Linn is a UX and service designer based in Toronto. You can currently find her at Bridgeable, telling the story of design and its impact in the world. Linn has worked with a wide range of clients including Huffington Post, Shoppers Drug Mart, Toronto Public Library and CBS Outdoor. She also mentors the next generation of designers online and in person. You can follow her on Twitter @wittster.
XD Events
There are so many UX events and conferences that take place all around the world – and many different niches and levels of event production. The following round up is by no means exhaustive, but should give you a taste of some Linn Vizard’s personal UX event highlights.
XD Best Practices
It can be time and resource intensive to set up and run user tests. Some of the ways to make sure that you get the most from every round of user testing you and your team runs.
XD Workplace Leadership
Talin Wadsworth, Lead Designer for Adobe XD, is part of a centralized team at Adobe, and leads 7 designers directly. As the team has grown, one focus for him has been evolving a process that can continue to foster a culture of open feedback. We had a conversation about what he has learned along the way.
XD Career
Increased demand for designers means that talented candidates have lots of options to choose from, and that both design agency/client service firms and in-house teams are competing for skilled practitioners. So what can you do when creating job postings for design roles to ensure you get quality applications from excellent candidates?
XD Workplace Leadership
Design works best when it operates as a holistically across an organization, that plays nicely with other functions and approaches. In order to do this, leaders need to build design cultures that are contextually appropriate and contextually aware.
XD Best Practices
What do designers need to know about perception? When we design for people, it’s useful to understand some of the processes that influence how people experience and perceive our designs.