Posts tagged #design

The power of a MHP (Minimum Hateable Product)

Designed to Disappoint: The power of a MHP (Minimum Hateable Product)

I never thought I'd advocate for creating something I hated. As a designer, my career has been built on crafting beautiful, intuitive experiences. But there I was, watching a potential customer struggle through a digital obstacle course that would make even the most patient user want to tear their hair out. Surprisingly, this disaster was about to become on of our greatest asset.

A Designer's quest to create a Pie Menu navigation for macOS

A Designer's quest to create a Pie Menu navigation for macOS

I hadn't heard from my developer in over three weeks. My budget was dwindling. And all I had to show for a year's work was a TestFlight app that only my friends and I could use. Was this the end of my attempt to rethink app-navigation for macOS?

How to use Figma for presentations

How to use Figma for presentations

Forget about PowerPoint. Here is how to use Figma for presentations instead.

Designer of the week - UX Norge

Designer of the week - UX Norge

I was interviewed by UX-Norge as designer of the week. This is a translation of this interview to english

Light comes from above

Light comes from above

One design tip you'll see everywhere once you know it

The two device solution

The two device solution

How I use multiple devices to boost my productivity and focus

Stay close to the final pixels

Stay close to the final pixels

The lines between design and code are becoming more and more blurred. You can choose to ignore it, or you can start embracing that code will make you a better designer.

Return on design

Return on design

Why invest in design? Design can at times be very abstract and hard to quantify. Here is five hard numbers, three stories, and one framework to back it up.

Note taking during user testing

Note taking during user testing

How to take notes, store quotes and see patterns during user testing.

Iterate over a color array with help of a modulo operation

Iterate over a color array with help of a modulo operation

A quick little tip if you are using Styled Components in React and want to iterate over a color-array and make sure that you start over if you reach the bottom

Bulder - from idea to launch in a year

Bulder - from idea to launch in a year

In the autumn of 2018, the CEO of Sparebanken Vest, announced that they would launch a new national, mobile-only bank, later known as Bulder Bank. This started a snowball of events that would involve hundreds of people. But how to get this snowball to run in the direction you want? Here are 13 concrete tips I believe played an essential part in making this a successful launch.

Dual design

Dual design

How codesigning is changing our workflow

Microinteractions - the secret ingredient

Microinteractions - the secret ingredient

Microinteractions are moments of delightful experiences or useful feedbacks helping the user accomplishing their task. These micro-moments are what guides the users through a flow in an effective and intuitive way.

Preparing and implementing svgs on the web

Preparing and implementing svgs on the web

A few tips for optimizing your svgs for the web

6 new HTML-elements (I dream of)

6 new HTML-elements (I dream of)

Ever wanted some new HTML-elements? Here are some I've been thinking about.

15 takeaways from cssconfeu 2015 that you can use today

15 takeaways from cssconfeu 2015 that you can use today

Some usefult tips that I picked up during CSS-conf

Smarter toggling for good design and great performance

Smarter toggling for good design and great performance

How Skitch can help you become a better designer

How Skitch can help you become a better designer

When you are designing you get to a point where it suddenly says stop. This is a quick tip to get past that point.