[[video:84]] You might still wonder why it’s a good idea to spend your valuable time thinking about bad ideas? In this video, you’ll learn the three major reasons as to why it’s such a great idea to focus on...

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Cognitive maps in UX show how users think about a product or service. Designers use these visual representations so they can understand the user's mental model—something that helps them make intuitive designs that match the user's expectations and improve...

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[[video:100]]To be creative, you must ensure you’re in an environment which nurtures your creativity. This goes both for personal creativity and for teams that do creative ideation work. The people who surround you and the space where you work...

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Working code now sits at the other end of a natural language prompt. AI is blurring the lines of your role, and that's a good thing. Master it now and expand what you can deliver: stronger deliverables that command...

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[[video:95]] Have you ever struggled to explain something which you easily know how to do? Performing the action is so familiar, and yet so hard to put into words. Or perhaps you’ve experienced the opposite phenomenon: you sketch and...

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Today’s world relies on technology more than ever. Think about it: we use apps to order food, websites to book travel and smart devices to control our homes—and how we interact with these technologies has become a massive part...

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[[video:102]] When you’re having an inspired moment where a wealth of ideas come to you, how do you capture them before you forget them? Before you think “Well, that’s what the voice recorder on my phone is for!”—let’s go...

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Are you an architect, or do you have a degree in architecture, but you feel that architecture may not be the right career path for you? If you’re in search of a new direction, UX design may be the...

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At its core, UX design is about fulfilling user needs — whether by solving a problem or offering enjoyable experiences. Each deliverable you create contributes to these larger goals. The whole, however, is greater than the sum of the...

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You haven't played Street Fighter in years. Someone hands you a controller and asks you to execute that combo you used to nail every time. You can't remember the button labels. You couldn'texplain the sequence if you tried. But...

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You press jump. Mario soars through the air with perfect responsiveness, lands with a satisfying bounce, and you feel like you ARE Mario, not someone pushing buttons on a controller. That seamless connection between your input and the game...

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Think about the last time you played a game you loved. You weren't trying to "complete a task" or "finish efficiently." You were playing for the pure pleasure of it. That's the fundamental difference you'll learn as a game...

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Every game you've ever loved had a team who advocated for the player experience. Someone who noticed the tutorial was too early, the feedback came too late, or the menu was too deep. Someone who saw the game through...

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An hour into your design review, everybody's going in circles. The lead designer loves the new mechanic. The artist thinks it's flat. The producer keeps checking their phone. You've heard the word "fun" 17 times and you're no closer...

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The game Overcooked is a nightmare of cognitive overload. Orders pile up, timers run down, your teammate just threw a plate at you, and the kitchen is on fire. Every traditional usability standard would flag it as broken. But...

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