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A design system’s practical guide (Book Review)

Building Design Systems

A review of "Building Design Systems" by Sarrah Vesselov and Taurie Davis, a reference guide on how to create, build, and maintain a design system in the context of an organization. "Building Design Systems" walks the reader through all things design systems. It starts by laying out their history and rise from both a design and development point of view. It then covers the six areas of a design system: layout, styles, components, regions, content, and usability. It’s also a handy guide to evaluate whether it’s the right time to implement, how to engage and onboard stakeholders, and how to implement a design system. [Read More]

How Words Can Influence the User Experience (Book Review)

A review of Writing is Designing. This book describes how content influences user experience and provides best practices around writing content. [Read More]

The Cost of Bad Design (Book Review)

Tragic Design, by Jonathan Shariat and Cynthia Savard Saucier, reveals how design choices can negatively impact users and provides techniques to avoid harmful design decisions. [Read More]

Want to Understand the Future of HCI? Take a Trip Down Memory Lane (Book Review)

A review of From Tool to Partner: The Evolution of Human-Computer Interaction by Jonathan Grudin. [Read More]

UX Researchers: Be Careful Out There! (Book Review)

A review of Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries: User Research War Stories by Steve Portigal. [Read More]

Is That Product Idea Really Good? (Book Review)

A review of Validating Product Ideas Through Lean User Research by Tomer Sharon. Guidance for why, when and how to conduct user research for product design. [Read More]

Eye Tracking in User Experience Design (Book Review)

A review of Eye Tracking in User Experience Design by Bergstrom and Schall. Experts discuss how they’ve leveraged eye tracking to improve user experiences in various domains. [Read More]

A Review of Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design (Book Review)

A review of Contextual Inquiry for Medical Device Design by Mary Beth Privitera. Learn best practices and techniques for applying contextual inquiry to medical device design. [Read More]

The Joys of Labor and the Danger of Automation (Book Review)

A review of The Glass Cage by Nicholas Carr. An examination of the implications of automation for society and our work as designers. [Read More]