design thinking 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=6.5.2 https://groupvisual.io/designinganalytics/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-io-2-32x32.png design thinking 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 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 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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]]> https://groupvisual.io/learning-to-love-the-process/feed/ 0 Understanding the Journey: It’s All About Context https://groupvisual.io/understanding-the-journey-its-all-about-context/ https://groupvisual.io/understanding-the-journey-its-all-about-context/#respond Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:16:43 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1416 Context: the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed. There are many ways we...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/understanding-the-journey-its-all-about-context/feed/ 0 Fitting It All In: Designing For Complexity Within Interactivity https://groupvisual.io/fitting-it-all-in-whats-left-out/ https://groupvisual.io/fitting-it-all-in-whats-left-out/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2015 17:16:23 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1395 Zillow can be an interesting site to explore. While it’s always been a source of data for property values and such, recently they’ve been expanding their scope into quantifying and...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/fitting-it-all-in-whats-left-out/feed/ 0 But first, sketch. https://groupvisual.io/but-first-sketch/ https://groupvisual.io/but-first-sketch/#respond Fri, 19 Jun 2015 20:56:45 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1379 Just wave your magic wand and make it look pretty! I can’t tell you the number of times this has been said to me. Often, people don’t realize that design...

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]]> https://groupvisual.io/but-first-sketch/feed/ 0 GVio Held Data Visualization Workshop https://groupvisual.io/gvio-held-open-data-science-conference-workshop/ https://groupvisual.io/gvio-held-open-data-science-conference-workshop/#respond Tue, 09 Jun 2015 15:08:45 +0000 http://groupvisual.io/?p=1316 Mark Schindler, co-founder of GVio, and Bang Wong, creative director at Broad Institute, held a Data Visualization and UX Workshop at the Open Data Science Conference in Boston last week....

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