Human-centered design pioneer and author Don Norman recently worked with the Interaction Design Foundation to present a Master Class on 21st Century Design. The talk was inspired by the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals which focus on multidisciplinary, community-based approaches to solve complex global challenges. As a UX architect, designer, and practitioner at Perficient, […]
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3 Ways Financial Institutions Can Step Up for Underserved Communities
The financial services industry has made major strides in amping up its overall customer experience game; however, there is still a deficit in the personalization and accessibility of products and services for many Americans. The financial services industry must consider its customer experience game while also grappling with a sense of distrust from many communities […]
Putting Innovation to Work: How Experimentation Can Test Your Design Performance
Like homes and offices, websites and mobile apps need a fresh coat of paint to keep up with industry trends. Full website and mobile app redesigns are risky. Optimization is always a better approach than a complete rip and replace. That is why experimentation is so important. It allows you to try and learn what […]
How to Design Visually Appealing Better Forms (and Not Suffer in the Process)
Forms are everyday work for developers and UI designers around the world. This can either be a usability nightmare or a perfectly applied solution that users don’t even realize it took a lot of effort to plan, design, and code. Here I’ll give you some guidance on how to better up our form design. […]
The Beauty of Simplicity: The Key to Accessible Web Design
In today’s hectic world, humans are increasingly drawn to simplicity. Stemming from a rising need for everyday efficiency and speed, we are in constant search for the next new technology that will make our lives easier. While this inclination toward simplicity is likely intuitive for most aspects of modern life, we often see the opposite […]
Perficient’s Brian Flanagan Featured in 2021 SoDA Report
Brian Flanagan, Perficient’s Digital Experience Strategist was selected by the Society of Digital Agencies (SoDA) to contribute towards the recently released 2021 SoDA Report, Digital First, Digital Fast. In his article, Delivering at the Speed of the Customer, Brian shares his insights on developing technology-based experiences at the speed customers expect in a digital first […]
Get Ahead of Headings: How to Correctly Use Headings for Accessibility
Heading Overview For those that may not be familiar with heading levels, here is a quick run-down. Titles on your web page will have heading (<H>) tags to indicate their level of importance. Web developers use <H> tags for page titles to structure the content of the page. Not only are <H> tags used for […]
How to Set Your Theme in Microsoft’s Power Apps
You’re ready to dive deep into Microsoft’s Power Apps, but maybe wondering the easiest way to use color schemes throughout your app. You can make your code into more readable and maintainable in just a few easy steps. Themes help with consistency throughout your app and let you easily reference colors while designing. Not only […]
Elevating Digital Experience to Another Dimension with Interactive 3D
Raise your hand if you’ve watched a movie or played a video game in the past 20 years. Keep those hands up if you’ve ever been in a car, or a building, or used a smartphone. Most of the modern world we live in, from the entertainment we consume to the products and spaces we […]
U is for User Experience
User Experience is important because it allows us to gain a deep understanding of target users, what they need, what they want and more.
O is for Optimization
Optimization strategies are important to ensuring that what you are deliver is helping, not hindering, users in their experience.
J is for Journey Mapping
Journey mapping is an exercise that helps organizations understand customer pain points and plan a positive experience accordingly.