The five best design links, every weekday

Date: 2016/09/28

uxbooth.com

A Usable Guide to Cognitive Dimensions

The 14 cognitive dimensions were created more than 20 years ago and have a special focus in programming languages, but are incredibly relevant to design today. In this article, Fabio Muniz introduces UX practitioners to each dimension and its applicability to the design process.

blog.invisionapp.com

Muzli joins InVision LABS

Muzli is a much-loved tool in the design community, used by more than 100,000 designers-including our own!-to inform and inspire them every day. That's why we're beyond excited to share we are welcoming the Muzli team to our InVision LABS family. LABS, our in-house innovation incubator, is behind some of our best tools, like the award-winning Craft plugin suite.

medium.com

Product Design for Sustainability

97% of households in the UK own an electric tea kettle and 65% of them admit to overfill their kettles. The extra energy that is wasted on a daily basis for boiling unused water is enough to light all the streetlights in London for a night. Impressive, right?

uxdesign.cc

What UX Designers Can Learn From Video Games

Video games have to balance UX with visual design for an addictive and fun user experience. Successful video games have certain commonalities - a simple and engaging world that focuses on getting the player completely immersed into the gameplay and easily understand how to succeed. Such lessons are relevant to the field of user experience.

knowyourfont.com

Know Your Font

Know how familiar you are with the most famous fonts.