Recently I had a short period in between projects. During that time I had wonderful conversations with some peers. Every time I felt so uplifted and wished I took the time to do that more often. I also felt like I…
The design handover is not the handover meeting or the handover file. You’re not done when you put the last pixel/vector on the canvas and hand over the documentation. It’s just getting started. It is important to realise that the quality…
Some time last year, a post on Linkedin by Peter Boersma announcing the first Dutch Enterprise UX conference in Utrecht. It was dead cheap with a bunch of interesting speakers, but they had me at “Enterprise UX.” …and I knew…this is…
Last year I first fell into the trap called ‘mechanical keyboards’, and I haven’t looked back. It’s strangely satisfying to have a…. well… loud keyboard. The only keyboards I owned came with my Mac, and last few years, they have been…
As a professional, we most likely strive for perfection. To deliver on time and deliver really well. The delivery for most designers is the Developer Handover. The moment you give your design to the developer and say, “here you go, have…
It’s no secret I love Seth Godin. I think he’s just remarkable. There are a few of his books I truly cherish, the ones I read multiple times or that made such an impression. The sheer presence of these books on…
Back in the old days, when we had an idea (for a website, service or application etc.), the first thing we did was check -and claim- all the available domain names and social media handles. It is the expression of a…
Last June I was at the CSSday, and Marcin Wichary from Figma had a fantastic talk. It had all the right ingredients: Figma, Typography and fonts and indeed the “Why is ⌘B so unpredictable” (and I get it now) and then……
Recently I wrote an article about how to be of value as a designer. I want to elaborate on the last point some more. Basically: don’t be a tool! don’t be used as a tool The most well-known designer allergy is…
Saving or fucking up the planet is not just a matter of consuming less and choosing sustainable products, lowering the thermostat or picking a bicycle over a car. Green UX means you have more power than just your personal choices and…