design process

Oct 17 2025

Talk to users!

James Royal-Lawson

When did your organisation last do any user research? When did you last talk to real people?How do the answers to those questions feel?I know that I've worked with organisations where the answer make me feel uneasy - Where the answer can be summarised as; "It's been way too long". Even worse is an...

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Sep 07 2024

Making your design suck less with bridging roles

James Royal-Lawson

Honestly despite all the recent developments around frameworks, design systems, Figma-type-tools, somethingOps - it hasn't worked. We're still pushing out websites, apps and digital services that can be great on the surface, but are littered with flaws. Why is that? I'll explain, and suggest what...

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