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medium.com

An updated illustration style for Document Cloud

Untying the trefoil knot icon to create a visual language of continuous motion.

open.nytimes.com

Designing an App for Audio Journalism — From the Ground Up

The Design Journey of The New York Times Audio App

builtformars.com

How to waste billions of dollars in eCommerce

A borderline unusable user experience, littered with bugs and full of missed opportunities. Dive into a UX case study on Zara.com.

set.studio

Reality Check #1: Building out a furniture site from Dribbble

We refactor the design of Hrvoje Kraljevic’s “Furniture e-commerce website” and build it, step-by-step.

builtformars.com

A checkout designed for impulse purchases

Horrible retention rates, dark patterns and incentivizing people to abandon their carts. This is a UX analysis of HelloFresh.

medium.com

Design System Challenge: Rebranding 100+ touchpoints in under 9 months.

In today’s hyperconnected world it is critical for a brand to be extremely flexible but recognizable.

blog.tubikstudio.com

Case Study: Magma Math. Web Design for Educational Platform

Web design case study for education: check the website creation process and custom graphics for the ed-tech platform Magma Math.

medium.com

Designing healthcare solutions: How trying to get better made me sick

In 2017, I found myself deeply immersed in the healthcare industry.

medium.muz.li

UX Case Study: Turning a 100-Year-Old Bank into a Digital Innovator

The goal was to change the perception of the brand from complex and formal to friendly and pleasant.

builtformars.com

How (not) to get people to download your app

Reddit’s strategy of cannibalising their own web experience (UX), and blocking third party apps, might not be working.

ishadeed.com

Case Study: Rebuilding TechCrunch layout with modern CSS

Rebuilding TechCrunch with modern CSS.

viget.com

Eco-Friendly Toilet Paper: A Product Strategy Case Study

Who Gives a Crap’s great brand wasn’t enough to overcome my product frustrations and keep me from switching to Reel.

uxguide.co

Butter — onboarding, smooth as butter

Complete UX Audit of how Butter onboards new users.

pentagram.com

New Branding for the Natural History Museum

Moving the Museum from catalogue to catalyst.

veerle.duoh.com

Designcollectors Website Redesign

Today, I’m excited to share with you one of the website redesigns I recently completed for one of my long-term clients.

smashingmagazine.com

The UX Of Flight Searches: How We Challenged Industry Standards

As of today, the world’s 50 top airlines have all agreed on the same flight search pattern.

smashingmagazine.com

Behind The Curtains Of Wikipedia Redesign

The Wikipedia team shipped a redesign of the ubiquitous and one of the most visited websites on the web.

instrument.com

Nike Digital Design System

Our journey to the Nike design system began more than a decade ago, when we were first tapped to reimagine Nike.com.

builtformars.com

A collection of bitesized UX interactions

Curated to inspire other designers and help you tune into what great UX looks like, from the best products in the world.

medium.com

Designing the latest generation of Uber Navigation: maps built for ridesharing

The story of how we redesigned Uber Navigation from the ground up using rapid prototyping and data-driven design.