5 themes from Leading Design Festival
In March 2021 we hosted the month-long Leading Design Festival. Themes started to emerge throughout the month. We have pulled out 5 of these themes to explore in more detail.
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A look back at our 2022 retreat
In March 2022 we had the pleasure of taking a curated group of design leaders on a life changing retreat where they had the opportunity to reflect, recharge and reconnect with themselves.
Rebecca Groves
1 June 2023
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Accessibility audits for all
Catching some accessibility issues doesn’t need to be left to the experts.
Jeremy Keith
1 June 2023
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Introducing the UX London jobs board
Digital design & UX jobs in London and far far beyond...
Louise Ash
30 May 2023
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The intersectionality of web performance
Business, sustainability, and inclusivity.
Jeremy Keith
3 May 2023
Design engineering and development at Clearleft
There's a growing gap between design and development. Is there a discipline that can smooth it over?
Trys Mudford
17 February 2021
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Delivering your first workshop within the UX community
Steps to making sure it is a roaring success
Sophie Count
24 March 2023
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Story before screens
Reflections from our storytelling workshop with Ben Sauer on communicating with confidence to become proficient presenters.
Carly Farrer
21 March 2023
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Eliminating dead ends for a better user journey
Smooth journeys begin by ensuring there is a journey to take.
Alex Edwards
20 March 2023
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Calculating the value of user research
Can you put a price on the insights gained from evaluative or generative research?
Luke Hay
15 March 2023
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Saying what we do, and doing what we say
We realised that although our core mission and vision hasn’t changed in 15 years, our core proposition has. In some ways, Clearleft are still seen as a web development agency or a website design studio. Neither of these things are bad; they just don’t reflect what we actually do today.
Jon Aizlewood
15 December 2020
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Supporting the women among us
Taking a minute to reflect on the resources and events that support the women among us to further our skills in digital and tech
Sophie Count
8 March 2023
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Reflections from San Francisco
With San Francisco being our third Leading Design conference in twelve months, I decided to take a moment and reflect on the patterns which emerged.
Rebecca Groves
2 March 2023
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Redesigning UX London
Tweaking the format of the event.
Jeremy Keith
21 February 2023
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Three attributes for better web forms
Better UX through better HTML: inputmode, enterkeyhint, and autocomplete.
Jeremy Keith
23 January 2023
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Service Designers don’t design services, we all do
We all contribute to designing a service that works from end to end and from front to back.
Katie Wishlade
11 November 2020
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Surveys – a useful, but dangerous research method
Large-scale surveys are commonly used for opinion polls or customer satisfaction. While they can be a vital tool for design research, they should be used with caution.
Luke Hay
20 January 2023
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What is internal service design?
Internal service design is a term Clearleft uses with clients to emphasise how important the employee experience is in shaping the customers’ experience.
Richard Rutter
17 January 2023
Clearleft's best bits of 2022
As we return from the recent festive break bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and ready to face what 2023 throws at us, we remind ourselves of the joys that 2022 brought with it.
Frances Ulph
4 January 2023
What’s the difference between coaching and mentoring?
What exactly is the difference between coaching and mentoring and when should you choose one over the other?