Clifton Evans, Author at Boxes and Arrows

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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February 18, 2020 From the Editors / Visual and Visible

An Out of the Box Rebranding

Posted by Clifton Evans

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

March 20, 2018 Design Principles / Foundational Thinking

Changing Minds

Posted by Clifton Evans

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

August 29, 2007 Reviews

Success Stories

Posted by Clifton Evans

How do we learn from designers who have blazed the trail before us? Clifton Evans dives into Bill Moggridge’s Designing Interactions to find out what treasures lie in the stories collected by one of Ideo’s founders.

August 23, 2007 Reviews

Design Is Rocket Science

Posted by Clifton Evans

We all need help in creating the Next Great Design. Clifton Evans finds valuable support for our work in Interaction Design even as he cautions that there is not a scientific formula for design success.

May 8, 2007 Reviews

Zen and the Art of IA

Posted by Clifton Evans

Though Web 2.0 indicates promise for designing user experiences, Clifton Evans holds our feet to the fire of simplicity and draws us a map using Robert Hoekman’s excellent book as a guide.