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The challenge with an MVP eg build only what you need -is that you may validate the product – thats not enough.

UX/UI Design: Creating A Design System [Webinar Review]

Thinkful conducted a webinar which is one of their most popular events and take your first steps in creating a design system

Four Definitions of Design

Sonja Sarah Porter has self researched in the topic of design and presented her understanding of what is design? She has explored various...

The most important user you forget about when designing personas

This is an interesting write up by Kai Wong. He raises the questions about why personas still fail?

Starting a Design System in a Start-up

Ruiwen Tay writes about her practical experience of building a design system in 8 steps.

Designing for Accessibility is not that Hard

This is an interesting article written by Pablo Stanley about seven easy-to implement guidelines to design a more accessible web.

Website Accessibility Made Easy: Your 2020 Ultimate Guide

This is a very detailed article on website accessibility by Mark Holden.

Changing Design Education for the 21st Century

Changing Design Education for the 21st Century a recent thought provoking paper that comes from Michael Meyer and "Father of User Experience

UX Design Basics: Mental Models

This is a video about UX Design basics and Mental Models by Jamal Nichols.

User eXperience - Jesse James Garrett at USI

This is a video recording from USI conference where Jesse James Garrett explains about user experience in detail.

Introduction to User Experience and Experience Design

This is a video which explains about the basics of user experience and experience design, by Marc Hassenzahl .

What is Interaction Design ? Learn with examples

This is a video provides examples to explain the basics of interaction design, by Kyle Andrews. the conversation between product and user’.

Best books to read

Nudge

by Sunstein and Thaler, Oct 2012
Nudge is about choices - how we make them and how we can make better ones. Every day we make decisions: about the things that we buy or the meals we eat; about the investments we make or our children's health and education; even the causes that we champion or the planet itself.

Usability Engineering

by Jakob Nielsen, Nov 1994
The book provides the tools needed to avoid usability surprises and improve product quality. Step-by-step information on which method to use at various stages during the development lifecycle are included, along with detailed information on how to run a usability test and the unique issues relating to international usability.

Practical Guide to Usability Testing

by Joseph S. Dumas, Jan 1999
In this volume, the authors begin by defining usability, advocating and explaining the methods of usability engineering and reviewing many techniques for assessing and assuring usability throughout the development process.