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Chunking up or down to drive clarity in problem solving
What's inside: Chunking, Layers, designing for ADHD, AI in JTBD, logo rhythm, 2024 trends, design KPIs, and more.
Newsletter • March 8, 2024 • 5 min read
Hey folks,
Here are the top 10 things I found worth sharing and your UX tip of the week.
UX tip of the week
Learn how to use or coach your team to use Chunking to drive clarity in problem solving by Ahmed Atia.
Chunking up (generalization): Looking at a problem from a broader perspective. It places the issue in its place and eliminates the sense of helplessness.
Chunking down (specification): Looking at a problem from a narrower perspective. It determines the exact source of the problem and untangles the issue.
Top 10 things worth sharing this week
Réka Pető shared thoughts on how to benefit from effective designer-researcher collaboration by focusing on problems during the prototyping phase: not enough explicit information, researchers adding visuals, and when should it be ready.
Designers who are pining for the early days of Dribbble will be interested in the launch of a new design community platform Layers.
Eva Katharina Wolf summarized 7 problems (with recommendations) to consider in software accessibility for users with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD): forgetfulness, losing things, easily distracted, difficulties with instructions, time-blindness, difficulties to wait, and sensory overload.
Get a refresher on the implementation of design KPIs and UX metrics in this big guide from Max Stepanov.
Tiina Golub summarized how to motivate your team based on the issue at the Big Picture level (lack of vision, lack of process, lack of progress) and the Individual level (lack of control, lack of collaboration, lack of personal growth, lack of appreciation).
Explore 90 design stories behind iconic band logos from 1960s to present day with Logo Rhythm: Band Logos That Rocked the World by Jim K Davies and Jamie Ellul.
Continue learning how to leverage the Jobs-To-Be-Done framework: Bringing Business Impact and User Needs together with JTBD, A JTBD Approach to Roadmap Planning and Better Backlog Grooming, and (take care in) Accelerating JTBD Research with AI.
Forecasting trends: 2024 Experience Trend Report, 2024 Design Trends, and The State of UX in 2024.
If you want to do a thought exercise on implementing a brand identity using Midjourney AI, follow the footsteps of Matty Brownell.
I was interviewed by the good folks at Cotton Bureau for a Feature Friday post to share more about my Nosmal side project.
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Sincerely,
Gerren