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Celebrating Our Journey with Co-Founder Insights

Our conversation with Website Planet offers an exclusive peek behind the curtains of UX Academy. We discuss the origin story, vision, and core philosophy that propels our organisation forward. It all started with an idea: high-quality education should be affordable … Continue reading

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Unlocking UX Research in Southeast Asia

While the user experience scene was still nascent 10 years ago in Southeast Asia, today it is no longer the case. We can see more enterprises and companies acknowledging the importance of user experience, some of them even built their … Continue reading

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The HiPPO in the room – 4 tips to successfully manage senior stakeholders within the design process

From maintaining audit trails to preparing your “toolkit”, the key strategies to successfully manage senior stakeholders in any design project… At its core, it’s built around identifying user needs, studying user behaviour, research, prototyping, testing and iteration. Everything is based … Continue reading

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Insight or Finding? What’s the Difference?

When I was 12 years old, I had visited my uncle’s farm near Hyderabad. His farm was a beautiful, lush haven symbiotically flourishing with farm animals. I used to enjoy spending my time there and every morning, along with my … Continue reading

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A quick guide to making a good UI design.

What is UI design? UI design has been defined a zillion times before, so we will try our best to give you the simplest definition of all, like how MockFlow always simplifies it for you. UI design is the process … Continue reading

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How to create a personalised and user-centric website

User Experience, user-centricity and personalised content are just some of the buzz words floating around the digital design space, but what do they mean in practice? As users demand a more streamlined online service, businesses must not only understand the … Continue reading

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Ethics in UX & Design

Designers often find themselves in the middle of arguments since business owners lean towards solutions that benefit the interests of the company rather than the user.  With the tough competition in almost every sector, there is no way entrepreneurs will … Continue reading

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How can designers combat decision bias?

Art supplies maker, Crayola launched its ‘Colors of the World’ set of crayons last year to coincide with the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. This set features crayons representing a wide spectrum of skin tones … Continue reading

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Recap of 2nd Festival of UX and Design

The “Festival of UX and Design 2021” was a five-day virtual event organized by Mobile UX London(MUXL) from 22nd to 26th March 2021. This event brought together a diverse group of UX professionals worldwide to learn, interact and participate. Five … Continue reading

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My reflections on doing my first UX conference talk at the Mobile UX Conference 2021

Hi everyone! Welcome to my third blog post on my talk at the Mobile UX conference 2021. In this blog post, I will go through my experiences of how my talk went, the Q&A session and key takeaways from this experience. … Continue reading

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ICO presence at the Festival of UX & Design March 2021

With just six months to go until the ICO’s Children’s Code comes into force, we’re urging organisations and businesses to make the necessary changes to their online services and products. The Children’s Code sets out 15 standards organisations must meet … Continue reading

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Talk from Ram Almog at the Festival of UX and Design 2020

The Festival of UX & Design hosted by MUXL has reached many corners of the world – from Europe to America and even Asia, more than 600 attendees came together, creating a global community and integrating passionate professionals in UX … Continue reading

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What happened at our meetup focused on Sustainable UX – write up by Sandra Pallier

On Thursday 5 March 2020 we ran a meetup focused on Sustainable UX, in collaboration with our partners at IBMix. One of our attendees, Sandra Pallier wrote this brilliant summary of what she learned during the meetup. We’ve also embedded … Continue reading

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Uber proves that mobile UX can exist away from the screen

Adam Williams from Uber showed the Mobile UX London conference 2019 that UX is just as important away from the screen as it is on it. Let’s find out more. On November 21st 2019, the 2019 edition of Mobile UX London … Continue reading

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5G environments and Contextual UX

Adam de Linde from Orange showed the Mobile UX London conference how understanding social organisation and work practices matter when designing what he calls ‘5G environments’, the convergence of 5G networks, edge computing and AI. On November 21st 2019, the 2019 … Continue reading

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Adobe MAX Creativity Tour London 2019

On 3rd December, Adobe invited professionals across the creative industries to their MAX Creativity Tour. Mobile UX London attended, where we discovered the latest updates by Adobe and left feeling truly inspired by the range of creatives and content producers … Continue reading

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Optimising design workflow with Adobe Xd

At MUXL Conference 2019, the London UX community had a great opportunity to get an introductory workshop in Adobe Xd by Stephanie Maier, a UX/UI evangelist at Adobe. The workshop ‘Adobe XD – programmed to make you work faster’ proved … Continue reading

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Five highlights from Mobile UX London 2019

The MUXL conference for 2019 was a massive success enjoyed by all. If you couldn’t be there, here are five of the best moments. On Thursday November 21 st 2019, the Mobile UX London 2019 conference took place at De … Continue reading

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Designing UX for the internet’s next billion users

The next billion people who will go online are not like the ones who came before. How does a giant like Google adapt their UX to meet their unique demands? Rachel Ilan Simpson shared the answers. On November 21st 2019, the … Continue reading

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Don’t miss Rachel Simpson at Mobile UX London

We can’t wait to welcome Rachel Simpson to the stage at Mobile UX London. In the run-up to the conference, we chatted with Rachel about her UX story, as well as what you can expect when you come to Mobile … Continue reading

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How Adobe XD continues to innovate

How does Adobe always succeed in giving its XD users what they want? It’s actually really simple. Let’s find out more. One of the best things about Adobe XD is that it introduces new features on a monthly basis. What’s … Continue reading

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Level-Up User Experience

Immerse yourself in the world of enhanced user experience with Oracle and Mobile UX London User Experience (UX) can be defined as, “A human-centred approach to innovation that draws from the designer’s toolkit to integrate the needs of people, the possibilities of technology, … Continue reading

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Catch Mark Edgington at Mobile UX London

The Mobile UX London conference is going to be packed full of highlights, but we’re especially looking forward to welcoming Mark Edgington to the stage. As a preview for Mark’s talk, we had a quick chat with Mark about his … Continue reading

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Futures Design Thinking: Shaping our Destiny with Speculative Design

Ahead of our upcoming November Conference we asked one of our speakers, Phil Balagtas, to give us some insights into his work and the reasons why he will be talking to us about Speculative Design on 21 November. Can you tell us a … Continue reading

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How a mobile app can change work culture

The role gamification plays in increasing employee engagement Imagine you are a pirate that has been shipwrecked on a desert island.  Your mission is to complete tasks in exchange for treasure. Your prize? A week’s worth of coffee, café vouchers, … Continue reading

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Twenty years ago No Logo changed the world but what happened next?

The world is full of logos, on clothing, food, technology and services. We use logos to identify the things we prefer, to help us make better, quicker purchasing decisions. We use them to tell others who we are. We signal … Continue reading

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What terrible cookies can teach us about good design

No matter what product or service you’ve been tasked with designing, you are designing it for an end-user. Whether it’s a money saving app or a new cookie, someone is going to use it or someone is going to eat … Continue reading

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Do you need to be eccentric to be a great designer?

In 1908, Henry Ford changed the world starting with the USA. He didn’t invent the car but turned the production of the car on its head and in the process transformed transportation and manufacturing. In my new book, The Future of … Continue reading

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In August IBM iX hosted our meet-up focused on accessible and inclusive design

This month we were delighted to have our meet-up hosted by IBM iX taking place in the IBM Client Centre, with beautiful views of the River Thames. Our meet-up focused on strategies for accessible and inclusive design and saw speakers … Continue reading

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good UX design: what happened at our meet-up in May

For our meet-up in May, we took a slightly different approach inviting 6 speakers to give advice on what constitutes good UX design in just 10 minutes each. Our speakers were from organisations including Adobe, ELSE, Space Between, Aviva, Sutherland … Continue reading

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How to design your push notifications for success

Most of us receive push notifications every day. Usually, these present us with news, discounts, changes in social networks, weather, or information about the internal mechanisms of our smartphone. The fact is that most people immediately delete notifications without reading … Continue reading

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Designing for Immersive Reality Experiences

What happened at our meetup in March On 21 March, we brought together an array of talented designers and true experience creators who led us across the fields of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Multi-Sensory Extended Reality. As new, evolving … Continue reading

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Talking Innovation With Marion Duncan, Creative Director, Accenture Liquid Studio, London

Innovation in Business Innovation in business can seem a bit like space travel – a lot of people talk about it, but not a lot know how to make it successful. Although it’s needed to gain an edge over competition, … Continue reading

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What Is A Design Sprint And How Does It Work?

Released in 2016, the original Sprint Book was a bit of a revelation. It describes a five-day process for planning & testing new ideas. This process is called a “Design Sprint”. It originated at Google, as a way to help … Continue reading

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Top 5 Ways In Which User-Centered UX Design Benefits The Bottom Line Of Your Business

What is UX design about? In this digital landscape, it has become mandatory for every business to invest money in developing an exclusive mobile application or a comprehensive website. But to build an ideal app or a site is a … Continue reading

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Why You Should Care About Your Mobile Application Design

Get an overview about new trends Technology changes. Things we believed were impossible 2 or 3 years ago are the part of our everyday life. So, in order to provide you with a valuable help on what has changed in … Continue reading

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Interview With Laura Leon – UX/UI Designer At Mobi Lab

The changing world of User Experience The world keeps changing and technology is helping shape the future. In the past years, we’ve seen virtual reality, augmented reality and other new developments find their ways into the day to day products … Continue reading

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UX & Ethics: Where Do They Intersect?

Image credit: Pixabay Done correctly, UX design work should benefit both parties involved. The person experiencing it, and the person (or business) that provided it. But this doesn’t always happen. Businesses ultimately want to drive as many conversions as possible. … Continue reading

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Interview With Stacey Seronick, Head Of UX Design & Research, Catalia Health

Summer is holiday season for everyone, but for our team, it tends to get considerably busy. We’re working hard to prepare the 4th Mobile UX London conference, taking place on 20 November at One Park Crescent, London. The event which … Continue reading

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7 Flawless Examples Of Ecommerce UX Done Right

UX is extremely important for any kind of online activity, but when you add in the huge amounts of money up for grabs in the ecommerce world, you have a core ingredient that can single-handedly make the difference between a … Continue reading

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Accessibility In UX

The speed with which new technologies have been implemented into our daily lives is incredible. If you had asked someone 15 years ago “do you think you will ever control the lights and heating in your home from your phone?” … Continue reading

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Chatbots On The Rise

Chatbots are set to be the next big thing in UX, as they can be placed almost anywhere that has WiFi and can be utilised by any industry. In fact, you have probably encountered a chatbot at some point in … Continue reading

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Designing AI Experience For Chat Mediums

On November 10th, as a part of the 2017 edition of Mobile UX London, our third annual main event, our community had the pleasure of welcoming Shelbian Fung, Interaction Designer at Google’s HQ in San Francisco. As a special guest, … Continue reading

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Addressing The Discomfort Of Travel

At the 2017 MUXL Conference, the London UX community had the pleasure of kicking off our annual gathering with a talk by Vibha Bamba & Sukhada Jog, special guests from Airbnb’s design team in Silicon Valley. Their talk “Designing for … Continue reading

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Virtual Reality Story Telling

One of the final lectures of the day at the 2017 MUXL Conference came via Christophe Mallet from Somewhere Else VR, a London-based creative agency specializing in immersive technologies. The topic, Virtual Reality Storytelling, captivated the audience of the main … Continue reading

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Bringing Disruptive Innovation Techniques To The Heart Of Your Design Process

Our path to innovation Pensions and savings specialist Standard Life, (part of leading global investment company Standard Life Aberdeen plc) help clients invest for their financial futures. Our industry is evolving, and we have to ensure we are at the … Continue reading

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Guide To Conducting Mobile User Experience Testing

There is no doubt that the benefits of focusing on user experience are a vital element for creating a competitive advantage. This Guide will help you thoroughly understand and appreciate the importance of mobile user experience testing by exploring various … Continue reading

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Top 10 Inspiring UX Portfolios

Every UX designer knows that their portfolio will be crucial for their career and for showcasing their body of work. However many designers (even great ones) fail at effectively building them. UX portfolios are especially important because not only does … Continue reading

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Designing Chatbot With Elvia Vasconcelos

During our May meet-up “Designing Chatbot – Part II”, Elvia Vasconcelos, senior UX designer at SapientRazorfish. She delivered a really useful talk on the process of designing chatbots. She detailed how to think through a design before its conception. She … Continue reading

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When To Slow Down A Corporate Design Project? – Valuable Content

There are so many different scenarios a designer can find himself in when starting a new project. Some of them will require fast, divergent actions that will bring ideas to fruition in an instant. However, the problem with that approach … Continue reading

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UX Influencers 2017 You Should Follow: Top 10 People In UX

Mobile UX London, a one-day User Experience & usability conference to learn and develop skills in Mobile User Experience in London UK. Not sure which UX influencers to follow? Want to follow experts who share content regularly? We have done … Continue reading

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Compare The Market – User Centered Design Principles

At compare the market.com we’ve always focused on customer needs when designing and building our products. Over the last couple of years we’ve introduced more User Centered Design principles. Wikipedia describe User Centered Design as follows: ‘User-centered design … is … Continue reading

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7 Designing Tips AI With Chatbots – MUXL March Meet-Up

Everyone was kicked backed and relaxed with a beer ready to hear the insights that David Contreras had to give the Designing tips AI with Chatbots. Shey Cobley also had to give the Designing tips. What they were not expecting … Continue reading

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One Device : The Next Big Thing To Replace All Other Devices

All smartphones will become obsolete by the end of 2018. They might share their fate with the laptops, eBook readers, tablets, phablets, consoles and myriads of devices we have in early 2017. In this article, I will explore the cause … Continue reading

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How To Use Animation To Improve UX Design?

UX design is the process of designing (digital or physical) products that are useful, easy to use, and delightful to interact with. Motion tells stories. Not long and complicated stories, but simple stories, like “hey, you need to look at … Continue reading

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The Right Way To Influence Behavior With Technology

With all the technologies available to us today, you’d be forgiven for thinking that influencing customer behaviour has become easy. You put a Beacon here, you send a push notification there, and you’re sorted – right? In practice, we all … Continue reading

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The Tipping Point : Why It’s Time To Truly Think Mobile First

The mobile first approach is exactly as it sounds: designing for the smallest screen and working your way up. Apparently a third of Americans would rather give up sex than their beloved mobile phone. This would imply that either Americans … Continue reading

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Top 10 Evaluation Criteria When Selecting A Prototyping Tools

By: Athar Majeed Top 10 Evaluation Criteria when Selecting a Prototyping Tools Interactive prototyping for web and mobile apps is very important and has grown significantly over the past decade. There are many prototyping tools to choose from and this … Continue reading

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ROI of Happy Users: Emotions Vs. Numbers?

By: Sabrina Duda ROI of Happy Users: Emotions vs. Numbers? What is the ROI of Happy Users? Sabrina Duda Many business minded people are focused on numbers. To be true, that is their job. They have to make sure that … Continue reading

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