Written by: Raffaele Di Meo

Great design isn’t pixel perfect

I am a perfectionist, and I admit that. Is this my best or worst quality? Maybe it’s both. It’s a trait that defines a lot of who I am, not only professionally, but also …
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February 26, 2024

If you are working in silo, you aren’t making an impact.

Just before the end of the year, I worked closer to marketing and sales teams, crafting pitch decks for potential clients. This is not the core job of a product designer in tech, but …
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January 25, 2024

Ditch the design process

  Have you ever been asked in a job interview, "What's your design process?". Let’s get straight to the point. It’s a question that shouldn’t been asked, and the reason for that is simple. …
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January 25, 2024

No one cares about your app, and this is why

Last week, I was having lunch IRL with some colleagues, and we ended up talking about our previous jobs. It made me remember when I worked as a Learning Designer for a large UK …
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November 14, 2023

This is why you should run field studies

At the beginning of the year, I embarked on a new challenge in my job: creating a new product from scratch. It felt a bit like a sculpture in front of a block of …
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November 7, 2023

Is UX failing us?

This week, I have been doing more IC work than usual. Yep, even though I manage a team, from time to time, I sit in a squad to get discovery and design done. That’s …
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October 30, 2023

Building a Customer-Centric culture

You have studied UX design, read books and blogs, taken workshops, and attended conferences. Your LinkedIn timeline is filled with content about UX processes, showing you what’s the ‘new’ way of doing UX design. …
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October 24, 2023

Navigating Design Maturity

I want to talk about design maturity, as it has been a heated topic on the old good LinkedIn. I have watched the conversation unfold and learned a lot from what other people shared. …
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October 4, 2023

9 books to start and grow your UX career

Getting into the design industry can be tough, and the information on the web can be overwhelming. Where can you start? What are the best resources available? When I first started my career, I …
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August 25, 2023

Design critiques are important for teams’ growth

There’s nothing worse than people looking over your shoulder at your work and commenting on the designs open on the screen. If you are a designer, you know the feeling and have experienced it …
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June 30, 2023