One of the hardest things to do when starting your design career is to create a design portfolio of impressive work. But many have not had any substantial design work experience and the UX/UI projects they have done, are not worth putting up. The Dribbble portfolio work they have is beautiful but often not technically […]
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You may have seen a number of UX portfolio examples online but you are still not sure what makes them work. Is it the colors, the layout or the type of projects? I am starting a series on UX and UI portfolio teardowns on the blog that you might benefit from in order to ultimately […]
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Updated for 2022Have you ever looked for free UX design tools online only to find that the software has a trial version for 30 days or asks you to start a trial with your credit card? Definitely not helpful. So I decided to compile 5 UX Design tools that are actually free wireframing tools and […]
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Looking to communicate your design concepts more clearly? Struggling with draw a straight line let alone a wireframe sketch? Not to worry, we have created something just for you. Sketch out your concepts on a grid, write out your project feature notes and detail the scenario for that sketch. A variety of grid […]
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Completing a degree can be so hard. It’s been years of blood, sweat and tears in trying to finish your degree. Towards the end, you may have had a quarter mid-life crisis along with a few mental breakdowns since you never really had a passion for that degree. Having heard about UX design, it may […]
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Transitioning into the UX design industry from a different field can seem like a daunting task considering the amount of varied information one finds on the Internet. What should you know, what should you be able to do and should you go back to school to start a new degree/course? Obviously, getting some training is […]
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[row] [/row] Youtube full interview. Thank you so much David for joining us. David if you could take us back to when you were still a student and tell us a little bit about where you grew up. What did you study? I started a long way from here. I started in Dublin, […]
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Focus Lab are a close team of creative professionals based out of Savannah, Georgia. They are passionate about partnering with good people and organizations to provide exceptional custom solutions. Our skills are specific and fine-tuned. We are specialists, not generalists. We build identities and experiences to elevate and empower organizations. Awesome office setup at design […]
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People who succeed in a UX design role have two things in common. Firstly, they enjoy what they do. Secondly, their personality fits the work they do daily. Too many articles on how to get started in UX design, dive straight into the courses that must be taken and the skills that must be acquired. […]
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The first part of this tutorial explained how to create an animated UI design for a mobile app using Invision and record the animation using ScreenFlow. The second part of this tutorial covers how to put the finishing touches on your presentation and the settings for exporting to a GIF using Photoshop. What we shall […]
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