Have you ever thought about the fact that you can change your world by changing your words? Your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another. They are more powerful than we realize, they are the building blocks of labels, concepts, and beliefs.

As digital creators, words are also the building blocks of our profession; the building blocks of digital design. …

We like to think of ourselves as rational creatures. However, 80% of our day-to-day decisions are done so unconsciously.

You have no idea about how much our emotions, cognitive biases and environmental cues impact on these thousands of small decisions we make, every minute of every day.

The common belief about product design is that you need to provide your users the freedom to make decision but the opposite is true — you need to design their decision path to fit with your goals. — Dr. Liraz Margalit

We are told by our own industry that the customer is in…

I would like to share with you my experience on Liraz Margalit’s Behavioral science workshop. I was stoked to take part in this event, but being a Product Designer at a fintech company that specializes in B2B payments, I wondered whether there will be any take-aways I could actually apply in my day to day work.

Let’s just say that by the end of the day, I was pleasantly surprised. :)

Intro:

The workshop was quite intimate with 30 participants, divided into 5 groups of 5–6 people. We started the day by agreeing that we all want our users to see…

By Eowyn Dean

Have you been to the UX Salon? Let me show you around.

There’s the couch where the 2019 host, Vitaly Friedman, chats with the speakers — and we get to listen in.

Let’s begin with sound. Our first talk of the day:

Sensory Design

Matthew Bennett studied music from around the world. His range shows in the unique emotional language he creates as Head of Sound and Sensory Design at Microsoft. Subtle. Non-intrusive. Powerful.

March 10–11, 2019 Tel-Aviv

Whether you’re a designer, developer, or a product manager- we all seem to share the same perception of how the user experience starts and where it ends- on a screen.

However, user experience can be found all around us, it extends to every place we interact with or obtain information from. Experience is everywhere.

This year UX Salon main focus is Designing for Perception, the Senses and our Modes of Understanding. Beyond the tools and techniques, beyond the screen, our aim is to open wider the discussion on digital design to help design professionals become better at what they do.

So good to remember! Selected images from UX Salon 2018

We wanted to summarizes the presentation for our upcoming UX Salon 2018 conference that will take place May 6–7, 2018 In Tel Aviv. Looking forward to meet you all here again this year. #uxsalon2018

Humanizing Web Design: The Smashing Magazine Relaunch Case Study

Vitaly Friedman, Smashing Magazine
Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Smashing Magazine, will share insights and lessons learned from one of the most challenging project of his life, the Smashing Magazine’s redesign…READ MORE