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If you can place your core offering firmly at the center of your design, then all other elements in the site help both the users and the business reach their goals.
Kalbach and Lindemann show how the Core+Paths method keeps the design focused on your goals.
Continue readingAs the web design community explores using game design principles in our work, we must be aware of how and when they are appropriate.
Christina Wodtke takes a closer look at two key principles, mastery and flow, and explains how we might use them in application design.
Continue readingChris Baum talks with Patrick Quattlebaum at the 2012 IA Summit about his insights
on tools that designers can use to help companies develop experiences across channels.
At the heart of design are the stories that give meaning to the work. Andrew Hinton meditates on what stories have taught him about information architecture and the people inhabiting the places he’s helped design.
Continue readingLeonardo, the genius. Yet, even the great Leonardo faltered from time to time. Brian Sullivan shares the tale of Leonardo’s kitchen nightmare and teases out the lessons we can all learn from failure.
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