resources to handle complex user journeys. In addition, these complex user interactions can be overwhelming for users since they have to focus and engage with the system in a detailed way.

In the next paragraphs, I will share my perspective on the best design strategy for delivering a seamless background tasks user experience that unlocks business value.

UX AND RESPONSIVE DESIGN

What is the best way to back up the best practices for the user experience in responsive design projects?

I had the opportunity to design many responsive HTML-based experiences. In the next paragraphs, I will share my angle on integrating user experience design in responsive web projects, emphasizing the importance of aligning design with user needs. In addition, I will list findings, problems and open questions I’ve collected during my journey to craft a design that unlocks business value.

THE GREAT BLUFF OF THE DESIGN SYSTEMS

TLDR – The Great Bluff of the Design Systems

Nowadays, talking about design systems (DSs) within the digital industry is very trendy. The definition of this deliverable as the “single source of truth for an organisation to design its products” sets expectation levels within the insiders’ community impressively high. But I feel all that glitters is not gold.

THE USER-CENTRIC LANGUAGE

I stumbled on this interesting post about User-Centric Language (UCL): https://goo.gl/uz9421

As soon as I read the first lines, I was able to find many common use cases in the fintech scenario.