Always Interviewing. Value First. Interacting UX Skills. Different Thinkers.
Top Design Picks for October 2022
We’ll look at the different ways of thinking to solve problems, the importance of user value over usability, and why you should keep interviewing even if you’re happy in your current job. Plus, an inspiring book to motivate your creativity. And a bonus video on how all of the UX skills need to be used when solving problems in product design.
👉🏻 The Top Three
A linear thinker, design thinker, and systems thinker walk into a bar…
By Houda Boulahbel
By Mitch Clements
Why you should keep interviewing even if you love your job?
By Lorenzo Bellucci
📚 Looking for a good read?
Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
By Austin Kleon
In this short, but powerful little book, Kleon show’s how creativity has worked throughout history with some of the greatest figures. Creativity isn’t something that happens independently but comes from the world around us. Steal like an artist does an excellent job inspiring people of all backgrounds to use the world around them as inspiration.
Grab a copy: Paperback - Kindle - Audible (Trilogy)
Bonus Video
The Interaction of UX Skills for Design Success
By Jon Daiello
In this video, we’ll look at how designers use the core UX skills as they are doing their day-to-day work. And more importantly, how they all work together. UX Strategy, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, UI Design, and Visual design all work together in the design process. Remembering this will help UX and Product designers stand out and their work shine.