The Framing Effect in UX design, Measuring UX, AB testing & more
Sketching for UX Newsletter Issue #24 - my favorite design resources I discovered last month (September, 2024)
Hey dear subscriber 👋,
Let me tell you a personal update: you might have noticed that I haven’t been around that much on social media recently. In some days, I’m going to give birth to my second child, I couldn’t be more excited! So this newsletter issue is going to be the last one for a while (hopefully I’ll be able to return to content creation and curation in some months 😊).
✏️ 3 news / events you should know about
- released his new course, How to Measure UX and Design Impact - A Practical Guide To UX Metrics & Design KPIs. (I added it to My favorite UX & UI design courses article, too). Vitaly was kind enough to offer a coupon code for the sketching for UX newsletter subscribers: use the code IMPACT to get 20% off!
The George UX Conference 2024 is going to happen in some days (5th of November), it’s one of my favorite design events, you can read about my last year’s experience (and check out my sketchnotes) here. While the in-person tickets are sold out, you can get a free remote ticket and follow the conf online!
- is going to release his Making UX Decisions course very soon. His book, Making Design Decisions is one of my favorite design books. (I wrote about it in this article). Btw, Tommy has also published a free mini course called Information Alchemy that you can grab here.
+1 WebExpo 2025 Call for Papers: Do you want to talk at WebExpo next year? The submission deadline for applications is the 31st of October, here are the details.
✏️ The Framing Effect in UX Design
My new UX Knowledge Piece Sketch is about the framing effect: the way you formulate a problem affects your users’ decisions and behavior.
Check out my sketch & detailed article here soon (I included many real life examples, too).
✏️ Favorite resources
Here are my favorite discoveries of September, 2024:
#1 Fountn by
It’s not a new discovery, but Ozan’s curated design resource database has got a new & improved home recently, e.g. now you can add favorites (bookmarks) to your profile. (Btw. you should also ready about Ozan’s journey.)
#2 ABtest.design
Curated collection of A/B test results from best-in-class apps by Mobbin
#3 How I design a website for a client (full behind-the-scenes) by
”This is a sneak peek of my process for designing a new website in Figma”
#4 The Complexity Paradox of ChatGPT, AI and UX by
”[…]there's a clue that ChatGPT isn't as intuitive as a traditional search engine. It's that companies are hiring for a skill known as "prompt engineering".”
#5 How to think for yourself by
”We all have to carve out a space for our creative selves to run wild, in whatever form that means for us.” If this one made you think, you should also read Creative exploration by Brad Frost.
#6 Christine Vallaure, Oliver Schöndorfer and Pablo Stanley at Smashing Meets Performance at Smashing Meets Live Design Challenge
Design Challenge hosted by Vitaly Friedman
#7 NN/g’s Free UX Templates and Guides by Anna Kaley
Curated set of free NN/g templates and guides
#8 Simplicity - On removing complexity to add meaning. by
”From aesthetic simplicity (how it looks), to logical simplicity (how it works), all the way to technical simplicity (how it performs)—those layers are intrinsically connected and work together to create a simple experience for users.”
#9 Mariana Castilho - How this designer learned code and became a design engineer (Dive Club Episode 73)
Design engineering 101 - “One of the keys to her growth has been investing in her skills as an engineer. So a big part of this interview is learning what it takes to transition from designer to builder.”
#10 The Big Difference Between Digital Product And Web Design by Paul Boag
”Designing for digital products requires a different mindset than traditional websites. It’s all about continuous adaptation, refining, and iterating as user behavior and needs evolve.”
+1 The Shape of AI
”The rise of AI has caused a paradigm shift in how people interact with technology. Our interfaces may evolve, but the foundations of great design are more relevant than ever. This is the UX of AI.” Watch back her Hatch Conference 2024 talk here.
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Thanks for reading my newsletter, I hope you enjoyed it! 💙
Krisztina