Articles

I've been writing on Design topics since 2016. These articles cover a variety of topics, including Design Processes, Design Thinking Methodology and its Application, Research, Interaction Design, Getting Started in the Design Arena, Working with Product, Development, Go to Market teams, to name but a few. You can check the listing of those articles below and my weekly Design Newsletter on Medium. 
Article of 2023



Article 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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