Author: Clifton Evans

As well as being Editor in Chief here at Boxes and Arrows, Clifton is a User Experience Specialist and Researcher with almost 25 years of experience in our field, working as a research and design consultant for global companies, local governments, medium and small businesses in Europe and North America. Clifton was an early member of the User Experience, Information Architecture and Interaction Design communities in London, Vancouver, and Dublin, organising and presenting at many industry events, writing various articles and books, as well as researching topics from game design, data visualisation and gesture interactions to emotion tracking, AI and wearable devices. Clifton is currently researching toward a thesis on UX Cognition, and is often found consulting with clients on many diferent types of software design. Clifton's work can be found up on UXLab.pro

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From the Editors / Visual and Visible

An Out of the Box Rebranding

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Just before the 2020 new year, we decided it was a good time to refresh the Boxes and Arrows brand identity, a time to start a fresh decade with a fresh logo. And, after a few weeks at the drawing board, we’re liking the results.  To us, the new, dynamic, and pleasingly symmetrical icon—a box made of arrows—represents the emerging dimensions of information spaces, greater interconnected continuity between people, and an ever-expanding collection of knowledge which we hope to bring

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Design Principles / Foundational Thinking

Changing Minds

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As you are reading this, how many times will you check your phone for a text, an email, a shared link, or photo? Some of these moments of attention will be based on alerts, but how many are habitual, simply checking the device for potential updates? Our minds are continually looking to continue earlier conversations or to start new ones. We have sometimes dozens of ongoing conversations, not to mention the long list of open tabs and draft emails containing

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