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Häftad, Engelska, 1991
597 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
428 kr
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Extending traditional digital platforms to the new frontier of extended reality (XR) requires taking into account what best practices, new concepts, and conventions have been established and what learnings can be brought forward from case studies involving industry leaders. By looking at practical examples from the field of handheld AR breakthroughs, virtual reality (VR) success stories and experimental interaction concept of pioneering XR platforms, you'll see how it's possible to map out a framework of user experience (UX) guidelines to close in on opportunities and challenges that lay ahead.This book defines, identifies, and analyzes UX practices for XR environments and reviews the techniques and tools for prototyping and designing XR user interactions. You'll approach the design for experiential state and spatial cognition, using established UX key performance indicators, while taking into account the social dynamics, emotional framework and wider industry context.UX design and strategy for the XR space is a new frontier, so UX for XR focuses on case studies and industry research to illustrate the relationship between UX design and the growth of immersive technologies. Practical examples will demonstrate how you should apply UX design principles using designing interactions in XR by identifying the importance of spaces, senses and storyboarding.What You'll LearnExplore the challenges and opportunities of designing for XRSee how spatial interaction is revolutionizing human computer interactionExamine sensory input and interaction beyond the screenWork with 3D Interaction Design and build a strong 3D UXUnderstand VR and augmented reality essentials for emotion-rich user experiencesApply UX research techniques for the XR spaceWho This Book Is ForThis book is primarily for UX designers, consultants, and strategists; XR developers; and media professionals
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
613 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
User experience (UX) design practices have seen a fundamental shift as more and more software products incorporate machine learning (ML) components and artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms at their core. This book will probe into UX design’s role in making technologies inclusive and enabling user collaboration with AI. AI/ML-based systems have changed the way of traditional UX design. Instead of programming a method to do a specific action, creators of these systems provide data and nurture them to curate outcomes based on inputs. These systems are dynamic and while AI systems change over time, their user experience, in many cases, does not adapt to this dynamic nature. Applied UX Design for Artificial Intelligence will explore this problem, addressing the challenges and opportunities in UX design for AI/ML systems, look at best practices for designers, managers, and product creators and showcase how individuals from a non-technical background can collaborate effectively with AI and Machine learning teams. You Will Learn:Best practices in UX design when building human-centric AI products or featuresAbility to spot opportunities for applying AI in their organizationsAdvantages and limitations of AI when building software productsAbility to collaborate and communicate effectively with AI/ML tech teams • UX design for different modalities (voice, speech, text, etc.)Designing ethical AI system
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
592 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Search Experience Optimization (SXO) is a fast growing field that combines the disciplines of Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) and User Experience (UX) Design. It’s a holistic approach to creating websites that are not only optimized for search engines and bots, but for users too, a highly effective method of converting a websites visitors into customers and subscribers, leading some to think of it as SEO 2.0. Recent industry reports suggests that front-end developers and web designers need to embrace SXO best practices to not only ensure websites are optimized by the metadata and analytics that SEO provides, but also ensure a website or application is easy-to-use and behaves in a way the user expects because happy users drive higher retention rates and higher revenue, which is essential for commercial app creators. The Art of SXO aims to be a comprehensive guide tothis emerging field, explaining what it is, how it works, and how to use it to improve search rankings, increase conversions rates, and ultimately grow a company's revenue. This guide will be packed with tips, tricks, and tactics making it an essential resource for anyone looking to get the most out of their search traffic.What You'll LearnApply SXO best practices and how it differs from tradition SEOOptimize websites for both search engine bots and users Increase a website's ranking in SERPsImprove a website's conversion ratesGrow revenue from organic trafficWho This Book Is ForWeb developers and UX designers, technical SEO specialists, digital marketers and business owners who may have a basic understanding of SEO, CRO, UX design and core digital marketing concepts, but are looking to take their practices to the nextlevel with SXO.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
610 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Gain a thorough understanding of the two pillars of any User Experience project: the mission and the process. The mission is to keep the user in mind at each step or milestone as the developer progresses through the project. The process is how that mission is accomplished through collaboration and the use of research, design and development technologies. This book walks you through a developer's journey through the UX process, from start to finish. A Guide to UX Design and Development concentrates on the intersection of what is called “DesignOps” and “DevOps.” That intersection is where collaboration between all members of the team, including stakeholders and clients, occurs and neither DesignOps nor DevOps can go beyond being considered just buzzwords if they instead silo design and development. To highlight the UX Mission and illustrate the responsibility developers also hold for the user experience, authors Tom Green and Joseph Labrecque take you througha hypothetical project involving the development of a parking app for a municipal parking authority. As the book progresses, they concentrate on the developer's journey through the whole project from discovery to product release. In this journey, you will see how developers can make an impact and contribute to the user experience.This will include such topics as why there is a need for both a user journey map and a technical journey map. The authors explain why prototyping is not as complicated as it is made out to be because it is simply an early low-cost and disposable minimal viable product that gives the developer a deep understanding of the project's intent in support of the UX Mission. You will also explore the creation and use of design systems and why the developer's role is just as important as the people who create the design system. The role and responsibility of the developer in user testing is discussed in the context of a variety of testing and assessment methodsconducted to achieve the UX mission.Finally, you’ll gain an understanding of how design and development deliverables are negotiated, prepared and sent out for research at each step of the process, and how the developer is involved.What You Will LearnUnderstand the evolving role of the developer in a team-based environmentLearn the five stages of the UX process Discover the importance of collaboration and communication with stakeholders, designers, and developers at every stage of the processLearn a variety of design and development documents created during the UX processWho This Book Is ForDevelopers and designers involved in the UX Process, as well as developers trying to make sense of the confusing amount of information out there regarding their role in the UX process.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
507 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Reimagine different generative AI as useful creative prototyping tools that can be used to augment your own creative process and projects. Gain a deeper understanding of how generative AI can elevate your creative future.You will acquire a comprehensive understanding of how AI works, uncover tools that can enhance your AI interactions, learn how to extract maximum potential from AI-produced content, and experiment with methods for assessing, refining, and boosting the content to transform your creative projects. You'll also explore how creative professionals from varied disciplines are employing generative AI in their workflows to produce distinctive contributions to the world.Each chapter provides examples of how designers and other creative individuals can utilize these technological wonders, adopting various prototyping techniques to fast-track and optimize design processes and workflows. Creators from all disciplines can tap into the vast capabilities and benefits of generative AI, enabling them to rapidly experiment and prototype their ideas.You Will Learn:Understand how generative AI can support your own creative processLearn tools to get the most out of text-text, text-image, and text-video generative AIAugment your design practices using generative AIDraw inspiration from AI generated content to create unique creative workImprove and streamline creatives processes and workflowsWho This Book Is ForDigital media professionals who want to access off-the shelf creative tools to improve and accelerate their creativity and workflow.Designers and engineers who are looking at novel ways to improve their prototyping and testing processes.Students who want to use AI to rapidly generate ideas to support them in prototyping assignments.Instructors interested in pointing their students to a variety of accessible AI resources to manage their own creativity.
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
459 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
Developer documentation is a powerful tool in developer relations because it provides all the necessary information during the onboarding process and keeps your users informed on changes such as release notes, status reports and new and updated topics. Using a design thinking approach, this book aims to provide an easy to follow blueprint for building successful developer documentation by using the award winning platformOS developer portal as inspiration.You'll work with practical usable templates, workflows, and tools validated and peer-reviewed by international experts in the fields of documentation, technical writing, developer relations, and UX design. This book reveals the many factors that must be considered while crafting developer documentation, such as hitting the right target audience, designing a seamless onboarding experience, and selecting the right workflows and data analysis methods. You'll delve into this complex mix of topics, each with its unique considerations, and understand why it’s difficult for those working on developer documentation to understand the process, as well as all the necessary ingredients, tools, and resources to overcome that challenge. Crafting Docs for Success is your one-stop resource for empowering your team and community to contribute and help maintain your documentation, as well as further improve diversity and inclusion. What You'll LearnExamine how user research facilitates documentation developmentUtilize design thinking, community-driven documentation, and Docs as Code Understand editorial workflows and what happens at each stepWrite a style guide from scratch and use it for content productionReview how methods and strategies fall into place during technical implementationWho This Book Is ForSoftware developersand designers, documentation maintainers and managers, technical writers, developer relations practitioners and advocates, technical community managers, developer marketers, and start-up founders, CTOs, and CEOs
Häftad, Engelska, 2023
507 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Finally, a book on creative programming, written directly for artists and designers! This second edition offers expanded and updated content incorporating the latest advancements and trends in the field of creative programming, also for creatives who want to work directly with P5.js and online. It delves deeper into the intricacies of computational art. It includes fresh case studies that explore real-world applications of coding art, inspiring readers to think beyond traditional boundaries.Rather than following a computer science curriculum, this book is aimed at creatives who are working in the intersection of design, art, and education. Following a real-world use case of computation art, you'll see how it relates back to the four key pillars, and addresses potential pitfalls and challenges in the creative process. All code examples are presented in a fully integrated Processing example library, making it easy for readers to get started. This unique and finely balanced approach between skill acquisition and development makes Coding Art, Second Edition the ideal reference book for both creative programming and the creative process for professors and students alike.What You’ll LearnReview ideas and approaches from creative programming to different professional domainsWork with computational tools like the Processing languageUnderstand the skills needed to move from static elements to animation to interactionUse interactivity as input to bring creative concepts closer to refinement and depthSimplify and extend the design of aesthetics, rhythms, and smoothness with data structuresLeverage the diversity of art code on other platforms like the web or mobile applicationsUnderstand the end-to-end process of computation art through real world use casesStudy best practices, common pitfalls, and challenges of the creative processWho This Book Is ForThose looking to see what computation and data can do for their creative expression; learners who want to integrate computation and data into their practices in different perspectives; creative technologists, educators, digital artists and those who already know how to program, seeking creativity and inspiration in the context of computation and data.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
507 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Explore the possibilities spatial computing and its integration with AI can provide beyond the confines of a traditional user interface. Spatial computing brings together physical and virtual worlds and systems. This book offers an insightful journey into harmonizing user-centered design with the vast potential of AI in spatial computing. You'll start by exploring key concepts and processes in relation to conscious design and traditional computer interfaces. You'll then be introduced to the Mindful Spatial Design Framework (MSDF) and the rapidly evolving world of generative AI and its potential to transform design processes.Once the key concepts are mastered, you'll start to put them into practice and see how to design, prototype, and test interfaceless systems and environments that are seamless and user-friendly. In doing so you'll consider topics such as functionality and aesthetics, as well as how AI can improve automation and testing. The book concludes by looking at ethical AI considerations and best practices as well as looking at next steps and future developments of spatial computing and interfaceless design. As these invisible interfaces become more prevalent, understanding the key principles of conscious design is pivotal. Interfaceless will expand your knowledge base in these areas.What You'll LearnIncorporate conscious design principles in spatial computing projects.Leverage AI to enhance UX in spatial contexts.Develop strategies to address design challenges as we move beyond physical interfaces.See how VR/XR apps, devices, and generative AI are rapidly changing how we perceive and interact with the digital realm.Who This Book Is ForUX/UI designers, developers, and tech enthusiasts eager to grasp the future of HCI.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
507 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
This book introduces you to the exciting world of generative art and creative coding through the medium of JavaScript and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). Using tried and trusted techniques, you’ll tackle core topics such as randomness and regularity, noise and naturalistic variance, shape and path creation, filter effects, animation, and interactivity.In the process you’ll learn SvJs, a JavaScript library that closely mirrors the SVG spec and makes scripting SVG intuitive and enjoyable. You’ll also study the craft of generative art and its creative process, along with JavaScript fundamentals, using modern ES6+ syntax. Each chapter will build upon the previous one, and those completely new to programming will be given a primer to help them find their feet.Generative Art with JavaScript and SVG will take you on a fun journey, peppered with plenty of sketches throughout, designed not only to explain, but to inspire. You Will: • Structure and randomise compositions.• Understand the different types of randomness and their probability distributions.• Create organic variance with the SvJs Noise module. • Apply SVG filter effects in a generative fashion.• Explore different approaches to animating with SVG.• Make your compositions dynamic and interactive. WHO IS IT FOR: Web developers and designers and creative coders with an interest in digital and generative art as well as artists who are interested in learning to code with JavaScript.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
550 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Learn to create seamless designs backed by a responsible understanding of the human mind. This new edition is fully updated and reworked to employ a realistic, challenging, and practical approach to interface design, presenting state of the art scientific studies in behavioral sciences, interface design and the psychology of design. All with modern, up-to-date examples and screenshots. The practical portion of this edition has been completely reworked, giving you the chance to follow along with a real, proven design process that has produced several successful products imbued with the principles of mindful, responsible design.You'll examine how human behavior can be used to integrate your product design into lifestyle, rather than interrupt it, and make decisions for the good of those that are using your product. You will also learn about the neurological aspects and limitations of human vision and perception; about our attachment to harmony and dissonance; and about our brain’s propensity towards pattern recognition and how we perceive the world around us. In the second half of the book, you’ll follow along with the key phases of a design project, implementing what you have learned in an end-to-end, practical setting.Design is a responsibility, but not enough designers understand the human mind or the process of thought. Mindful Design, Second Edition introduces the areas of brain science that matter to designers, and passionately explains how those areas affect each human’s day-to-day experiences with products and interfaces, providing a battle-tested toolkit to help you make responsible design decisions. What You'll LearnReview how attention and distraction work and the cost of attentional switchingUse Gestalt principles to communicate visual groupingEnsure your underlying models make sense to your audienceUse time, progression, and transition to create a compositionCarefully examine controlling behavior through reductionist and behaviorist motivation concepts Apply the theoretical knowledge to practical, mindful interface designWho This Book Is ForThe primary audience for this book is professional designers who wish to learn more about the human mind and how to apply that to their work. The book is also useful for design-focused product owners and startup founders who wish to apply ethical thinking to a team, or when bootstrapping their products. The secondary audience is design students who are either studying a ‘traditional’ visual design course, or a UX/interaction design course who have a desire to learn how they might be able to apply mindful design to their early careers. Finally, a tertiary audience for this book would be tutors involved in teaching design, or peripheral, courses who may wish to incorporate its teachings into their lectures, workshops or seminars.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
507 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Maximize Figma’s arsenal of tools and plugins within a team-based collaborative environment and accelerate your company’s decision making. This book will show you where Figma fits into the user experience (UX) design process from documentation to developer handoff.Since its release as a browser-based design tool in 2016, Figma has fast become the de facto UX Design tool for the industry mainly due to its accessibility and ease of use. As you move through the book you will learn where Figma fits in the UX process. For example, using FigJam (an online whiteboard) for brainstorming, and creating interactive prototypes for mobile devices, tablets, and web sites. You’ll also see how Figma is used to create and integrate with design systems, and how variables, when applied to design system components, can accelerate the design and development workflow.With the help of step-by-step examples, and using Figma’s tools and templates, you’ll create artifacts such as Flow and Journey diagrams, Personas, and wireframes. From there you will explore other design and interactivity features, and how to prepare a Figma file for handoff to a development team.This book is your roadmap to utilizing Figma, the industry’s fastest growing collaborative design tool for building meaningful products. What You Will Learn Create interactive prototypesTest and submit designs for team reviewUnderstand the collaborative workflow involved in an UX projectPrepare common UX documentation Who This Book Is For Designers, developers, and UX specialists with little-to-no Figma experience who are looking to integrate it within their workflows, and intermediate Figma users who are just starting to become involved in the collaborative UX workflow.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
493 kr
Skickas inom 3-6 vardagar
Dive into the expansive realm of instructional design and explore a rich tapestry of effective strategies and practical techniques. This comprehensive guide is a treasure trove of insights bridging the theoretical foundations of instructional design with hands-on, actionable methods to elevate learning experiences.After reviewing the fundamentals, you’ll unravel the essence of instructional design, what it entails, and how its principles can be harnessed. Your journey then delves into the scientific underpinnings of learning in professional settings, dissecting pivotal concepts such as cognitive load, cognitive load theory (CLT), learning styles, and modalities. The guide extends its reach to address inclusivity, promoting equitable practices, and mitigating unconscious bias during the design of learning courses and environments.With a solid foundation in place, you’ll examine key frameworks specific to learning and instructional design, including the tried-and-true methodologies of ADDIE, SAM, and ARCS. Going beyond the conventional, the guide widens its lens to incorporate broader methodologies, such as user-experience (UX), Agile methodologies, storyboarding, and gamification, all prevalent in the tech industry. It also delves into virtual learning environments and the nuances of creating effective online learning experiences and contemplates the revolutionary impact of generative AI on reshaping this space.With a forward-looking perspective, Instructional Design Unleashed anticipates and navigates the potential changes and innovations that AI can introduce, positioning instructional designers at the forefront of the evolving landscape of educational technology.What You’ll LearnUncover the scientific foundations of learning and their seamless integration into the learning experience.Explore practical methodologies and techniques that can be readily applied to enhance your learning projects.Study the vast potential of generative AI within the realms of e-learning and virtual learning environments.Unlock the innovative possibilities for the future of educational technology.Who This Book Is ForInstructional designers, eLearning developers, educators, trainers, app developers, UX designers, and anyone involved in creating effective learning experiences.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
465 kr
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Although business leaders and designers may appear to have different objectives, they actually share a common goal: ensuring the long-term success and profitability of their organization. This book highlights the shared objective, examining the progression of Design Strategy to bridge the gap between design practice and executive decision-making. Featuring the TRACES framework, it aligns design initiatives with overarching business goals, enhancing design-led strategies.The topic is a timely one. A recent article published by FastCompany has touched a nerve among design leaders, highlighting the urgent challenges and anxieties they face about the future of design. It’s sparked a conversation on the need for a new direction within the industry. As we stand on the precipice of the next design shift and design leaders ponder their next steps, The Art of Design Strategy offers a much-needed perspective, providing insights on how to elevate design to a strategic level and secure its place at the heart of business innovation.What You’ll LearnUnderstand the key principles of design strategy and management.Build a design-led work culture within your organization.Examine the TRACES framework to align design initiatives with your business goals.Gain deeper insights of the future landscape of the design industry.Who This book Is For Designers who are interested in design management and its implications, transitioning from design craft to management roles, and managers and design leaders who are looking to understand the strategic value of design in various business areas.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
479 kr
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The perfect storm of learning provoked by generative AI is not just about learning how to use the technology to change human patterns of work and life.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
410 kr
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Explore the field of “futures thinking” and systematically unpack its main design methodologies, such as scenario planning, strategic foresight, and speculative design. This book illustrates how AI tools and techniques can enhance and refine these approaches, and critically examines the intersection of AI with ethical and sustainable design principles.Integrating AI at the cross section of futures thinking and strategic foresight, this book goes beyond conventional boundaries, providing an unparalleled synthesis of AI with speculative and strategic foresight methodologies. You’ll discover that it’s not just about the tools and technologies; but about envisioning and shaping sustainable and ethically responsible futures.Uniquely positioned at the intersection of deep theoretical insights and practical application, Designing Our Future offers a comprehensive understanding of the principles of futures thinking and strategic foresight coupled with actionable methodologies. This balance of depth and practicality sets this book apart in the field of futures studies and design thinking.What You Will LearnUnderstand the foundations and evolution of futures thinking, strategic foresight, and designIntegrate AI into futures thinking methodologies and develop innovative and ethical design processesApply theoretical knowledge of futures studies in real-world settingsCreate prototypes and strategies that are informed by futures design and AI integrationWho this Book Is ForDesign professionals, business managers, strategists, and students as well as policymakers and corporate leaders.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
422 kr
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Extending traditional digital platforms to the new frontier of extended reality (XR) requires taking into account what best practices, new concepts, and conventions have been established and what learnings can be brought forward from case studies involving industry leaders. By looking at practical examples from the field of handheld AR breakthroughs, virtual reality (VR) success stories and experimental interaction concept of pioneering XR platforms, you'll see how it's possible to map out a framework of user experience (UX) guidelines to close in on opportunities and challenges that lay ahead.This book defines, identifies, and analyzes UX practices for XR environments and reviews the techniques and tools for prototyping and designing XR user interactions. You'll approach the design for experiential state and spatial cognition, using established UX key performance indicators, while taking into account the social dynamics, emotional framework and wider industry context.UX design and strategy for the XR space is a new frontier, so UX for XR focuses on case studies and industry research to illustrate the relationship between UX design and the growth of immersive technologies. Practical examples will demonstrate how you should apply UX design principles using designing interactions in XR by identifying the importance of spaces, senses and storyboarding.New for this Edition:Since the first edition published, the XR landscape has transformed in substantial ways. The major new topics we will explore are the Apple Vision Pro, the new paradigm of Mixed Reality HMDs, the arrival of designated and mature XR design tools such as ShapesXR and Bezi, As well as brand new chapters on spatial computing and AI applications to XR. You'll Learn To:Explore the challenges and opportunities of designing for XRSee how spatial interaction is revolutionizing human computer interactionExamine sensory input and interaction beyond the screenWork with 3D Interaction Design and build a strong 3D UXUnderstand VR and augmented reality essentials for emotion-rich user experiencesApply UX research techniques for the XR spaceThis Book Is ForUX designers, consultants, and strategists; XR developers and media professionals
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
432 kr
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Approach digital design with care, curiosity, and the people most often left out. This book invites you to rethink how we create digital systems, products, and tools, not just to meet accessibility requirements, but to shape a more inclusive future. UX design professor and author Regine Gilbert provides a thoughtful, practical, and global perspective on designing with empathy and intention across websites, apps, games, and emerging technologies like AI, VR, and AR.This expanded edition reflects the rapid evolution of the tech landscape. It features up-to-date guidance on the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.2), the European Accessibility Act, and international standards. It also explores the intersection of AI and accessibility, examining both the promises and risks of machine learning, automated tools, and algorithmic bias. You’ll learn how to ask better questions, challenge assumptions, and design for real human experiences, especially for those historically excluded.Inclusive Design for a Digital World, Second Edition isn’t a checklist or a fix-it manual, it’s a collection of reflections, case studies, questions, and examples that help you design with more people in mind from the start. Whether you’re working on a subway kiosk, an AI chatbot, a learning app, or a video game, inclusive design is about recognizing who’s being left out and doing the work to build systems that allow more people to participate, contribute, and belong.What You Will Learn:Apply WCAG 2.2 and understand how to meet international compliance requirementsNavigate the European Accessibility Act (EAA) and its implications for digital productsDesign inclusive experiences for users with visual, motor, auditory, and cognitive disabilitiesIdentify how AI and machine learning impact accessibility and inclusion—both positively and negativelyIncorporate assistive technologies into your design and testing workflowsCreate accessible mobile apps, websites, video games, and immersive experiences like VR and ARConduct user research and usability testing with diverse participantsBuild inclusive design systems and content architectures from the ground upWho This Book Is ForDesigners, developers, researchers, product managers, content strategists, educators, and technologists working to embed inclusion into every phase of the digital product lifecycle, with a special emphasis on those exploring the impact of AI on accessibility.
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
468 kr
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This book explains how to leverage the power of Voice Search Optimization (VSO) to perform search engine optimization (SEO) that aligns with changes in how customers interact with websites. This book gets you up to speed with the main concepts and topics as well as the design and accessibility considerations required, giving you everything you need to understand the process of implementing VSO for any site using little more than browser tools or tools you most likely already know, such as Google Analytics. It will equip the you with a starting toolkit you can use to develop future projects and work collaboratively with wider teams to implement changes needed for your business or organization's websites.Beginning Voice Search Optimization is an excellent resource for getting acquainted with this excited and much needed technology, ensuring that developers understand what changes we need to make but that we can do this in a progressive manner and use early results to help refine and steer the changes going forward as we develop websites. We live in an age where speed, natural language, and simplicity are of the essence – and this book provides a perfect way to effect changes quickly that help align our websites to how customers interact with sites on a daily basis. You Will:Understand the relevance and impact of Voice Search OptimizationGain an appreciation of what might need to change as you formulate a content strategy for your websiteUnderstand some possible solutions to follow, as well as any limitations and constraintThis Book is for: Agile front-end developers, UX designers, product managers, content writers, marketing and SEO professionals.
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
376 kr
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Learn how to build a design system with your specific business needs in mind. This book guides you through the process of defining a shared design language, establishing design tokens, introducing scalable governance models, and understanding the growing role of AI in design system workflows. You’ll learn how to surface inconsistencies through an interface inventory, document patterns and components, and create self-documenting styles that streamline collaboration across teams. From the beginning, this edition focuses on organizational alignment and long-term scalability, ensuring your system grows with your product and your company.With a defined set of components, tokens, and guidelines, designers can focus their efforts on solving user needs rather than recreating elements or reinventing solutions. You’ll explore methods for structuring your product’s visual language, aligning design and engineering, and establishing contribution workflows that scale across teams.This new edition of Building Design Systems provides critical insights into how to set up a design system within your organization, measure its effectiveness, and maintain it over time. You will develop the skills needed to approach your design process systematically, ensuring that your design system supports the goals of your organization, your product, and your team.You Will:Develop communication strategies that create organizational buy-in and drive system adoptionEstablish principles and foundations based on your specific needsDesign, build, implement, and maintain a design system from the ground upMeasure the effectiveness and impact of your system over timeUnderstand governance approaches and contribution models that scaleExplore how AI can augment workflows, inventories, and component managementNew for this Edition: Brand new interviews and case studies from practitioners across companies of different sizes and maturitiesExpanded content on scalability, governance models, and long-term maintenanceNew material on the role of AI in design and design systems, including automation and intelligent toolingGreater insight into the evolving role of design and how to maintain creativity and joy in a changing landscapeThis Book Is ForAll teams, large and small, seeking to unify their design language through a cohesive design system and create buy-in for design thinking within their organization. UX, Visual, and Interaction Designers, Product Managers, Front-end Developers, and DesignOps practitioners will all benefit from a systematic approach to design.
Häftad, Engelska, 2027
519 kr
Kommande
Chaos Design introduces a new way of thinking about user experience, service, and product design by helping practitioners anticipate failure, embrace unpredictability, and design for resilience. Unlike traditional design methodologies that assume predictable users and stable systems and the 'best case scenario,' chaos design acknowledges that failures, disruptions, and unpredictable user behavior are inevitable. The book takes inspiration from Chaos Engineering (failure injection in systems), Resilience Engineering (anticipate/respond/learn principles), and Complexity Theory (emergent user behavior and nonlinear outcomes) to help build more resilient digital experiences that can withstand real-world unpredictability.This book offers a structured approach to Chaos Design, guiding readers through two phases, theoretical foundations and a workshop facilitation guide to put ideas into practice.We shall begin with a deep dive into chaos-informed design thinking, stress-testing UX, and designing for edge cases and failure scenarios. We will explore how resilience principles from engineering apply to interfaces, services, and user experiences, and how we should place a focus on anticipating and mitigating chaos while using it as a tool for adaptability within a product.Once we have explored the key concepts, we will move on to running a Chaos Design workshop as well as exercises for solo designers and product teams, including failure injection exercises and resilience mapping that teams can use to apply the concept of chaos design in real-world projects.You Will Learn:How to stress-test interfaces and systems to uncover hidden failure points before they impact usersHow to design for unpredictability and emergent user behavior rather than relying on rigid workflows and ideal scenariosHow to apply resilience strategies from engineering to create products that adapt and recover from disruptionsHow to turn failure into a design tool through failure injection and resilience mappingHow to apply interface design patterns that remain functional or support users when components break or conditions changeThis Book is for: UX, product and service designers as well as UX researchers, strategists, and product managers who want to go beyond traditional design processes and build products that not only thrive under uncertainty but can also benefit from it.