A Developer’s Guide To Voice User Interface Design
In this ever-evolving landscape of technology, voice user interfaces (VUIs) have emerged as a powerful and intuitive way for users to interact with applications and devices. The evidence of this has been apparent over the last decade with the increasing popularity and demands for virtual voice assistants, such as Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant.From smart […]
Digital Accessibility: Journey to Inclusion
Digital accessibility is all about creating websites, apps, and internet technologies – that is, digital experiences, accessible to anyone, regardless of the impairment they face. The purpose of designing with accessibility in mind is to provide a more unbiased internet experience for all; one where the experience, perception, accessibility, understanding, interaction, and participation with fellow […]
Above The Fold VS Below The Fold: Does It Matter In 2024?
With an ever-evolving and rapidly growing digital world, a greater number of users have shortened attention spans. The window to dissipate information has narrowed to a short section on any web page the users land on. Studies have shown that 57% of users’ viewing time on a web page is dictated by above-the-fold content. With […]
The Complete Guide to Designing for visionOS
TL;DR—A few key takeaways from this guide: Design for eye comfort, precision and control, accessibility, and innovation. Use a consistent visual style, clear and concise labels, and feedback to let users know what is happening. Test your designs with users to make sure they are accessible and enjoyable to use. Stuti Mazumdar & Bhavini Kumari […]
Designing for Data creation, moving beyond Data driven Design
Being data-driven has become a synonym for being new-age. The best thing about data and its analytics is that it can show us what people do on their own. But what it doesn’t tell us much about is the context, motivations, and intent behind the data to make it useful enough. We explore how design […]
Luxury with Digital: A way forward
What image comes to your mind when you think ‘Luxury’? If you are thinking about your last luxury good purchases or luxury vacation experience, you might associate luxury with timelessness, grandeur, aesthetics, personalization, exclusivity etc. Now, for a moment consider experiencing the same in your next digital purchase, as you maneuver through your next digital […]
Conducting stakeholder interviews: 12 Golden Rules
As a User Researcher at ekino, I have often started a UX design project with an immersion phase with our clients. This first step allows our teams to fully understand the objectives, the players, the stakes and the constraints underlying their mission. To do this, we take part in stakeholder interviews. Laetitia Pouilly – […]
Remote Design Research: Approaches and Methods
A user-focused approach to design research has always aided the process of product development through creating objective results based on understanding how users think, interact and engage with a product or service. Pratishtha Aswal & Mohita Jaiswal – June 2020 While probing and observation methods find popularity to understand user beliefs and perceptions, we […]
Understanding Website Content Accessibility Guidelines
As companies continue to bring unique and innovative digital solutions to the market, it’s imperative they take the necessary steps to become WCAG 2.0 compliant. With 1 in 4 adults living with a disability in the US, companies have an opportunity to be proactive in their approach and execution of accessibility as opposed to reactive. The […]
How to create personas driven by data
We use personas to guide the designing of websites, marketing campaigns, mobile apps, and many other contemporary experiences. Once we launch, we gauge the success of our creations for these archetype user groups. And eventually, we create feedback loops that allow us to improve our creations using the perspective of real users. In this blog […]