Learning the craft of user experience design can be a daunting task, and if you’re just starting out you might be wondering where to begin. …

How it started — I started DesignChats in 2015 as an attempt to connect with the other experience designers in my local community of Kitchener-Waterloo (KW). I was new to design, and finding my feet in the startup space. KW is a well-established and strong engineering feeder for major tech-companies, and a source for…

One of the key goals of any designer is to create clear and understandable designs; pages that are well organized, balanced, with information that is easy to read and absorb will naturally result in a much better experience for your users. We have several tools at our disposal including grids…

Despite the name, heuristic evaluations are not as complex as they sound. In fact, they’re a great tool for teams with various budgets for testing, as they can be executed in a couple of different ways. What is a heuristic evaluation? A heuristic technique is an approach of discovery or problem solving that has broad…

My Dad sent a text to my family this week, toting the purchase of drugs worth a couple thousand dollars (free of course because of Ontario’s health care coverage) in preparation for his latest cancer checkup. …

As a designer, I’m always observing the experiences surrounding the latest products. This past summer I picked up an Amazon Echo Dot in the US to feed my interest in the voice assistant space, and start test-driving that product. The Amazon experience wasn’t the greatest, primarily because it wasn’t supported…

This post was originally posted on the Chalk Blog Design is a fascinating, and incredibly powerful tool, applicable in many different scenarios and situations. Design has many facets, and we often think about design as the form, function, brand, or even an experience we’ve had. These are all forms of…

“Just remember, it never gets easier… you just get faster.” Among everything I should have retained in high-school, this sentence has endured. Words of wisdom from, of all places, my mountain bike coach in 9th grade. I recall it vividly; I was nearly full-fetal, drooping over my knees at the…

Part 2 in our Fluxible Week DesignChats Interview Series — Today we continue our interview series for Fluxible week with Davis Neable — the UX Lead at Shopify Plus. I have had the privilege to speak with Davis about design on several occasions, and have always been impressed with her perspective on design, what it means to business, and how…