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Ingrid Fetell Lee: Our Surroundings Have a Profound Influence On Our Well-Being
In her new book 'Joyful', author and IDEO Fellow Ingrid Fetell Lee embraces color, abundance and bubbles. And you should too.
Be Frugal with Everything Except Your Bed, Your Chair, Your Space, and Your Team
In his new book, The Messy Middle, Scott Belsky, the founder of 99U and now the Chief Product Officer at Adobe, focuses on navigating the wildly misunderstood and volatile middle miles of a journey. One of the most important parts of building a business is effective budgeting. In this excerpt, Belsky outlines the overlooked places to invest so your team feels taken care of and rewarded.
By Scott Belsky
How Robinhood Emphasizes Design to Make Stock Trading More Accessible
Robinhood’s senior designer explains how the app’s user-friendly design is making stocks, ETFs, options, and crypto more approachable.
The First Five Years: Should I Try to Negotiate the Salary of My First Job?
Welcome to “The First Five Years” where Mitch Goldstein, a professor of design at Rochester Institute of Technology, answers reader questions related to the unchartered waters of beginning a career. This month, Mitch answers a question about how to determine, and maximize, your first salary.
These UX Designers are Rethinking the Voter Ballot
Two designers have set out to bring UX strategies to the myriad systems of local, state, and federal election offices, using human-centered design thinking to shepherd citizens through from the registration process to the moment they mark their choice on the ballot.
Scott Belsky: How to Navigate the Messy Middle of a Creative Venture
The starts and finishes of a project seem to get all the headlines and press, but they don’t adequately reflect the extreme swings that occur during the middle section of a journey. In his new book, The Messy Middle, 99U Founder Scott Belsky shares lessons in entrepreneurship around the crucial, but overlooked part of a creative endeavor.
By Matt McCue
What It Takes to Launch a Profitable Side Hustle
A creative director finds purpose and profit in self-publishing.
Design Debate: Is There Such a Thing as Too Much Inspiration?
Three designers face off on the pros and cons of constant inspiration. Ready, set, debate.
Designer Confessions: The Most Embarrassing Moments Edition
Sean Adams, Ping Zhu, Arianna Orland, Zak Kyes, and Mac Premo share the most embarrassing moments of their careers.
