Digital design digest

Article — 22 February 2017 — 633 words

How to improve your job stories

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This month’s digital design digest features a couple of articles about getting the most out of job stories. Plus, promising news from the world of CSS, how the Guardian is increasing its subscriber numbers, and where government goes wrong with digital transformation.

Article — 25 January 2017 — 650 words

Why people are losing trust in the media — and advertisers

Digital — Digital design digest — Media — User experience

Why people are losing trust in the media and advertisers, why ugly websites succeed, and why it’s time to ditch PDFs.

Article — 1 June 2016 — 584 words

The devious designers trying to trick you

Digital design digest

Good designers aim to meet their users’ needs. But there is a whole other breed of designers who are trying to trick their users into something they don’t want to do. Find out about the evil magicians using dark patterns on you.

Article — 18 May 2016 — 705 words

Exciting developments in mobile user interfaces

Digital design digest

This edition of the digital design digest highlights some incredible looking technology from Microsoft that could transform mobile interfaces.

Article — 4 May 2016 — 901 words

Avoiding bias in design

Digital design digest

One of the biggest challenges designers face is avoiding bias. We all have perspectives that subconsciously affect our decisions. In the case of design, those choices we don’t even realise we are making can have big consequences.

Article — 20 April 2016 — 808 words