UX Design Blogs

🎯Welcome to an illuminating exploration of how User Experience (UX) shapes Search Engine Optimization (SEO)🚀! As the digital landscape evolves, the connection between UX and...

  Katarina has recently completed our Beginner UX Design Course at UX Academy. Learn more about his experience and what it’s like to study with...

What is Usability? A Guide to Designing Exceptional User Experiences Usability measures how well a user can use a product or design to achieve a...

While UX and UI go together, their true definitions vary significantly. UX is more broadly concerned with a user’s whole experience with a brand, product,...

What is Figma and how to use it? Figma is a web-based app. All you need to start using it is a computer with a...

About Natalia Natalia Veretenyk is the Lead Product Designer at KPMG as well as one of our teachers on the Beginner UX Design course. Follow...

This blog was kindly provided by Goncalo Andrade, who is a User Experience Designer in London and one of the tutors at UX Academy. Make...

Steven is PMO Analyst at Cabinet Office of the Government Digital Service and recently completed our Intermediate UX Design Course at UX Academy. Learn more...

About Fiona I’m a Senior Graphic Designer who has recently started building web experiences in CEROS for my company and I felt that I was...

It’s become a common buzzword for people to use: We work “agile”. Agile sounds modern and successful – and in many cases it is. But...

Within UX there are many terms and analogies that are used when describing design processes. When designing something the process can become complex and at...

Is a UX design portfolio necessary? To put it another way, a UX design portfolio is probably even more important than your CV in an...

We finally set out to settle the most popular questions we get at UX Academy; what is the difference between UX Design and Product Design,...

In order to understand why UX Design is important, we first need to determine what UX actually is. Although there is much debate surrounding the...

Voice design also known as conversation design, voice user interface design or voice user experience (VUX) is a relatively new field.  It is defined as...

Our UX Academy students who were enrolled on the Beginner UX Design Course recently achieved great success working with Blindlee, a blind dating app. In...

As the demand for UX designers increases, there is also a growing number of professionals switching their career path into the UX design industry. If...

About Sam I have been in Marketing for around 4 years, with a recent completion of a Masters Data Analytics and Marketing.   However, whilst...

About ZenBike The added value of ZENbike is the points-per-mile system that converts every mile that you cycle in points and rewards you with discounts...

About Chris I have been designing and coding websites as a freelancer since 2006. However, I recently realised that being a web designer was so...

About Peter Peter successfully graduated from UX Academy in 2018 after working on an exciting and innovative app that aims to improve interactions and communications...

About Gaby Gaby is one of our newest Alumni having completed the Foundation UX Course in June 2018. Before she attended the Academy, Gaby worked...

Kanisha is a User Experience Designer with extensive knowledge of analysing the user’s requirements and problem to design creative solutions that delivers an optimal experience...

As part of our Product Design Course, Kanisha and her team were given the chance to develop Abodely, an home-sharing app. About Kanisha I am...

See how Tim went from the initial concept, to user research, testing, creating storyboards and more until he got to the finished project. Tim’s project...

As part of our Beginner UX Design Course, Alessandra was able to work on an existing app, Fledglink, which also allowed her to build her...

Our team recently had a catch-up with one of our promising students, Samantha, who is currently half-way through the Beginner UX Design Course. She’s currently...

Kateryna is one of the latest students to join the UX Academy Alumni. Currently she’s working as a Senior Graphic Designer at a well established...

As someone who is new to product design, I didn’t know what to expect when I joined this UX Academy course but it turned out...

I have recently finished the 8-week Beginner UX course at UX Academy, and I’d say that the course has helped me understand the process of...

Interested in getting into User Experience or Product Design without any prior experience? Rianne, one of our latest UX Academy Alumni, comes from a marketing...

It’s the big question, and it is, of course, daunting to start out afresh in any field, especially one like UX! It’s ever-changing, with many...

From working closely alongside UX professionals at work, to having just finished the Intermediate UX course at the UX Academy, Vitor has an excellent understanding...

Keen to dive right into both the practical and theoretical world of UX, Ryunosuke decided to complete the Beginner UX course at the UX Academy...

I had the pleasure of chatting to Liz just before she took part in the Beginner UX course at the UX Academy London. Since this...

Whether you’re an established User Experience (UX) professional looking to learn more about voice design or hoping to change career paths, designing for Voice User...

Image credit: PxHere   It’s surprisingly common for sellers (even modern online sellers) to start thinking of purchases as simple matters of exchanged value. To...

     In the month of February 2019 I attended Voice Design Course for 6 weeks, conducted by UX Academy and thought of sharing my...

Why Did I Take This UX Course? I am a young professional who is changing careers from Fashion Design into tech. While working as a...

Technology changes. Things we believed were impossible 20 or 30 years ago are a part of our everyday life. So, in order to provide you...

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...

Innovative design in business can seem a bit like space travel – a lot of people talk about it, but not a lot know how...

I decided to join the Designing for Voice course to further explore a topic I was deeply interested in. I had recently completed MUXL’s course...

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...

Stratis Valachis, Senior UX Designer at Aviva, talks us through the future of Conversational Design Back in November, Stratis Valachis delivered a talk at MUXL...

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...

Image credit: Pixabay We live in a time of great advances in science and engineering, but our brains have set capacities. We can get smarter...

Discovering the UX Academy Course Looking for a good UX design course in London isn’t so easy these days. The city gives us too much...

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....

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...

Why UX design is important? User experience design is a mixture of tools, methods and frameworks that enables one to solve real problems while upgrading...

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...

Convincing Your Boss To Send You For UX Training More and more things are becoming user centred. Take your mobile phone for example: 15 years...

Now is a great time to start a career in UX, as hiring managers are seeing the importance of UX’ers and how usability plays a...

The UX Academy has grown steadily over the years and now offers 3 distinct and dynamic courses including our new Designing Voice Interactions course in...

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...

In the lead up to our inaugural London UX & Design Festival, we sat down with three UX pros from Foolproof, IBM and Just Eat...

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...

At the 2017 MUXL Conference, the London UX community had the pleasure of kicking off our annual gathering with a talk by Vibha Bamba &...

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...

I decided to sign up for the UX Academy 8 week user experience course to further my knowledge as a front-end developer. I found the...

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...

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...

What the Internet of Things (IoT) introduces — or better said, unites — is data, interactions, and the physical world. But coordinating these to deliver...

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...

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...

1. What inspired you to work in UX – MyUX London? UX brings together three things I’m interested in: figuring things out, making things and...

10 UX Design Influencers To Follow Now Mobile UX London, a one-day User Experience & usability conference to learn and develop skills in Mobile User...

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...

Dimitris Kontaris, currently working at HSBC Retail Banking and Wealth Management as a Senior UX Consultant, Dimitris has worked with companies such as Thomson Reuters,...

In 2016 we witnessed the rapid explosion of UX in IOT and AI, bridging the gap that has traditionally existed between tech and UX, exciting...

Why paper prototyping is crucial in designing good digital products Paper prototyping is crucial in designing good digital products. Having a visual understanding of your...

Journey Maps for Content Strategy Marli Mesibov, Content Strategist Mobile UX London will bring together 200+ professionals from around the world covering UX, Product, 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....

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...

BY: ATHAR MAJEED Top 10 Evaluation Criteria when Selecting a Prototyping UX Tools Interactive prototyping for web and mobile apps is very important and has...

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...

Why did I take this class? I am a young professional who works as a Website Manager. I came to know about UX design through...