Weighing up UX
A focus on user experience is good… “but if the cause be not good, the king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make.”
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Patterns Day and more
The Patterns Day conference, the workshop the day after, and an Indie Web Camp on the weekend.
Jeremy Keith
25 January 2024
- Viewpoint
Designing for Gen Z
Exploring the key principles and trends that define effective design for the most tech-savvy generation.
Michelle Winchester
28 November 2023
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So that was Leading Design London 2023
Leading Design curator and host Rebecca Groves reflects on the learnings and highlights from Leading Design 2023.
Rebecca Groves
13 November 2023
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Making the Patterns Day website
The joy of getting hands-on with HTML and CSS.
Jeremy Keith
10 October 2023
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.
Rebecca Groves
21 May 2021
- Tiny Lesson
When planning a workshop start with the stops
Get more out of your workshops by giving the attendees a break.
Chris How
5 October 2023
- News
Patterns Day is back!
The one-day event focused on design systems returns on Thursday, March 7th 2024.
Jeremy Keith
4 October 2023
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Service design breakfast club
The Service Design Breakfast Club is back! For the first time since the before-times, join us on October 5th 2023 in Brighton.
Richard Rutter
11 September 2023
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How UX has changed my approach to desk research
During a recent client project at Clearleft, I returned to my previous career specialisms: desk-based research and report writing. This is the story of how my UX experience changed my approach.
Sophie Count
17 August 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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Supporting your customer support staff with internal service design
Are your frontline staff wrestling with poorly designed digital tools held together with fragile processes?
Chris How
16 August 2023
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Using service design to prevent bad decisions
A little bit of service design can go a long way. The trick is to be focussed, purposeful and design your communication with a specific outcome in mind.
Richard Rutter
16 August 2023
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Coding prototypes
Write what you need to test a hypothesis. Then throw that code away.
Jeremy Keith
9 August 2023
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What to expect at a Leading Design retreat
Our Leading Design retreats are specifically created to provide design leaders with the space they need to develop strategies for success.
Rebecca Groves
1 August 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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Recruiting for UX research
Finding the right participants for UX research is vital for ensuring valid results and insights. In this blog post, we’ll cover how to find the right people to run research with.
Luke Hay
1 August 2023
- Viewpoint
UX London 2023 – The Clearleft best bits
As the dust settles on UX London 2023, we've had some time to reflect on our trip to the city and the thought-provoking discussions, themes, and key takeaways from the event. In the days that followed, members of the team shared their favourite moments from the event, which we've highlighted below.
Frances Ulph
28 June 2023
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My journey to UX design
It is never too late to change your career. This is my journey to becoming a Junior UX Designer at Clearleft.
Sophie Count
13 June 2023
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Take time to recharge and realign
In addition to the Leading Design conference, we know that some leaders also want space for more inward reflection. So, we developed our Leading Design retreats to allow time to recharge and realign.