Over the last year, the industry of UX design has made leaps and strides thanks to new technology and successful new approaches. But which of these new trends will stay relevant next year, and which will just become fads?
Our new e-book UX Design Trends 2015 & 2016 takes a fine comb through the advancements of UX design as we head into 2016.
Microinteractions, personalization, user empowerment, multi-device experiences, the new gamification, and abandoning the design silo — why did these become useful, and how can you build them into your UX projects?
Readers can see these points illustrated through 71 hand-picked examples analyzed from companies like Hulu, Netflix, Spotify, Tinder, Nest, Lookout, Vine, and Waze.
This 164-page guide covers topics such as:
- The democratization of design: how to perfect UX by collaborating with other departments
- How and when to design microinteractions
- Why M-Dot sites are outdated, and how to incorporate adaptive or responsive design for a consistent multi-device experience
- How subtlety, user research, and a little creativity can maximize the effects of personalization
- What went wrong with gamification versus how to correctly gamify experiences
- The UX qualities that makes users feel like better people, and how to apply them to product design.
