Things tagged with ā€œdesignā€


Strava made me do it

It's not often - for me anyway - to be quite so fundamentally affected by an app as I have been with Strava. Whereas the majority of apps available today ... Read it →








Digests: Covid & Commencements

Itā€™s never a dull moment round here. Having had a month between jobs to lay low, I was itching to get back into the swing of things. The month ro... Read it →


Ruinous Empathy

By all accounts the Kim Scott book ā€˜Radical Cando(u)rā€™ has become a bible in Silicon Valley and tech circles. And rightly so, as the need for honest and open... Read it →


Digests: Icebergs & innings

In my binging of recent podcast episodes there was another from the Design Better show that caught my eye šŸ‘ / ear šŸ‘‚. In the show with Scott Berkun I was reminded of the di... Read it →


The discovery paradox

Meet Sophie. A business leader at a large organisation, Sophie oversees multiple products. She works with both her in-house product and design teams, as well as external partners. One of ... Read it →


Mentoring, and Imposter syndrome

Imposter Syndrome. That feeling when you doubt yourself, asking whether youā€™re deserving of your accomplishments. You can't help but feel it's only a matter of time until youā€™re expo... Read it →


Office Hours

I really like talking to people. Introvert or not, Iā€™m curious by nature and enjoy understanding what people are up to, what they do, and how they do it. So... Read it →


Speaking to a screen: Mobile UX London

When I spoke at the recent MUX Londonā€™s ā€˜Festival of UX & Designā€™ in September, I knew things would be different thanks to Covid-19. I just donā€™t think I realis... Read it →



6 Tips for a Successful Digital Transformation

Digital transformation. It sounds so grandiose, doesnā€™t it? Like some sort of beautiful metamorphosis: an ugly caterpillar of old techšŸ› magically becoming a beautiful butterflyšŸ¦‹, resplendent in its new digital ... Read it →


Do you speak businglish? Or designese?

Iā€™ve just finished a long stint working within a large, risk-averse organisation. Being product-side for a change has been an incredibly eye-opening experience. Itā€™s the first time in more... Read it →


Conducting project retros as customer journey maps

The retrospective isā€Šā€”ā€Šin my opinionā€Šā€”ā€Šone of the most important activities in any project. Routine post-sprint retros are a great indicator of project health, but end-of-project wash-ups are where the real gem... Read it →




Is the T-shape evolving?

Are designers evolving from just UX designers or just visual designers into multi-disciplinary generalists? There seems to be higher-quality design all-rounders coming back into vogue. Jack-of-all-trades When I was a ... Read it →


Visual inventories for agile design

As a visual designer working on agile projects, Iā€™ve said before how itā€™s easy to lose sight of the larger visual language in agile sprints. When youā€™re tackli... Read it →


When loading fast means learning fast

A few years ago when Mark wrote his article on performance budgets, we were working together on a redesign for a luxury travel holiday website. The use of large images ... Read it →


Strava made me do it

A look into my use of Strava and how it's positively affected my behaviour over time. My name is Jon, and I'm a Strava user. I never thought I could ... Read it →


When agile's not creative

When designing a site, app or digital product, all of the elements on screen need to work together. They need to sing together, harmonise with one another and form something ... Read it →



Strava meets MarioKart

This article was originally posted on the Clearleft blog. Most Hack Farm projects start as someone's itch that needs scratching. Last year's TinyPlanner was Boxman's need for a backwards to-do ... Read it →


On Pattern Portfolios

This article was originally posted on the Clearleft blog Arguably the key deliverable we hand over to our clients is our pattern portfolio, comprised of two main components: The component ... Read it →


2012

Better late than never, right? In retrospect, my 2012 was pretty huge, both professionally and personally. On new additions In the early summer we welcomed another Aizlewood into the world - ... Read it →






What’s CarbonGraffiti been up to?

Itā€™s been a crazy start to 2011. In fact, the last few months have been an absolute whirlwind. Here are some noteworthy the projects weā€™ve been working on, with serv... Read it →



New site, new offering

Well, it's been a long time coming, but CarbonGraffiti has finally been picked up, dusted off, reconfigured, rethought, rebranded, rewritten and repolished within an inch of its life. Not bad. ... Read it →


Argos, you could do it so much better

Argos. Clearly doing well as the UK's most popular 'catalogue showroom retailing' store in the UK. More than 700 stores, 130m customers and Ā£4.3b in sales in 2008 isn't bad. They also t... Read it →



Top 10 articles for April 2008

Here are the top 10 most-read CarbonGraffiti articles for April 2008: Free Email Marketing templates Outlook 2007, Part II Best of March - Email design round-up Design the perfect email: Dimensions & design 14 ... Read it →


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