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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Accessibility Design Thinking UX Design UX Research

A focused light starts a fire

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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.

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Design Thinking UX Culture UX Design UX Job Market

More thoughts about the UX job market (I got a job!)

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A row of letters on a letterset press.

2024 was a tough job market, but I managed to land a role by following my own advice.

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Code & Development UX Design

My top three posts of 2024

The main square in Florence for NYE 2017
The main square in Florence for NYE 2017

2024 was an up and down year. The UX/Design industry continues to try to find itself, as companies switch from a Design to a Product mindset. My long time role ended which set me off on a quest to find myself in this season of change, and I did!