May 30, 2017

Design for Humans : Putting Humanity Into Design

Revue

May 30 · Issue #14 · View online

Hello there!

I hope you’re having a great summer so far! Here’s another episode of DfH with some very interesting stories.

Once a week, I bring you the best products, stories & tools related to product design & startups. This week we have some stories about how to make your designs, and products, more human.

Product Design Stories

Illustrating a more human brand (part 1)

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For years before I joined the Dropbox illustration team, I assumed the Dropbox illustrators had it easy. I imagined talented people getting to make great work for an organization that believed deeply…

Illustrating a more human brand (part 2)

medium.com – Share

This is part 2 of 2 about the history of Dropbox illustration. If you haven’t read part 1 and you’re interested in the pioneers of Dropbox illustration, click here to read up. Also, if you’re…

How to design for emotions : a starter’s guide

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I am convinced design’s first role is all about solving issues and making our life easier through on point and smart decisions. Right! Now I also truly believe we have a strong tendency to get obsessed with rules and forget some ground facts about us as human beings, the way we think and what drives us to take decisions.

Creating Personas

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The first thing a good UX Designer should tell you about creating a persona is that if you just blindly follow a template, you have missed the point. User research should inform the layout — don’t…

Are personas ruining your product?

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Designers perhaps rely too much on personas, and use them as an excuse to not talk to real, actual users. Here’s why you might want to stop using personas.

Cool tools

Animista

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Animista is a place where you can play with a collection of ready to use CSS animations, tweak them and download only those you will actually use.

Verst: Build Professional Websites and Blogs

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Verst is the website and blog platform designed for professional publishers. Get more purchases, signups, and subscribers with built-in optimization and analytics tools.

Product of the week

Peek

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Peek is a live stream platform which enables you to go live at a venue.

Go live, show where you are, stalk any place in the world, see where people are. easy as that.

That's all this week

I hope you enjoyed this issue of Design for Humans. I’d love to know your thoughts on the stories & tools covered here.

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🖐 High five from Mumbai,

Arun

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