Why we should not be afraid of AI-driven software and how we can take away the threat of AI for our users. It’s the century of artificial intelligence and there are many open questions. In my daily work, I’m constantly faced with the challenge of delivering software to our users…

Imagine you’re sitting on a beautiful desk, candlelight is drawing smooth shadows into the room. Both of you are drinking red wine and you look each other deep in the eyes. You’ve been working in the wide fields of UX now for some time and gathered a lot of knowledge…

Even for UX professionals, it can sometimes be hard to put themselves in their user’s shoes. But empathy went a long way to becoming a hugely important factor in business development. In fact, studies underlined that empathetic companies are among the most successful. …

In this world of oversupply, it is increasingly important to discover a way to stand out. In the past, I found myself being emotionally connected to exceptional products — or were they exceptional because of the emotions they conveyed? Psychological Factors Scientists…

A t work, I’m constantly faced with prototypes of all thinkable fidelity grades. From simple click-dummies to paper prototypes, video prototypes and high fidelity ones that are completely designed and hand-coded. Yet, we are in a situation where designers require multiple tools in their workflow to go from concept over…

We’ve all seen the incredible figures. Over 7 million app downloads in the first week. Now way above 30 million. Raising Nintendo’s value to more than 40 billion dollars. But why did that happen? Augmented Reality is nothing new, though it was one of the main things that caught the…

The technology of processing different degrees of pressure on (multi-)touch interfaces has received much attention in the last months, due to diverse product releases by Apple. Force Touch, Force Click, Pressure Touch, 3D Touch Those are all names for the same or very alike technological solutions. And they all add…

During the process of writing my master thesis I noticed some kind of regularity in my interaction design workflows that have established throughout the last years. This is how I work on my projects and combine different tools. Step One Usually when starting a new project I do a lot of research…