This week, we talk about the real struggle of finding the time to do North Star design. It’s complicated! In The Sidebar, we try to find the digital equivalent of a Norman Door.
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In this week's Sidebar, we try to decide what is the “Norman Door” of digital design.
John Cafazza asks: With a typical day being filled with heads down work, review sessions, and all the things necessary for shipping new features, how do you and your larger design team find the time and headspace to design for the future of your product? A proverbial North Star vision for the entire Product.
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304: Interviewing the Interviewer
303: Building Design Teams (feat. Stacy La)
302: Designing Dark Patterns
301: Android vs. iOS
300: Looking Back on 300 Episodes
299: Balancing Management and IC Work
298: Designing a Design Curriculum
297: Day-to-Day Design Struggles
296: Google I/O
295: Public Critique and The Facebook Redesign
294: Designing UX for Games (feat. Tea Chang) (& Endgame Discussion)
293: Is AR a Gimmick?
292: Building Design Systems (feat. Linzi Berry)
291: Figma's UI Redesign and Public Critique
290: Transitioning to Product Design
289: Design File Hygiene
288: Articulating Design Rationale
287: A Peek Behind the Curtain
286: Bask in the Awkwardness
285: Deadly American Idol
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