Author: Nathaniel Flick

Hi I'm Nathaniel, a Senior Product Designer & UX Engineer focused on user-centred innovation for growing companies. I'm a designer who codes. I create innovative, user-focused digital experiences, blending Design Thinking with a deep understanding of web development principles.

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API Design First methodology – UX design your APIs

Three people working on a Design Thinking project with sticky notes and paper on a table
Three people working on a Design Thinking project with sticky notes and paper on a table

APIs are products, and their usability matters. Use Design Thinking to design APIs.

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Design Thinking UX Design UX Job Market UX Maturity

Design fatigue is real

A bearded man in a suit leans back, frustrated, with his hand over his eyes.
A bearded man in a suit leans back, frustrated, with his hand over his eyes. Image credit: Freepik.com

Hype waves and economic stresses distract companies from working on valuable projects, and cause design fatigue.

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Accessibility Design Thinking UX Design UX Research

A focused light starts a fire

Woman with cool blue hair looking at a flower through a magnifying glass.
Woman with cool blue hair looking at a flower through a magnifying glass. Credit Freepik.com.

A focused approach using UX Design can ignite ideas, plans, and execution of brilliant user experiences.

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Design Thinking

It’s never too late to go back to the beginning

A designer puts up sticky notes on a planning board for a usability project. Credit: Freepik
A designer puts up sticky notes on a planning board for a usability project. Credit: Freepik

No matter how far down the track you are in a software project, you can zoom out and course correct.

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UX Design UX Research

Perspective equals motivation for users

A business woman sits at a computer, lacking motivation.
A business woman sits at a computer, lacking motivation. Credit: Freepik

The perspective motivation cycle is part of what we try to understand as UX Designers doing user research and designing with empathy.