Inspiration Tune in, drop out: how Endel helps get into the flow via immersive soundscapes In this piece, Endel visual director and contemporary artist Protey Temen explains how the app helps users get into the flow state.
Design Tips Adapting to women’s needs: How women’s health app Flo builds confidence and trust We talked to Rachel McConnell, Head of UX Content, and Alex Gavrilenko, Flo Product Designer, to uncover how their designs helped evoke confidence and create positive user experiences.
Inspiration Nurturing human connection: how designers create emotionally-intelligent products In this series, Readymag asks designers how to surpass user expectations and build emotionally-intelligent digital products. The good news is results show an increase in peer-to-peer recommendations, higher customer loyalty, and decreased customer churn.
Inspiration Designing with custom code: how to build engagement and interactivity Get inspired by custom code features and add engaging details to your projects: cursor trails, picker wheels, sound, and other catchy elements.
Inspiration Going digital with Readymag: SOFA Magazine expands online Surfing the digital wave can be challenging for magazines. But it can dramatically change how we interact with them. In this piece, we look at how SOFA magazine launched a digital edition with smart content and captivating visuals.
Inspiration What makes outstanding design projects. 5 stories behind Projects of the Year 2021 5 Readymag Projects of the Year 2021 winners speak on making their inspirational designs.
Inspiration Honorable mention: another three brilliant projects from 2021 Authors of notable projects of 2021 share stories and features behind the designs.
Inspiration In-depth typography with Readymag Creating a web project that stands out requires a deep understanding of typography and fonts. Our selection of manuals and video tutorials will help you create effective font pairings, make long reads more readable, and fine-tune your text layouts.
Inspiration Dark patterns, the dark side of design Dark patterns are online user experiences that are intentionally designed to trick users into taking unintended actions. These actions rarely benefit the user, but rather serve the owner of the site or app — almost always for financial gain.
Inspiration Why user-centred design struggles with ethics For decades we’ve been taught that user-centricity is the key to good design. But now the philosophy is showing vulnerabilities. We need approaches that are less narrow, less transactional, and more able to cope with the diverse, systemic challenges the 21st century has in store.
Inspiration Design ethics and relationship-centred practice As designers, we are not set apart from systems of inequality, acting from the outside in. We shape and mold; we create cause and effect. Immy Robinson, an Innovation Lead at British charity Shift Design, speaks on what can be done to generate and multiply power through community relationships.
Inspiration “Purpose-driven design is not profitable”: how leading by example can prove this heading wrong Here are some ideas and tips for those looking to instill design and organisational ethics in their companies.
