Articles

I've been writing about Design topics since 2016. These articles cover a variety of aspects in the Product Design universe, including Design Strategy, Design Thinking Methodology/Process, AI, User Research, Interaction Design, Getting Started in the Design Field, Working with Product and Development Teams, Advocating for Maturity of a Design Practice in Organizations, the Value of Design, to name but a few. 
You can check the articles below and my weekly Design Newsletter on Medium. 
Articles of 2024

My Year in Design 2023 (1/2/24)

Where does Production Design fit within the Design Cycle (2/10/24)

Considerations on Full-Stack Product Designers (3/30/24)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Procuring Tools (4/14/24)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Interview Logistics (4/28/24)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Obsoletion of a Design Language (5/19/24)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Participation Challenges (6/19/24)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Making Research Outputs Actionable (7/13/24)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: The Arduous Journey of Constant Advocacy (8/25/24)

How Designers Work, Tools and the Impact of AI (9/29/24)

Is the Design Process slow, and is it held to a different standard in terms of efficiency? (10/20/24)

Quick Learnings from a career in Product Design (11/24/24)


Articles of 2023


My year in Design 2022 (1/4/23)

How to Build Product Design Reels (1/15/23)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Problematic Statements in Product Design (2/1/23)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Desirability Studies, Usability Testing and Leveraging Applicable Research Methods (2/20/23)

Getting Started in the Design World (3/12/23)

Crafting Insightful Research Reports and Leveraging their Insights (3/31/23)

Crafting Powerful Data Visualizations (4/24/23)

Brief Considerations on Design Topics: Bouncing from a Career Setback (4/30/23)

Managing Design Teams (5/21/23)

Dark UX Patterns on Product Design Strategies (5/29/23)

Key Takeaways from Difficult Experiences (6/25/23)

Proxies and Resourcefulness in Research Endeavors (7/4/23)

KPIs (7/30/23)

Context is Everything (8/20/23)

B2B and B2C - Understanding User Experiences (9/24/23)

Lessons from working at Startups (10/20/23)

The Value of Design (11/10/23)

Product Lifecycle, Understanding and Alienating Users (12/17/23)


Articles of 2022


Articles of 2021

Customer & Product Experience: How disparate experiences can crush overall product perception (1/18/21)
Personalization & Customization as Product Differentiation (2/14/21)
Persistent Questions in Product Design & Possible Answers I (2/28/21)
Design Processes, Implementation Phases and Creating an MVP (3/16/21)
Considerations on Design Strategy (3/30/21)
Persistent Questions in Product Design & Possible Answers II (4/17/21)
Whom and What are Solving Problems for (4/27/21)
Prototypes, Early Validations and Streamlining the Design Process (5/6/21)
Documenting, Sharing Knowledge and Structuring Remote Workshops (5/15/21)
Recruiting in & for Product Design (6/5/21)
Design Audits, Systems and Defining a Foundational Design Language (6/23/21)
Running Effective Design Review Sessions (7/5/21)
Software Package Rebranding Initiative (7/28/21)
Rule of Thumb: Don’t be Toxic (8/5/21)
Designing with Data (8/16/21)
Design as an Influencing Mechanism versus Design as a Stakeholder (9/16/21)
Career Advice in Design - Leadership, Career Paths II (9/23/19)
Design Retrospectives (10/11/21)
Product Lifecycle & Post Launch Experiences (10/27/21)
POD Strategies & Accountability (11/14/21)
Why Designers Should Document Their Efforts (12/5/21)
My Year in Design 2021 (12/29/21)


Articles of 2020

Design Literacy in Organizations (1/12/20)
Design and Expectations (1/20/20)
Feedback and the Design Process (2/9/20)
Designers, Team Connections & Credibility (2/23/20)
SAIL - Travel Differently Concepts (3/8/20)
Agile in Design (3/22/20)
Longevity in the Design Process (4/12/20)
E-mail Ecosystem Case Study (5/2/20)
Mentorship in Design (5/10/20)
How to Harness Divergent Points of View in the Design Process (5/26/20)
Sketching and Quick Ideation in Design Processes (6/14/20)
Design Leadership - How does one get there & What does it entail (6/22/20)
Dark UX Patterns, Client Loss & Staggering Costs (7/4/20)
Is there Cannibalization of roles in the Design Thinking Process (7/19/20)
Gamification - Considerations and Experiences (8/2/20)
Design Processes Power Effective Solutions (8/23/20)
Remote Design Sessions (9/13/20)
Research as Grounds for Product Experiences (10/3/20)
Myopia in Design (10/25/20)
Shifting Product Expectations and Client Retention (11/15/20)
Documentation and Successful Design Processes (11/28/20)
How Constraints Potentiate Creativity & Innovation (12/27/20)
My Year in Design 2020 (12/31/20)


Articles of 2019

My Year in Design 2018 (1/13/19)
Design and Labels (1/24/19)
Personas, Characters and Long Lasting Products (2/17/19)
How Designers Measure Success (Part I) (3/17/19)
How Designers Measure Success (Part II) (3/24/19)
Onboarding Experiences for Designers (4/19/19)
Doomed Projects and Failure Assessment (5/5/19)
Product & Feature Definition and Successfully Scaling Solutions (5/25/19)
Assessing Iteration and Testing in Design (6/22/19)
Design & Accountability II (6/30/19)
Design Sprints (7/20/19)
Empathy and the Design Process (8/3/19)
Credibility in Design (8/18/19)
Ego in Design (9/22/19)
Long Lasting Solutions and Innovation in Design (9/29/19)
Designers and Motivation (10/20/19)
White Label Products (10/27/19)
Holistic Product Design and Omni-channel experiences. (11/17/19)
Career Advice in Design - Leadership, Career Paths (11/24/19)
Discoverability in the Design Process (12/8/19)
A Year and a Decade in Retrospective (2019 & 2010s) (12/22/19)


Articles of 2018

My Year in Design 2017 (1/1/18)
How to Prepare Workshops and What Information to Get Out of Them (2/4/18)
Honesty in Design, Marrying with Business Goals (3/2/18)
Streaming App Redesign & Concepts (3/11/18)
When a Faulty Product Design Practice Sabotages User Experience (3/15/18)
Business Tactics as a Designer’s Skill (3/30/18)
Monetization Considerations in Product Design (4/15/18)
Travel App - IOS Platform Experience (5/1/18)
Perfectionism vs. Thoroughness (5/25/18)
Healthcare Application - Curandus (5/24/18)
E-Commerce Mobile Responsive Product (6/4/18)
How to Start a career in Design, Portfolios and Interviewing (7/15/18)
Considerations on Design Thinking and Design Processes (8/18/18)
Ambiguity and the Design Process (9/23/18)
Designer and Enduring Brand Qualities (10/24/18)
White Label Product Case Study (10/28/18)
Design and Requirements Documentation (11/11/18)
Design and Accountability (11/25/18)
Aesthetic, Visual Design & Usability (12/16/18)


Articles of 2017

Design Workshops (1/16/17)
My Year in Design 2016 (1/22/17)
Communicating with Development Teams (2/26/17)
Building a Design Practice within a Startup (3/30/17)
Portfolios and the Art of Communicating (4/25/17)
The importance of documentation to a successful design process (5/29/17)
Building a successful design practice with limited resources (6/25/17)
Are Product Guidelines a necessity or a constrictive instrument when establishing a successful Product Design practice (7/16/17)
Business and Design: How different disciplines work in tandem and what does that mean for a design practice (8/15/17)
Globalization & Localization (what does this mean for product design) (9/17/17)
Product and Design – considerations & observations from this relationship (10/8/17)
Client Expectations vs. User Validation - How Design deals with conflicting feedback (11/19/17)


Articles of 2016

My Year in Design 2015 (1/19/16)
The Process of an Intricate Redesign Effort (1/19/16)
The Importance of Having a Point of View (2/10/16)
The Importance of Listening (3/11/16)
Collaboration (4/14/16)
Transparency (5/5/16)
Personalization case study within a fitness app (6/10/16)
Global Meet Case Study (7/11/16)
Innovation & Design (9/21/16)
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