Blog

A notebook about the struggles, challenges and thoughts of a user experience designer and developers working at iA Zurich.

• Framer is dead · A love letter to my prototyping tool of choice

  Feb 4, 2021 4 mins read

• The power of unfinished · How to get more done, uplevel your craft, and create work that gets noticed

  Nov 3, 2020 7 mins read

• My chatbot is dead · Why yours should probably be too

  Oct 19, 2020 5 mins read

• From Clockworks, to Computers on our Wrists

  Sep 20, 2018 10 mins read

• The rise of Anti-Notifications · The evolution of a well intentioned technology to what it is today

  Aug 29, 2018 5 mins read

• Via Negativa · Finding the essence of a product through continuous elimination

  Jul 23, 2018 18 mins read

• Why Small Teams Win · Scaling meaning before scaling teams

  Apr 3, 2018 5 mins read

• The Vicious Circle of Mediocre Work · And how to break out of it

  Dec 12, 2017 5 mins read

• What designers can learn from the iPhone X

  Nov 10, 2017 5 mins read

• Skeuomorphism In Conversational Design

  Jun 7, 2017 10 mins read

• Taking responsibility for the things you launch

  May 15, 2017 3 mins read

• Stop talking, start listening

  Apr 25, 2017 4 mins read

• Caveats of Motion Design

  Feb 21, 2017 3 mins read

• My Chatbot found my wallet

  Nov 22, 2016 4 mins read

• Introducing the UX Bear

  Aug 16, 2016 2 mins read

• Technical and social challenges of conversational design

  Jun 13, 2016 15 mins read

• Are Chatbots The Future Of Web Design?

  May 4, 2016 1 mins read

• Designing with purpose

  Apr 13, 2016 4 mins read

• On hover states

  Nov 30, 2015 3 mins read

• The illusion of time

  Sep 1, 2015 1 mins read

• Deceptive Simplicity

  Feb 18, 2015 4 mins read

• Interactive float-labels

  Nov 24, 2014 1 min read

• The self-actualizing designer

  Sep 29, 2014 2 mins read

• Creating distraction-free reading experiences

  Jul 18, 2014 14 mins read

• Improving the hamburger button

  Jun 13, 2014 3 mins read

• Skype’s premium strategy: no strategy

  May 28, 2014 2 mins read

• Designing Expectations

  Apr 15, 2014 4 mins read

• The art of the button

  Jan 14, 2014 4 mins read

• Transitions in UX / UI design

  Sep 25, 2013 5 mins read

• Simple ain’t boring

  Aug 12, 2013 4 mins read

• Progressive Reduction: just another buzzword?

  Aug 2, 2013 5 mins read

• Gangnam Design vs Lasting Design

  Jul 29, 2013 5 mins read

• Building progressively enhanced websites using bulletproof Backbone & CSS transforms

  Jul 20, 2013 5 mins read

• How to work on weekends without losing your soul and your friends: The 1 charge cycle.

  Jul 16, 2013 2 mins read

• Redefining the online identity of an advertising agency

  Mar 7, 2013 4 mins read