Articles
How to give and receive a good design critique
AIGA
– 6 March 2020
As designers, we don’t design in a vacuum. A good designer will need to learn to take the feedback from their peers, clients, and bosses to solve a particular design problem.
A brief guide to design feedback
Matthew Ström
– 20 February 2020
The goal of this document is to establish consistent guidelines for giving and receiving feedback on design, as well as reviewing and approving design as a group.
The diverge-and-converge technique for UX workshops
Nielsen Norman
– 15 December 2019
By first working independently on a problem, then converging to share insights, teams can leverage the benefits of both work styles, leading to rapid data analysis, diverse ideas, and high-quality designs.
Generous design is the way forward: 3 keys to transparency
Abstract
– 22 November 2019
To build superior products at scale, combine a classic business toolset with an open and transparent mindset.
Progressive design in the Abstract
Medium
– 16 October 2019
Using Abstract to version control sketch files, collaborate on designs, and maintain a source of truth for final designs to be implemented.
How do you keep people updated with what is being worked on?
JAM London
– 6 September 2019
With new product decisions happening constantly, how do you keep people updated with what is being worked on? How do you find the balance between over-documenting and keeping everyone well informed?
How your team can solve a customer problem in just 8 minutes
AO Tech
– 5 August 2019
This article explores a workshopping technique which helps teams find simple, elegant solutions to the projects they’re working on.
Abstracting the Microsoft Outlook design process
Microsoft Design
– 22 May 2019
How Abstract improved file organization and collaboration in our design team.
Only one deliverable matters
Big Medium
– 16 October 2018
Detailed wireframes, high-fidelity comps, and motion prototypes all got enshrined as critical deliverables. Those design artifacts are unimportant. Only one deliverable matters: the product itself.
Promoting collaboration in UX, design, and content teams
Inside Design by InVision
– 14 August 2018
We all know how important collaboration is, but how many of us actually collaborate effectively with our teams?
A practical guide to running effective design critiques
Suleyn Yu
– 13 January 2017
Have you ever left a design critique feeling defeated and less excited about your work? Or frustrated because you didn’t get the type of feedback you were looking for?
Effective Collaboration: How to Design Work Sessions that Work
UX Booth
– 27 June 2016
Collaboration sounds great—until someone schedules another aimless “brainstorming” meeting. Bringing diverse people together can unleash their collective powers, but it takes more than a white board and Post-its.
How UX Professionals Collaborate on Deliverables
Nielsen Norman Group
– 3 January 2016
Creating and refining UX deliverables is typically not a solitary act, and we frequently see UX professionals working with other team members to create documentation and design artifacts.
20 ways to make your design critiques more effective
UX For the Masses
– 5 March 2015
Design critiques are a critical part of the iterative design process, but all too often they are poorly thought out, poorly structured and poorly run. Here are 20 simple ways to make your design critiques more effective.
The Importance of Collaborative UX Design
UX Matters
– 20 October 2013
Our experts discuss the best ways to collaborate with stakeholders—whether internal or external—and customers—and why collaboration is so important.
Design Criticism and the Creative Process
A List Apart
– 11 January 2011
What does the critique do for the design and the rest of the project? Do critiques really help and are they necessary? If so, how do we use this feedback to improve our creative output?
Resources
Critiquing Design
What if design critique didn’t suck? What if it actually improved design and fostered inclusion instead?
Tools
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