When I was a junior-level designer, I had been wondering how to advance in my career. Reflecting on my earlier way of working, I have come up with ten signs which indicate that I am getting more senior. …

“Hooked” Summary — “I just spent two hours on this app! How did it all start?” Maybe you also have the exact moment after tapping Instagram stories and scrolling through Tiktok videos. Nowadays, apps are so addictive. Without noticing it, we spend hours on them. So how did they get us addicted? It…

5 Behaviour Design Techniques That Subconsciously Alter Your Decision — As humans, we don’t always behave rationally. Some days, you feel that your decisions make absolutely no sense. When your favourite brand is on sale for one day, you purchase things you won’t otherwise buy. When seeing many colleagues have bought a smartwatch, you consider getting one despite not being…

I thought it was easy to present selections to users — the only thing that matters is to choose the right selectors (radio button, checkbox or switch button). However, in the book Nudge by Cass Sunstein and Richard Thaler, I learnt that design affects users’ decision-making. …

There are many applications on your mobile phone, but only a few you use every day. Why do we feel more engaged in some applications than others? From Actionable Gamification, written by Yu-Kai Chou, I find the answers. Actionable Gamification introduces a new concept Human-Focused Design, which focuses on users’…

Explained through illustrations — 1. A leader doesn’t always have to be right, instead they can listen and learn from others.

How to get to know your teammates quickly — Joining a new team is both exciting and scary. Because we don’t know our new team members yet, we are either worried about leaving a poor impression on our new colleagues or trying too hard to impress them. Switching among teams over the past years, I will summarise some practices…

Working as a designer is a lot like playing volleyball. If you want to succeed as a team, being the most skilful player in ball-handling is not enough — you need to develop your teamwork skills. So how can we become team players in our day-to-day work? …

How can you tell if a design is good or poor? You can see the difference in many ways, but I think one of the keys is the designer’s attention to design details. From a client project, I learned that paying attention to design details makes your service more authentic…