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8 Ways to overcome creative block and get more creative ideas
Reading Time: 8 minutesBeing in creative fields such as UI/UX design, graphic design, web design, advertising, architecture etc. requires you to get creative ideas continuously. This process demands you to be in a specific state of mind, energy, and in the right zone that lets your creative juices flow steadily. But it happens that many…
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A beginner’s guide to wireframing in UX design
Reading Time: 10 minutesIf you’re new to the concept of wireframing in UX design, then you’ve come to the right place. When you’re starting out as a UX designer, you must be baffled with questions such as: The answer to all the above questions is a wireframe. They are a crucial part of the product…
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A complete beginner’s guide to design systems in UI UX design
Reading Time: 8 minutesDesign systems are essential for businesses looking to document their design assets and continue building consistent, usable designs. It is beneficial for the designers and developers at a company. Design Systems help in organizing every design asset in one place. This allows others at the company to see and better understand how and…
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5 Essential UI design elements for crafting effective landing pages
Reading Time: 9 minutesLanding pages are one of the used tools by businesses to persuade prospective users and convert them into highly qualified leads or even customers. As they are one of the primary sources of conversions, they are often termed as money pages also. If the landing page is poorly designed, obviously in terms…
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6 Ways to choose rights colours for your next design project
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhen it comes to choosing colours for your design project, it seems pretty daunting at first. You can spend hours and hours searching and scrolling through hundreds of colour palettes available online. We have experienced this personally and based on our learnings, we share some of the proven ways with which you…
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5 Essential tips for designers to use A/B testing in UX
Reading Time: 11 minutesWhat is A/B testing? A/B testing, or split testing, is a method used by UX designers and marketers to compare two versions of something. Be it a product, an app, a website or an ad. The goal is to determine which one of the two versions is more successful, according to our…
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Planning an effective UX research | A complete step by step guide
Reading Time: 13 minutesWhat is UX research? UX research is the first step in the user experience design process. UX research enables the designers and product owners to take a more strategic view and focus on the core aspect: user experience. UX researchers identify their users’ goals, their users’ environments and the business context of…
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A complete guide on optimising UX for wordpress
Reading Time: 13 minutesUser Experience is central to every website, be it a business website, eCommerce website, a directory listing or even a blog. If you are aiming to pump up your WordPress UX, then this article will help you to achieve the same. WordPress Optimisation: Tweaking for the best user experience In the simplest…
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How visual design influences UX design
Reading Time: 9 minutesWhat comes to your mind when you think of visual design? Graphics? Fonts? Colours? Well, it is much more than that. Visual design is the cohesion of aesthetics and functionality. All of the elements i.e. images, typography, space, layout and colour are planned very carefully so that it optimizes user experience and…
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Role of user flow in UX design
Reading Time: 5 minutesUser flow is a key activity in UX design. A designer needs to fully understand the product, user behaviour, and business objectives to plan an excellent user flow. A user flow displays the entire roadmap of the various touchpoints through visualization. Creating user flow at an early stage helps in creating an…
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