Category: Product design
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Why a Design System?
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in Design, Design Ops, Design Systems, Design Team, Digital, Product design, UI, UI Design, UX, UX DesignWhy does your company need a design system? Thats a very good question which can be answered by this statement: “A design system helps to implement a strong brand by employing a consistent look and feel” A design system is an investment which is usually developed from live style guides that have been produced by…
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A Creative Future
I’m pleased to reflect on my recent career and the diverse nature of creativity and projects that I’m currently working on. My Lead UI/UX Designer role is winding up as I prepare for part-time study in photography. I want to continue working in the UX field as I really enjoy the creative aspect of my…
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Internal Design Agency
I’m working on improving our product design across our live NHS solutions for our company. This process is to formalise our design resource with an organised approach to production with our wider product team. To implement this I’m starting to run my design team as an internal design agency with a group of ‘clients’ which…
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UI Review and Design Systems
I’m leading on a UI review of one of our premium products looking at common UI components. This is to unify our front end to further improve the professional look and feel for this product and to ensure that our screens reflect our brand. I’m also looking at UI consistency so that common elements render…
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Design Concepts
I’m currently working ahead of production on design concepts for our projects that are in the discovery phase. Based on stakeholder requirements these concepts help to flesh out the digital solution that will eventually be built by our development teams. The concepts will typically cover the key screens that will enable users to perform certain…
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Mobile Competition
I’ve been looking at the competition for our app in the healthcare sector here in the UK. It’s a good process to review what’s available to our clients and the NHS trusts that we supply. There is a limit to what you can see without access to these systems but you can see reviews, ratings…
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Mobile Style Guide
We’ve just released our mobile specific style guide, this builds on and compliments our desktop style guide which was released at the start of this year. This guide is the latest collaboration with my design team, we have been working on this alongside new feature and BAU work. This guide captures our mobile optimised design…
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User Testing Prototypes
I’m currently building two Figma prototypes for a new NHS rostering solution that has a unique approach for the sector. The prototypes demonstrate the user journeys for two user groups of the new system. I’m working in close collaboration with our POs to refine the final prototypes ahead of user testing to validate our ideas…
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Mobile Style Guide
I’ve just completed a mobile style guide to support our product team and further define our brand’s look and feel. This builds on my previous style guide that included desktop, responsive web and mobile. Following considerable back end improvements our mobile team where implementing I was able to review several components for our app. This…
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Staff Organisation
It is sometimes a significant UI/UX challenge to design solutions for systems that will help organise large staff groups. In my current role I’m working on new ways to roster NHS staff for large UK based trusts. Keeping complex systems easy to use for the main user groups is very important in my user centred…