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Posts Tagged ‘user experience’

Author: Ross Johnson | Date: 12/06/2011

Responsive Web Design, is it the Answer? or Just Responsive?

I have shrugged off responsive web design for some time now despite it’s growing popularity. I first came across “the concept” four years ago; at the time, responsive design required Javascript and dynamically changed stylesheets based on viewport size.  Suffice to say I have long been aware of the capability to adapt design based on [...]

Responsive Web Design, is it the Answer? or Just Responsive?

Author: Ross Johnson | Date: 08/04/2011

The New Designer Mindset

With design, there is no universal “best approach” that will apply to all situations. Those using the site, how they got there, their goals and the objectives of the site owners will all influence the most effective design approach. The best advice I can give is to empathize with the users, understand that they know [...]

The New Designer Mindset

Author: Ross Johnson | Date: 06/21/2011

Is the Designer Always Right?

Due to a few interesting posts on Forrst.com and some interesting client interactions, I have been contemplating the designers ideal role in website creation. It was not long ago that I found myself constantly frustrated because, as the designer I had made informed decisions that people chose to ignore. Much of my energy was being [...]

Is the Designer Always Right?

Author: Ross Johnson | Date: 04/19/2011

We Are All User Experience Designers

Trends come and go, people become excited about new concepts and old ones become old and boring. Much like fashion the trends of the web seem to resurface delighting some and aggravating others. I am often inclined to ignore the low-level trends as they are short-lived and don’t impact the web in a measurable way. [...]

We Are All User Experience Designers

Author: Ross Johnson | Date: 08/01/2010

Nobody Gives a Shit About Your Logo

The four little words that make designers cringe, “make the logo bigger.” We joke about it all the time, sometimes with elaborate internet pranks like the make my logo bigger cream. Yet we get this request fairly often (myself almost every time a produce a design). So why is there this disconnect between designers and companies where [...]

Nobody Gives a Shit About Your Logo

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