What is VR? Why is it special? * What will happen when we combine it - spatial, immersive, and performance intensive - with the wild and eclectic web? * What creative possibilities will open up? * Which web values will be strengthened, int...

*What I Learned From Sherlock Holmes: User Research Experiences* We’ve all been there - that moment when you, designers and researchers, are stumped and overwhelmed with hours of video, thousands of photos, artifacts, and documents. What should...

Data visualization and UI work hand-in-hand to democratize access to data. But as these fields expand at a head-swimming rate (along with user expectations) it's important to consider the ways in which humans interact with data and how we, as desi...

Dustin, who uses the word ''craft'' almost as often as the word ''empathy,'' works like a therapist of design, parsing users’ needs in order to create, iteration by iteration, a collaborative, distraction-free publishing platform. A spirit of eleg...

Pamela is in a fascinating pursuit of figuring out the underlying formular of online happiness. It was hooked. Through an elaborate online study of 8000 people on 300 sites, collecting 1000 diaries, interviewing 500, and socially listening to 5...

Traditionally, UI design has its focus on improving usability for the user. Persuasive design has its focus on improving motivation. Learn how to apply psychology to design engaging digital experiences that make people take action. For this, we...