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| smashing ux book: Smashing UX Design Jesmond J. Allen, James J. Chudley, 2012-05-03 The ultimate guide to UX from the world’s most popular resource for web designers and developers Smashing Magazine is the world′s most popular resource for web designers and developers and with this book the authors provide the ideal resource for mastering User Experience Design (UX). The authors provide an overview of UX and User Centred Design and examine in detail sixteen of the most common UX design and research tools and techniques for your web projects. The authors share their top tips from their collective 30 years of working in UX including: Guides to when and how to use the most appropriate UX research and design techniques such as usability testing, prototyping, wire framing, sketching, information architecture & running workshops How to plan UX projects to suit different budgets, time constraints and business objectives Case studies from real UX projects that explain how particular techniques were used to achieve the client's goals Checklists to help you choose the right UX tools and techniques for the job in hand Typical user and business requirements to consider when designing business critical pages such as homepages, forms, product pages and mobile interfaces as well as explanations of key things to consider when designing for mobile, internationalization and behavioural change. Smashing UX Design is the complete UX reference manual. Treat it as the UX expert on your bookshelf that you can read from cover-to-cover, or to dip into as the need arises, regardless of whether you have 'UX' in your job title or not. |
| smashing ux book: User Experience Design Smashing Magazine, 2012 User Experience (UX) can be strongly influenced by behavioral factors such as emotions, beliefs, preferences and even cultural backgrounds. Being aware of this, Web designers keep developing strategies to improve the overall UX with the help of storytelling, tools for problem solving, relationship engineering and costumer service improvement. This Smashing eBook User Experience Design provides you with insights on how to improve your website based on the most important UX principles. TABLE OF CONTENTS - Why User Experience Cannot Be Designed - Design Is About Solving Problems - A Design Is Only As Deep As It Is Usable - Designing The Well Tempered Web - Better User Experience With Storytelling Part 1 - Better User Experience With Storytelling Part 2 - Relationship Engineering Part 1 - Relationship Engineering Part 2 - Taking A Customer From Like To Love: The UX Of Long Term Relationships - Idiots, Drama Queens And Scammers: Improving Customer Service with UX |
| smashing ux book: Professional Web Design Smashing Magazine, 2011-01-31 This book presents guidelines for professional Web development, including communicating with clients, creating a road map to a successful portfolio, rules for professional networking and tips on designing user interfaces for business Web applications-- |
| smashing ux book: The Smashing Book #1 , 2011 The Smashing Book #1 (eBook) is the digital version of the printed book about best practices in modern Web design. The Smashing Book #1 shares technical tips and best practices on coding, usability and optimization and explores how to create successful user interfaces and apply marketing principles to increase conversion rates. It also shows how to get the most out of typography, color and branding so that you end up with intuitive and effective Web designs. And lastly, you will also get a peek behind the curtains of Smashing Magazine. TABLE OF CONTENTS - The Art And Science Of CSS Layouts - User Interface Design In Modern Applications - Web Typography: Rules, Guidelines And Common Mistakes - Usability Principles For Modern Websites - The Guide to Fantastic Color Usage In Web Design and Usability - Performance Optimization For Websites - Design To Sell: Increasing Conversion Rates - How To Turn A Site Into A Remarkable Brand - Learning From Experts: Interviews And Insights - The Smashing Story The book is written by Jacob Gube (SixRevisions) Dmitry Fadeev (UsabilityPost) Chris Spooner (Spoongraphics) Darius A Monsef IV (COLOURlovers.com) Alessandro Cattaneo (with co-editing by Jon Tan) Steven Snell (VandelayDesign) David Leggett (UXBooth) Andrew Maier (UXBooth) Kayla Knight (regular writer on SM) Yves Peters (Typographica.org) René Schmidt (system administrator of our servers) and The Smashing Magazine editorial team, Vitaly Friedman and Sven Lennartz. The book was edited by Vitaly Friedman, editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine. |
| smashing ux book: The UX Careers Handbook Cory Lebson, 2019-04-25 The UX Careers Handbook offers an insider’s look at how to be a successful User Experience (UX) professional from comprehensive career pathways to learning, personal branding, networking skills, building of resumes and portfolios, and actually landing a UX job. This book goes in-depth to explain what it takes to get into and succeed in a UX career, be it as a designer, information architect, strategist, user researcher, or in a variety of other UX career specialities. It presents a wealth of resources designed to help readers develop and take control of their UX career success including perspectives and advice from experts in the field. Features insights and personal stories from a range of industry-leading UX professionals to show readers how they broke into the industry, and evolved their own careers over time. Accompanied by a companion website that provides readers with featured articles and updated resources covering new and changing information to help them stay on top of this fast-paced industry. Provides worksheets and activities to help readers make decisions for their careers and build their own careers. Not only for job seekers! The UX Careers Handbook is also a must-have resource for: Employers and recruiters who want to better understand how to hire and retain UX staff. Undergraduate and graduate students who are thinking about their future careers Those in other related (or even unrelated) professions who are thinking of starting to do UX work |
| smashing ux book: Designing the Search Experience Tony Russell-Rose, Tyler Tate, 2013-01-02 Search is not just a box and ten blue links. Search is a journey: an exploration where what we encounter along the way changes what we seek. In this book, the authors weave together the theories of information seeking with the practice of user interface design. |
| smashing ux book: Undercover User Experience Cennydd Bowles, James Box, 2010 Once You Catch The User Experience Bug, the world changes. Doors open the wrong way, websites don't work, and companies don't seem to care. And while anyone can learn the UX remedies---usability testing, personas, prototyping and so on---unless your organization gets it, putting them into practice is trickier. Undercover User Experience is a pragmatic guide from the front lines, giving frank advice on making UX work in real companies with real problems. Readers will learn how to fit research, idea generation, prototyping and testing into their daily workflow, and how to design good user experiences under the all-too-common constraints of time, budget and culture. A wonderful, proctical, yet subversive book. Cennydd and James teach you the subtle art of fighting for---and then designing for---users in a hostile world.---Joshua Porter, co-founder Performable and co-creator of 52 weeksofUX. com |
| smashing ux book: Agile User Experience Design Diana Brown, 2012-10-10 Being able to fit design into the Agile software development processes is an important skill in today's market. There are many ways for a UX team to succeed (and fail) at being Agile. This book provides you with the tools you need to determine what Agile UX means for you. It includes practical examples and case studies, as well as real-life factors to consider while navigating the Agile UX waters. You'll learn about what contributes to your team's success, and which factors to consider when determining the best path for getting there. After reading this book, you'll have the knowledge to improve your software and product development with Agile processes quickly and easily. - Includes hands on, real-world examples to illustrate the successes and common pitfalls of Agile UX - Introduces practical techniques that can be used on your next project - Details how to incorporate user experience design into your company's agile software/product process |
| smashing ux book: The User Experience Team of One Leah Buley, 2013-07-09 The User Experience Team of One prescribes a range of approaches that have big impact and take less time and fewer resources than the standard lineup of UX deliverables. Whether you want to cross over into user experience or you're a seasoned practitioner trying to drag your organization forward, this book gives you tools and insight for doing more with less. |
| smashing ux book: UX Strategy Jaime Levy, 2015-05-20 User experience (UX) strategy requires a careful blend of business strategy and UX design, but until now, there hasn’t been an easy-to-apply framework for executing it. This hands-on guide introduces lightweight strategy tools and techniques to help you and your team craft innovative multi-device products that people want to use. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, UX/UI designer, product manager, or part of an intrapreneurial team, this book teaches simple-to-advanced strategies that you can use in your work right away. Along with business cases, historical context, and real-world examples throughout, you’ll also gain different perspectives on the subject through interviews with top strategists. Define and validate your target users through provisional personas and customer discovery techniques Conduct competitive research and analysis to explore a crowded marketplace or an opportunity to create unique value Focus your team on the primary utility and business model of your product by running structured experiments using prototypes Devise UX funnels that increase customer engagement by mapping desired user actions to meaningful metrics |
| smashing ux book: Android Design Patterns Greg Nudelman, 2013-02-19 Master the challenges of Android user interface development with these sample patterns With Android 4, Google brings the full power of its Android OS to both smartphone and tablet computing. Designing effective user interfaces that work on multiple Android devices is extremely challenging. This book provides more than 75 patterns that you can use to create versatile user interfaces for both smartphones and tablets, saving countless hours of development time. Patterns cover the most common and yet difficult types of user interactions, and each is supported with richly illustrated, step-by-step instructions. Includes sample patterns for welcome and home screens, searches, sorting and filtering, data entry, navigation, images and thumbnails, interacting with the environment and networks, and more Features tablet-specific patterns and patterns for avoiding results you don't want Illustrated, step-by-step instructions describe what the pattern is, how it works, when and why to use it, and related patterns and anti-patterns A companion website offers additional content and a forum for interaction Android Design Patterns: Interaction Design Solutions for Developers provides extremely useful tools for developers who want to take advantage of the booming Android app development market. |
| smashing ux book: It's Our Research Tomer Sharon, 2012-03-21 It's Our Research: Getting Stakeholder Buy-in for User Experience Research Projects discusses frameworks, strategies, and techniques for working with stakeholders of user experience (UX) research in a way that ensures their buy-in. This book consists of six chapters arranged according to the different stages of research projects. Topics discussed include the different roles of business, engineering, and user-experience stakeholders; identification of research opportunities by developing empathy with stakeholders; and planning UX research with stakeholders. The book also offers ways of teaming up with stakeholders; strategies to improve the communication of research results to stakeholders; and the nine signs that indicate that research is making an impact on stakeholders, teams, and organizations. This book is meant for UX people engaged in usability and UX research. Written from the perspective of an in-house UX researcher, it is also relevant for self-employed practitioners and consultants who work in agencies. It is especially directed at UX teams that face no-time-no-money-for-research situations. - Named a 2012 Notable Computer Book for Information Systems by Computing Reviews - Features a series of video interviews with UX practitioners and researchers - Provides dozens of case studies and visuals from international research practitioners - Provides a toolset that will help you justify your work to stakeholders, deal with office politics, and hone your client skills - Presents tried and tested techniques for working to reach positive, useful, and fruitful outcomes |
| smashing ux book: Ajax Design Patterns Michael Mahemoff, 2006-06-29 Ajax, or Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, exploded onto the scene in the spring of 2005 and remains the hottest story among web developers. With its rich combination of technologies, Ajax provides astrong foundation for creating interactive web applications with XML or JSON-based web services by using JavaScript in the browser to process the web server response. Ajax Design Patterns shows you best practices that can dramatically improve your web development projects. It investigates how others have successfully dealt with conflictingdesign principles in the past and then relays that information directly to you. The patterns outlined in the book fall into four categories: Foundational technology: Examines the raw technologies required for Ajax development Programming: Exposes techniques that developers have discovered to ensure their Ajax applications are maintainable Functionality and usability: Describes the types of user interfaces you'll come across in Ajax applications, as well as the new types of functionality that Ajax makes possible Development: Explains the process being used to monitor, debug, and test Ajax applications Ajax Design Patterns will also get you up to speed with core Ajax technologies, such as XMLHttpRequest, the DOM, and JSON. Technical discussions are followed by code examples so you can see for yourself just what is-and isn't-possible with Ajax. This handy reference will help you to produce high-quality Ajax architectures, streamline web application performance, and improve the userexperience. Michael Mahemoff holds a PhD in Computer Science and Software Engineering from the University of Melbourne, where his thesis was Design Reuse in Software Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction. He lives in London and consults on software development issues in banking, health care, and logistics. Michael Mahemoff's Ajax Design Patterns is a truly comprehensive compendium of webapplication design expertise, centered around but not limited to Ajax techniques. Polished nuggets of design wisdom are supported by tutorials and real-world code examples resulting in a book thatserves not only as an intermediate to expert handbook but also as an extensive reference for building rich interactive web applications. --Brent Ashley, remote scripting pioneer |
| smashing ux book: Smashing CSS Eric Meyer, 2010-11-01 PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUES FOR MODERN LAYOUT Smashing CSS takes you well beyond the basics, covering not only the finer points of layout and effects, but introduces you to the future with HTML5 and CSS3. Very few in the industry can show you the ins and outs of CSS like Eric Meyer and inside Smashing CSS Eric provides techniques that are thorough, utterly useful, and universally applicable in the real world. From choosing the right tools, to CSS effects and CSS3 techniques with jQuery, Smashing CSS is the practical guide to building modern web layouts. With Smashing CSS you will learn how to: Throw elements offscreen/hide them Create body/HTML backgrounds in XHTML Usemore than 15 layout techniques including clearfix, two/three simple columns, faux columns, One True Layout, Holy Grail, em-based layout, fluid grids, sticky footers, and more Use a variety of CSS effects including CSS popups, boxpunching, rounded corners, CSS sprites, Sliding Doors, Liquid Bleach, ragged floats, and more Apply CSS table styling including using thead, tfoot, and tbody, row headers, column-oriented styling (classes); styling data tables with jQuery, tables to graphs, tables to maps; and more Use CSS3 elements including rounded corners, multiple backgrounds, RGBA, using jQuery to do CSS3 selections and so much more. Eric Meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of HTML, CSS, and Web standards, and has been working on the Web since 1993. Smashing CSS is for developers who already have some experience with CSS and JavaScript and are ready for more advanced techniques. Smashing Magazine (smashingmagazine.com) is one of the world's most popular web design sites. True to the Smashing mission, the Smashing Magazine book series delivers useful and innovative information to Web designers and developers. |
| smashing ux book: Digital Adaptation Paul Boag, 2014 This book is a practical resource on how to help senior management understand the Web and adapt the business, culture, teams and workflows accordingly. No fluff, no theory--just techniques and strategies that worked in practice, and showed results. -- |
| smashing ux book: Designing Interface Animation Val Head, 2016-07-26 Effective interface animation deftly combines form and function to improve feedback, aid in orientation, direct attention, show causality, and express your brand’s personality. Designing Interface Animation shows you how to create web animation that balances purpose and style while blending seamlessly into the user’s experience. This book is a crash course in motion design theory and practice for web designers, UX professionals, and front-end developers alike. |
| smashing ux book: Designing Products People Love Scott Hurff, 2015-12-17 How can you create products that successfully find customers? With this practical book, you’ll learn from some of the best product designers in the field, from companies like Facebook and LinkedIn to up-and-coming contenders. You’ll understand how to discover and interpret customer pain, and learn how to use this research to guide your team through each step of product creation. Written for designers, product managers, and others who want to communicate better with designers, this book is essential reading for anyone who contributes to the product creation process. Understand exactly who your customers are, what they want, and how to build products that make them happy Learn frameworks and principles that successful product designers use Incorporate five states into every screen of your interface to improve conversions and reduce perceived loading times Discover meeting techniques that Apple, Amazon, and LinkedIn use to help teams solve the right problems and make decisions faster Design effective interfaces across different form factors by understanding how people hold devices and complete tasks Learn how successful designers create working prototypes that capture essential customer feedback Create habit-forming and emotionally engaging experiences, using the latest psychological research |
| smashing ux book: Laws of UX Jon Yablonski, 2020-04-21 An understanding of psychology—specifically the psychology behind how users behave and interact with digital interfaces—is perhaps the single most valuable nondesign skill a designer can have. The most elegant design can fail if it forces users to conform to the design rather than working within the blueprint of how humans perceive and process the world around them. This practical guide explains how you can apply key principles in psychology to build products and experiences that are more intuitive and human-centered. Author Jon Yablonski deconstructs familiar apps and experiences to provide clear examples of how UX designers can build experiences that adapt to how users perceive and process digital interfaces. You’ll learn: How aesthetically pleasing design creates positive responses The principles from psychology most useful for designers How these psychology principles relate to UX heuristics Predictive models including Fitts’s law, Jakob’s law, and Hick’s law Ethical implications of using psychology in design A framework for applying these principles |
| smashing ux book: Storytelling for User Experience Whitney Quesenbery, Kevin Brooks, 2010-04-01 We all tell stories. It's one of the most natural ways to share information, as old as the human race. This book is not about a new technique, but how to use something we already know in a new way. Stories help us gather and communicate user research, put a human face on analytic data, communicate design ideas, encourage collaboration and innovation, and create a sense of shared history and purpose. This book looks across the full spectrum of user experience design to discover when and how to use stories to improve our products. Whether you are a researcher, designer, analyst or manager, you will find ideas and techniques you can put to use in your practice. |
| smashing ux book: UX For Dummies Kevin P. Nichols, Donald Chesnut, 2014-04-10 Get up to speed quickly on the latest in user experience strategy and design UX For Dummies is a hands-on guide to developing and implementing user experience strategy. Written by globally-recognized UX consultants, this essential resource provides expert insight and guidance on using the tools and techniques that create a great user experience, along with practical advice on implementing a UX strategy that aligns with your organisation's business goals and philosophy. You'll learn how to integrate web design, user research, business planning and data analysis to focus your company's web presence on the needs of your customers, gaining the skills you need to be effective in the field of user experience design. Whether it's the interface, graphics, industrial design, physical interaction or a user manual, being anything less than on point can negatively affect customer satisfaction and retention. User experience design fully encompasses traditional human-computer interaction design, and extends it to address all aspects of a product or service as perceived by users. UX For Dummies provides comprehensive guidance to professionals looking to understand and apply effective UX strategies. Defines UX and offers assistance with determining users and modelling the user experience Provides details on creating a content strategy and building information architectures Explores visual design and designing for specific channels Delves into UX testing and methods for keeping your site relevant The UX field is growing rapidly as companies realise that meeting your business goals requires a web presence aligned with customer needs. This alignment demands smart strategy and even smarter design. Consultants, designers and practitioners must all be on board if the result is to be cohesive and effective. UX For Dummies provides the information and expert advice you need to get up to speed quickly. |
| smashing ux book: Think Like a UX Researcher David Travis, Philip Hodgson, 2019-01-10 Think Like a UX Researcher will challenge your preconceptions about user experience (UX) research and encourage you to think beyond the obvious. You’ll discover how to plan and conduct UX research, analyze data, persuade teams to take action on the results and build a career in UX. The book will help you take a more strategic view of product design so you can focus on optimizing the user’s experience. UX Researchers, Designers, Project Managers, Scrum Masters, Business Analysts and Marketing Managers will find tools, inspiration and ideas to rejuvenate their thinking, inspire their team and improve their craft. Key Features A dive-in-anywhere book that offers practical advice and topical examples. Thought triggers, exercises and scenarios to test your knowledge of UX research. Workshop ideas to build a development team’s UX maturity. War stories from seasoned researchers to show you how UX research methods can be tailored to your own organization. |
| smashing ux book: Designing Interfaces Jenifer Tidwell, 2005-11-21 This text offers advice on creating user-friendly interface designs - whether they're delivered on the Web, a CD, or a 'smart' device like a cell phone. It presents solutions to common UI design problems as a collection of patterns - each containing concrete examples, recommendations, and warnings. |
| smashing ux book: Make It So Nathan Shedroff, Christopher Noessel, 2012-09-17 Many designers enjoy the interfaces seen in science fiction films and television shows. Freed from the rigorous constraints of designing for real users, sci-fi production designers develop blue-sky interfaces that are inspiring, humorous, and even instructive. By carefully studying these “outsider” user interfaces, designers can derive lessons that make their real-world designs more cutting edge and successful. |
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| smashing ux book: 100 Things Every Presenter Needs to Know About People Susan Weinschenk, 2012-05-07 Every day around the world millions of presentations are given, with millions of decisions hanging in the balance as a result. Do you know the science behind giving a powerful and persuasive presentation? This book reveals what you need to know about how people listen, how people decide, and how people react so that you can learn to create more engaging presentations. No matter what your current skill level, whether beginner or polished, this book will guide you to the next level, teaching you how to improve your delivery, stance, eye contact, voice, materials, media, message, and call to action. Learn to increase the effectiveness of your own presentations by finding the answers to questions like these: What grabs and holds attention during a presentation? How do you choose the best media to use? What makes the content of a presentation stick? How do people react to your voice, posture, and gestures? How do people respond to the flow of your message? How do you motivate people to take action? These are just a few of the questions that the book answers in its deep-dive exploration of what you need to know about people to create a compelling presentation. |
| smashing ux book: Responsive Design Workflow Stephen Hay, 2013 In our industry, everything changes quickly, usually for the better. We have more and better tools for creating websites and applications that work across multiple platforms. Oddly enough, design workflow hasn't changed much, and what has changed is often for worse. Old-school workflow is simply not effective on our multiplatform web. Fixed-width Photoshop comps and overproduced wireframes are no longer the way to design for today's multi-platform web. This book provides a practical approach for designing in the browser. It shows how to better manage client expectations and development requirements, and offers a method of design documentation. |
| smashing ux book: Killer UX Design Jodie Moule, 2012-09-20 Today, technology is used to shift, sway and change attitudes and behavior. This creates amazing opportunities and challenges for designers. If we want to create products and services that have the power to educate people so they may live better lives, or help to reduce the time people take to do certain tasks, we first need an understanding of how these people think and work - what makes them tick The premise of this book is the need to understand how people behave; their habits, motivators and drivers, as a critical way to better understand what a great customer experience for your audience looks like, facilitating better design decisions. The book will lead you from understanding behavior, to extracting customer insights that can launch you into the design of something that makes a difference to people's lives - all presented in a fun, practical and non-academic way. |
| smashing ux book: UX Fundamentals for Non-UX Professionals Edward Stull, 2018 Demystify UX and its rules, contradictions, and dilemmas. This book provides real-world examples of user experience concepts that empower teams to create compelling products and services, manage social media, interview UX candidates, and oversee product teams. From product decisions to performance reviews, your ability to participate in discussions about UX has become vital to your company's success as well as your own. However, UX concepts can seem complex. Many UX books are written by and for UX professionals. UX Fundamentals for Non-UX Professionals serves the needs of project managers, graphic designers, copyeditors, marketers, and others who wish to understand UX design and research. You will discover how UX has influenced history and continues to affect our daily lives. Entertaining real-world examples demonstrate what a massive, WWII-era tank teaches us about design, what a blue flower tells us about audiences, and what drunk marathoners show us about software. What You'll Learn: Know the fundamentals of UX through real-world examples Acquire the skills to participate intelligently in discussions about UX design and research Understand how UX impacts business, including product, pricing, placement, and promotion as well as security, speed, and privacy. |
| smashing ux book: Web Style Guide Patrick J. Lynch, Sarah Horton, 2001 This guide focuses on interface and graphic design principles underlying Web site design, and gives advice on issues ranging from planning and organizing goals, to design strategies for a site, to elements of individual page design. Includes technical information on graphics and multimedia. Illustrations. Photos and examples. |
| smashing ux book: Designing for Emotion Aarron Walter, 2020 Inspiring guidance for the principles of designing for humans. |
| smashing ux book: Smashing WordPress Thord Daniel Hedengren, 2014-03-03 Thord Daniel Hedengren takes you beyond the blog to give you the tools and know-how needed to build just about anything in WordPress. |
| smashing ux book: Smashing WebKit Jon Raasch, 2011-11-29 As the default browser for both iPhone and Android, WebKit has become a major player in the mobile arena, offering a wider array of HTML5 and CSS3 support than any other major engine. Written by expert author Jon Raasch, this essential book teaches you how to use WebKit to make web sites more engaging, faster, and more visually appealing. You'll explore the variety of unique interface options that WebKit offers as you quickly discover how to create a unique web experience that provides functionality and entertainment. --Publisher description. |
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| smashing ux book: The UX Design Field Book Doug Collins, 2022-01-18 Whether you’re new to the User Experience field or just want to refresh your UX knowledge, The UX Design Field Book is your go-to quick reference guide for everything about User Experience Design. This essential guide provides fast-access, high-level overviews of the core knowledge of UX Design, including: The UX Design Process Usability Research Visual Design Interaction Design Information Architecture Usability Testing UX Writing Accessibility Ethical Design Principles UX and Design Terminology Essential UX Design Reading Lists No matter your experience level, The UX Design Field Book is book is a must-have for anyone interested in User Experience. It’s the perfect book to keep close-at-hand when you need fast information, quick guidance, or a crash course in any of the core elements of UX Design. Doug Collins, author of The UX Design Field Book, is an internationally recognized UX Design expert. He has lead User Experience design practices at E*TRADE, Western Union, and CACI. He currently serves as the Director of UX/UI for ALC Schools. His work has been published on Adobe.com, UX Booth, UXMastery, UXNewsMag, UXMas, and The Ecomm Manager. |
| smashing ux book: Smashing Book #31⁄3 , 2012 With Web design, we can do much more than inform the audience. The power of storytelling and content strategy is in creating engaging, emotional connections that transcend their platforms. In this book, we will review emerging navigation design patterns and understand how to employ a content strategy, which is an important process, often underestimated and dependent on many factors. A case study of Smashing Magazines responsive redesign beautifully illustrates what this approach could look like in practice. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) The Missing Element of Redesign: Story by Denise Jacobs 2) Rethinking Navigation: Techniques and Design Patterns by Christian Holst 3) Rework Your Content So It Works for You by Colleen Jones 4) Responsive Smashing Redesign, a Case Study by Vitaly Friedman |
| smashing ux book: The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book Poppy Evans, Aaris Sherin, Irina Lee, 2013-09 The Graphic Design Reference & Specification Book should always be next to a designer's computer. Completely practical with only the most needed information, this valuable book provides designers with all the little details that can make or break a design, such as how much space to leave in the gutter when designing barrel folds, how to layout a template for a box, and the ratios of each part, as well as metric conversion charts, standard envelope sizes in the USA, Europe, Canada and Asia, and much more. This hardworking handbook is compact and accessible and is a must-have for any graphic designer. |
| smashing ux book: User Experience Mapping Peter W. Szabo, 2017-05-26 Understand your users, gain strategic insights, and make your product development more efficient with user experience mapping About This Book Detailed guidance on the major types of User Experience Maps. Learn to gain strategic insights and improve communication with stakeholders. Get an idea on creating wireflows, mental model maps, ecosystem maps and solution maps Who This Book Is For This book is for Product Manager, Service Managers and Designers who are keen on learning the user experience mapping techniques. What You Will Learn Create and understand all common user experience map types. Use lab or remote user research to create maps and understand users better. Design behavioral change and represent it visually. Create 4D user experience maps, the “ultimate UX deliverable”. Capture many levels of interaction in a holistic view. Use experience mapping in an agile team, and learn how maps help in communicating within the team and with stakeholders. Become more user focused and help your organisation become user-centric. In Detail Do you want to create better products and innovative solutions? User Experience Maps will help you understand users, gain strategic insights and improve communication with stakeholders. Maps can also champion user-centricity within the organisation. Two advanced mapping techniques will be revealed for the first time in print, the behavioural change map and the 4D UX map. You will also explore user story maps, task models and journey maps. You will create wireflows, mental model maps, ecosystem maps and solution maps. In this book, the author will show you how to use insights from real users to create and improve your maps and your product. The book describes each major User Experience map type in detail. Starting with simple techniques based on sticky notes moving to more complex map types. In each chapter, you will solve a real-world problem with a map. The book contains detailed, beginner level tutorials on creating maps using different software products, including Adobe Illustrator, Balsamiq Mockups, Axure RP or Microsoft Word. Even if you don't have access to any of those, each map type can also be drawn with pen and paper. Beyond creating maps, the book will also showcase communication techniques and workshop ideas. Although the book is not intended to be a comprehensive guide to modern user experience or product management, its novel ideas can help you create better solutions. You will also learn about the Kaizen-UX management framework, developed by the author, now used by many agencies and in-house UX teams in Europe and beyond. Buying this map will give you hundreds of hours worth of user experience knowledge, from one of the world's leading UX consultants. It will change your users' world for the better. If you are still not convinced, we have hidden some cat drawings in it, just in case. Style and approach An easy to understand guide, filled with real world use cases on how to plan, prioritize and visualize your project on customer experience |
| smashing ux book: Cosmetic, Aesthetic, Prophetic: Beyond the Boundaries of Beauty Alberto Ferreira, Lucy Moyse, 2019-01-04 This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2016. The ever-elusive field of Beauty Studies is one that often underappreciated, yet it is a key concept across all spheres of knowledge, transcending traditional and innovative epistemologies, and providing provocative insights into fundamental aspects of human existence. Here, researchers from around the globe contribute rich and diverse ideas and perspectives from a multitude of disciplines to highlight, explore, and re-evaluate the significance and infinite implications of this pervading topic, within history, science, society, culture, new media, mathematics, art, and literature. |
| smashing ux book: The Digital Incunabula: rock • paper • pixels Patrick Aievoli, 2015-10-28 The Digital Incunabula is Patrick Aievoli's personal sonnet through media, interaction and communication design. He carefully crafts each evolutionary step into ripples that are supported by his own storied professional and academic experiences. It's full of facts, terms and historical information which makes it perfect for anyone looking to flat out learn!--James Pannafino, Professor, Millersville University& Interaction Design ● Well documented, well written, and well argued.--Dr.Michael Soupios, Professor Political Science, LIU Post ● People who can use this book include any educators, counselors, parents or students who are looking for information concerning design or media as a future. entertainment, education, or the arts. |
| smashing ux book: WTF? Working with UX, PM & Dev Sunni Pattiwal, 2024-10-07 Unlock Seamless Collaboration Between UX, Product, and Development Teams In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, building a successful product requires more than just great ideas—it demands flawless collaboration between UX designers, product managers, and developers. Yet, aligning these diverse roles can be a challenge, often leading to communication gaps, project delays, and frustrated teams. In this comprehensive guide, you'll learn: Proven strategies to foster clear communication and alignment across UX, PM, and development teams. How to overcome common collaboration roadblocks, from conflicting priorities to technical constraints. Real-world solutions tailored to teams of all sizes, whether you’re a lean startup or a large-scale enterprise. Actionable techniques to streamline workflows, improve efficiency, and deliver user-centered products faster. Perfect for team leaders, managers, and cross-functional teams, this book irons out the awkward parts of collaboration, transforming confusion into clarity. Whether you’re struggling with design handoffs, feature prioritisation, or balancing user needs with business goals, this book provides the tools to build cohesive teams that work together effortlessly. Ready to bridge the gap between UX, product, and development? This book is your roadmap to smoother collaboration and better product outcomes. |
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1. (sometimes with up) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined.
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SMASHING Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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SMASHING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
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1. (sometimes with up) to (cause to) break in pieces or be ruined.
