A field guide for thoughtful makers
Practical UX knowledge for better product decisions.
Explore the psychology behind interfaces, find the right words, and turn good intentions into thoughtful product decisions.
Three ways to think a little clearer
Your everyday UX referenceUnderstand the why.
The psychology behind the way people interact with products.
Explore principlesFind the right words.
Clear explanations for the language of design. No jargon spirals.
Open the glossaryMake good work better.
Practical prompts to catch the details and move forward with care.
Browse checklistsThe human side of the interface
Small insights.
Considerable impact.
Useful ideas for your next design decision.
Start with a principle. Stay curious about the context.
Hick’s Law
Make the next decision easier to see.
Fitts’s Law
Make important actions easier to reach.
Jakob’s Law
Let familiar patterns do some of the work.
Miller’s Law
Organize information into meaningful chunks.
Von Restorff Effect
Give contrast a clear purpose.
Peak-End Rule
Care for the moments people take away.
Principles are lenses, not instructions. Always bring your users and their context into the picture.
From knowing to doing
A useful idea is
one you use.
Before the handoff. After the first prototype. In that “something feels off” moment. A few good questions can make all the difference.
Find your next checklistGive your design a second look.
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A shared language
Less jargon. More clarity.
Affordance
An action made possible by the relationship between a person and an object. A cue that communicates the action is a signifier.
PsychologyCognitive load
The mental effort a task places on someone. Unfamiliar labels, hidden context and competing information can add avoidable work.
PsychologyMental model
A person’s working understanding of how something behaves. It may differ from the way the underlying system actually works.
Why this hub exists
Better experiences begin
with understanding people.
Not another collection of rules to follow blindly. A growing, practical library for designers, product managers and developers who want to ask better questions—and make things work better for people.
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