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Swimlanes Now Part of Eight Shapes “Unify”

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 22, 2010
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Back in 2008, I blogged about the Swimlanes document that my colleague, Yvonne Shek and I created while I was a consultant at nForm. The Swimlanes document (which is card #12 in the UX Methods Trading Cards) won the 2008 IA Summit â€œPeopleâ€™s Choice Awardâ€ at the Eight Shapesâ€˜ sponsored “Wall of Deliverables”.

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Design for Emotion and Flow on Boxes and Arrows

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Aug. 7, 2008
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Over at Boxes and Arrows, they’ve just published an article I’ve written discussing how to design interfaces that encourage the creation of “flow“.

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The User Experience Iceberg at FOWD

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jun. 5, 2008
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Steve Pearce from Poke presented an interesting take on the User Experience Iceberg at the recent Future of Web Design (FOWD) conference in London, UK.

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The User Experience Iceberg

Post author By Trevor Van Gorp
Post date Jan. 27, 2008
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Jesse James Garrett’s Elements of User Experience is a great illustration of the components required to create engaging and rewarding experiences. But, it can be too much information for clients to fully comprehend during a quick presentation. The analogy of The User Experience Iceberg is a great way to help your clients realize that visual design is only the “tip” of the iceberg.