Ideas Archives | GroupVisual.io Boston UI / UX Design and Data Visualization Mon, 22 May 2023 15:11:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://groupvisual.io/designinganalytics/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-io-2-32x32.png Ideas Archives | GroupVisual.io 32 32 Why designers sketch https://groupvisual.io/sketching-ui-ux/ https://groupvisual.io/sketching-ui-ux/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2017 10:03:51 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=19361 Almost every experience we design goes through a hand sketching / whiteboarding phase.

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/sketching-ui-ux/feed/ 0 UX Design Myths https://groupvisual.io/top-ux-myths/ https://groupvisual.io/top-ux-myths/#respond Tue, 29 Aug 2017 17:40:35 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=18191 The 5 common myths we encounter about UX design.

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/top-ux-myths/feed/ 0 User roles vs. personas https://groupvisual.io/user-personas/ https://groupvisual.io/user-personas/#respond Tue, 15 Aug 2017 23:59:21 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=18367 If you are in the UX field, you may have heard of both user roles and user personas. But is there a difference between a persona and a role? And...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/user-personas/feed/ 0 A more intuitive treemap? https://groupvisual.io/a-more-intuitive-treemap/ https://groupvisual.io/a-more-intuitive-treemap/#respond Sun, 30 Jul 2017 18:54:51 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=913 We find tree maps an extremely helpful way for people to see a big picture of a situation made up of many granular parts. With skillful application of color palettes, coloring and...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/a-more-intuitive-treemap/feed/ 0 Designing with Startups https://groupvisual.io/designing-with-startups/ https://groupvisual.io/designing-with-startups/#respond Tue, 16 May 2017 17:01:24 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=18112 As a design firm, we’ve worked with a wide variety of companies, from large enterprises looking to create a new product to very small companies just getting started. By working...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/designing-with-startups/feed/ 0 How do UX and AI work together? https://groupvisual.io/ux-of-ai/ Mon, 08 May 2017 00:00:13 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=17992 At GroupVisual.io, user experience with AI-powered products has been on our minds lately. We want to share some of what we’ve learned, and put forth some questions for the design...

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]]> Hooked: Data Visualization and User Motivation https://groupvisual.io/hooked-data-visualization-and-user-motivation/ https://groupvisual.io/hooked-data-visualization-and-user-motivation/#respond Sat, 29 Apr 2017 14:41:59 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1439 When designing data visualizations, many practitioners focus on what is the right type of chart or visual metaphor to display a particular data set. It certainly makes sense to focus...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/hooked-data-visualization-and-user-motivation/feed/ 0 The Value of Usability Testing https://groupvisual.io/the-value-of-usability-testing/ https://groupvisual.io/the-value-of-usability-testing/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:45 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=17353 While usability testing requires some extra calendar time and budget, we have found the results to be well worth the investment. For example, when an app is very new and...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/the-value-of-usability-testing/feed/ 0 Rethinking Gamification https://groupvisual.io/rethinking-gamification/ https://groupvisual.io/rethinking-gamification/#respond Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:18:26 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1332 I first heard the term “gamification” in 2012, when a friend of mine at design school suggested we incorporate game mechanics into one of our projects. Our project was an...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/rethinking-gamification/feed/ 0 How the Whiteboard Inspired Our New Website https://groupvisual.io/how-the-whiteboard-inspired-our-new-website/ https://groupvisual.io/how-the-whiteboard-inspired-our-new-website/#respond Mon, 01 Feb 2016 18:34:48 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=17334 When we started discussions about our website redesign, the challenge was understanding where to begin and how to approach the project. We had a current website to work off of...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/how-the-whiteboard-inspired-our-new-website/feed/ 0 From Design to Code: Collaborating with Developers https://groupvisual.io/from-design-to-code-collaborating-with-developers/ https://groupvisual.io/from-design-to-code-collaborating-with-developers/#respond Thu, 03 Sep 2015 03:17:29 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1471 Ever since I joined GVio as a UI/UX designer a little over two years ago, I’ve had the opportunity to collaborate directly with developers (both in-house and remote teams). During...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/from-design-to-code-collaborating-with-developers/feed/ 0 Learning to Love the Process https://groupvisual.io/learning-to-love-the-process/ https://groupvisual.io/learning-to-love-the-process/#respond Thu, 13 Aug 2015 19:38:45 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1459 At Gvio, we work on a range of projects, from dashboards to mobile apps. Behind each one, we think granularly about every step the user takes—the way they get from...

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