There is no question that agile development has revolutionised the way software is made. Over the past 15 years or more, Agile has become the method of choice for most software development, whether it is Windows applications in C++, mobile native development in iOS or Android, or web-based applicati

A Solid Way To Combine Agile Development With UX Design Work

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A recent trend in the UX and design field is to put the focus of product design on the engineering and production part. The demand for effective and highly functional product user interfaces and diversification of job descriptions in the design field have driven this trend, but it’s also rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of the UX designer’s role.

The Five Main Abilities Expected From Every UX Designer

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A recent trend in the UX and design field is to put the focus of product design on the engineering and production part. The demand for effective and highly functional product user interfaces and diversification of job descriptions in the design field have driven this trend, but it’s also rooted in a

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/five-main-abilities-expected-from-every-ux-designer-von-vogelsang-m2sxf/

Yes, Futura font was used by both Americans and Nazis during WWII. It was also the font used by NASA during the Apollo 11 mission on the plaque left on the moon.

Was the Futura font used in America and England during WWII?

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Was-the-Futura-lRcBJ_8rRbGT56QbrIYd0g

Includes Head of Product Design The greatest people don’t need to be managed. They just need a common vision.

What’s The Role of a Head of UX?

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In 2016, I partnered with a marketing agency in Liechtenstein, and the owner of the company believed our collaboration was a match made in…

Why Combining a Marketing Role with a UX Role in One Person is Destined to Fail

Job titles in the Design fields may be confusing. What’s the difference between User Centred Design and UX? Here are my thoughts.

The Tension Field of Design

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Daylight Computer (DC1) is a new kind of calm computer, designed for deep work and health.

Daylight | A More Caring Computer

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What Does a UX Lead do?

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Society, culture, politics, psychology, anthropology, education, design, photography. I analyse, experiment, innovate, learn, write.

Henning von Vogelsang

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1. Discover Everything And Research What You Need To Know

How To Build a Successful Product In Six Steps

It’s not much different for software than it is for hardware products.

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The main talking points around AI right now are LLMs, GPTs, and how tools like Generative AI can directly be applied to take over specific tasks at work. Companies from virtually all industries are also thinking about how currently available AI can be used for customer support, or how advanced AI mo

AI’s Revolutionary Role In Innovation, Beyond Generative Models

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My journey as a director in Product Design spans various stations with different levels of management and leadership. Along the way, I have gained essential insights into strategic leadership, which have become an intrinsic part of my professional identity over time.

Strategy Essentials for Leadership in Tech Companies

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A Solid Way To Combine Agile Development With UX Design Work

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New blog post: The Five Main Abilities Expected From Every UX Designer

Comments are open here, on Posts.

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My upcoming font family, Beeline. Here’s a specimen of Beeline Regular (400). 

#Fonts #Font #Typeface #TypeDesign #Typography #UIFont #UIFonts #ScreenReading #WritingFont

I’d love to try out https://www.fontdue.com/, but there is no pricing, nowhere to look up what it will cost once the free trial is over. Who buys the cat in the bag? #fontdue

That moment of withdrawal, after you committed your website and it’s all up and live, and there’s no bug to be fixed, no broken link to be repaired.

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What if the mobile user flow would be:

1. You form an intent
2. You select the function that fulfils this intent
4. You open the function and perform the function

2/2

I am having issues editing EPUB exported from Apple Pages. On iPhone the text is clashing with the book title atop. I believe it is related to the dynamic page container. Does anyone have experience with the XML and CSS of an Apple Pages generated EPUB book?

The Five Main Abilities Expected From Every UX Designer

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What’s the difference between categories and tags?

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#UX #UserExperience #UXDesign #Psychology #Semantics #Language

Beeline, a new font family I am about to release in Spring. You can see a live preview with everything written on my website, henningvonvogelsang.com.

People keep telling me how great Perplexity is. Be careful with citations, as this hilariously hallucinated answer shows. It puts digital fantasy fonts of the 2000s and Microsoft Arial in use at WWII. 
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Was-the-Futura-lRcBJ_8rRbGT56QbrIYd0g

Turns out ChatGPT 4o allows only three replies for the free tier. Then it asks you to upgrade your plan.

Learn more about the role of a Head of UX and UX Director in larger and smaller organisations.

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Why Combining a Marketing Role with a UX Role in One Person is Destined to Fail

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Just a heads up on that recommendation you always hear, that during your job search, you should tell your expected salary, and that they will tell you how much they can pay, and everyone lives happily after. 
That’s a myth. They’ll outright reject you.
 #JobSearch #DesignJobs

https://2ly.link/1zyQP – It’s launch day!
If you’ve always wanted to learn why and how products are successful, this is the book for you.

It’s good to have opinions challenged. Vivid discussions with different viewpoints are helping me to expand my horizon. It makes this platform more valuable to me than the dead bird or LinkedIn…

It seems that every couple of weeks, new design  positions with new titles are created. Different ideas and expectations lead to increased confusion. Here is an attempt to make sense in this tension field. 

https://medium.com/@core/the-tension-field-of-design-2d91826e78f7

The new Daylight Computer comes out in full swing as a competitor to the Remarkable, but with more capabilities inherited from the iPad. The daylight colour switching mode supports its proposition, but it isn’t the main selling point.

https://daylightcomputer.com/

Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJDT5RVV
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/be-smarter-with-creating-products/id6720760932

The simple fact remains: I know what Twitter is. I don’t know what X is.

Looking into passive income sales models. Which platforms have you made good experiences with, with cost that are manageable compared to revenue rates?

What does a UX Lead do? – Bringing clarity to job descriptions in the design fields. 

https://medium.com/@core/what-does-a-ux-lead-do-a5e429ee1fac

#UX #UserExperience #ExperienceDesign #DesignRoles #DesignJobs #Leadership

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Now on Medium: A Solid Way To Combine Agile Development With UX Design Work

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The ProtonMail app (beta) for macOS feels like an alien. Settings are not accessible by menu, “cmd-n” does not open a new message window, messages aren’t in a  window, but kind of an overlay covering the entire UI. I fail to see the advantage over the web app. #UserExperience

I know I should stop teasing you all with a font family that is scheduled to come out in Spring. But I can’t help it, I’m stoked every day it gets closer to completion. 

#Fonts #Font #FontFamily #Typeface #TypeDesign #Typography #UIDesign #UIFont

Top two tips for a CV in 2024: Design it for AI first, for humans second. Use keywords exactly as they’re mentioned in the job description you’re applying for. Use the CV to describe your experience, but a cover letter to describe what you can do for them, using their phrasing.

The #Pinterest experience:

Me: I want to see art, typography, black and white photography.

Pinterest: Here are kitten, tofu recipes and Adobe tutorials.

Me: No kitten, no recipes, no tutorials. Art, type, photos.

Pinterest: Sure, here is how you get six pack abs in two weeks.

Key Differences between the Double Diamond approach and Lean UX

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Americans don’t know to write sentences. It seems as if the comma was never invented.

My Apple Pencil (gen 2) stopped working with any iPad (pro, mini). Battery can charge fully normally. Removing from device bluetooth and reconnecting does not change anything. Any suggestions?

The current mobile user flow:

1. You form an intent
2. You need to remember the names of the apps for the function you want
3. You need to decide which app to open now, to perform the function
4. Search that app, find it, open it

1/2

Using the mobile Posts app, and I’m flabbergasted that you can’t enlarge images with two fingers.

Saying you’re a “digital designer” is akin to saying you’re a “paper designer”.

The state of LinkedIn: fortune cookie wisdom for professionals.

Copy-paste “fonts” for bold styling in posts are the “desire paths” of LinkedIn. No A/B testing, user acceptance test or even usability test will show the LinkedIn design team that this is a true need people have. That’s something you learn from context research.

Beeline, a new font family.

https://henningvonvogelsang.com/proj-019.html

#TypeDesign #Fonts #Font #ScreenDesign #UI #Usability #FontFamily

How do you make sure that the product you’re building is going to be a success?

https://medium.com/p/8aca4741daee

“Be Smarter With Creating Products”, available now, on Amazon and Apple.

Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJDT5RVV
Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/book/be-smarter-with-creating-products/id6720760932

For several weeks I’ve been working on something some people might classify as insane. It probably is.

New blog post: A Solid Way To Combine Agile Development With UX Design Work

https://henningvonvogelsang.com/writing-henning-von-vogelsang_a-solid-way-to-combine-agile-development-with-ux-design-work.html

Beyond generative models of AI, aside of ChatGPT – how will AI influence innovation and progress in society? Here are my thoughts:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ais-revolutionary-role-innovation-beyond-generative-von-vogelsang-gzqne/

What do you need for a good, solid strategy, as a leader in an organisation? Here is what I’ve learned.

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Design Sprints for UX work in software dev are popular. Advantages are speed and progressive improvement. The downside may be that you’re missing relevant issues.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/henningvonvogelsang_designsprints-userexperience-ux-activity-7171081488006914048-_guI