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Data Informed UX design: 21 data tweaks to improve your UX design process

Data Informed UX design: 21 data tweaks to improve your UX design process

Data is an increasingly vital part of how we work. Here's 21 tips on how designers can incorporate it into their design process

2022

Christopher K Wong

Christopher K Wong

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Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Visual Design is important, but it’s not the only thing that matters

How to present your work when it isn’t visually stunning

1d ago

A sample photo of a “social media post” that shows a few changes made to make a different. The Before page seems to be a little bit smaller, while the after has a lot more detail.

1d ago

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

How to bring up inconvenient feedback, or when user insights aren’t about design

If you see something, saying something can help your team immensely

Oct 29

A man sitting at a table, reaching his hand up with a “0 likes” symbol on top of him.

Oct 29

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Confidence is hard to gain as a designer. Here's what can help

How to gain confidence to present your design ideas

Oct 22

A person covering up their face with two hands so you can’t see anything

Oct 22

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Why being proactive with questions helps avoid last-minute design changes

Team members often don’t pay attention until it’s their turn to work

Oct 15

A woman sitting on a hill, looking through binoculars off into the distance with mountains behind her

Oct 15

Kai Wong

Frustrated with complex design problems? Create a hypothesis

Define all aspects of a design problem to make it easier to solve

Oct 8

A woman writing something in a notebook while the laptop, also on the table, remains unused for the time being

Oct 8

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Creativity lies in the constraints: why small-scale design innovation is best

To approach design exploration efficiently, think like a plumber

Oct 1

A man in a yellow hazard suit and hard hat inspecting a large set of pipes leading to a number of different places

Oct 1

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

Why asking questions is a vital part of growing as a designer

Design shouldn't be a leap of faith based on vague client needs

Sep 25

The 5 whys method of thinking about things, laid out by Nick Babich, going from 20% of users are unable to checkout all the way to a root cause of “We thought Paypal wasn’t preferable to users.”

Sep 25

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

To design great products, you need to experience them firsthand early on

The most important thing when you’re new to a project is to see it for yourself

Sep 17

A man walking on a path being constructed, looking down at the curve on the left side while the right side has a well-worn dirt path with people already walking on it.

Sep 17

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

How to use grayscale: a quick way to check accessibility and visual design

Using grayscale is a way to keep both accessibility and visual design in mind

Sep 10

A twitter post that shows 4 different types of verification badges: legacy, business, government and affiliate. In grayscale, they look nearly identical.

Sep 10

Kai Wong
in
UX Collective

How to help your team navigate Product Discovery and work with executives

It’s often tough to speak up during Product Discovery. Here are three questions to help.

Sep 3

A venn diagram where there are three circles overlapping: “Desirable” which emphasizes users, “Feasible” which emphasizes technology, and “Viable” which emphasizes busienss

Sep 3

Kai Wong

Kai Wong

Book Author

7xTop writer in UX Design. UX, Data Viz, and Data. Author of Data-Informed UX Design: https://tinyurl.com/2p83hkav. Substack: https://dataanddesign.substack.com

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