As more companies look at opportunities to use web3 to achieve business goals, designers will increasingly need to understand how to design for it. Of course, web3 isn't just one thing - you might need to design for the metaverse, finance applications, NFT projects...
I recently completed a set of instructional videos for Balsamiq for a free course called How to design navigation for large and small screens. The set of 8 videos cover: horizontal and vertical menu bars, tabs, dropdowns, buttons, mega-menus, links, carousels, cards,...
With my distributor decommissioning my book with no notice, I am in the position where I need to scramble to figure out how to keep the book available. Until then, you may have it for free (PDF version only): Free book: A practical guide to information architecture
In this episode, we talk to Donna Spencer to answer the question, “Where did IA (Information Architecture) go?” We talk about defining IA, is IA still relevant, the importance of understanding and representing the abstraction layer, and how to present design. Donna is...
This is Gerry Gaffney with the User Experience podcast. My guest today is an independent design consultant. With 20 years of experience in user-centred design. She has a particular expertise in Information Architecture. She’s very well known in the UX community,...
How can we present our work more effectively? Why is it important to think critically about categories? And how does a lack of diversity lead to poor design decisions? Donna Spencer sheds light on those questions (and many more) in this fun yet serious dive into UX,...
As designers, we spend a large amount of time talking about our work - probably as much as doing the work itself. Sometimes our clients understand what we're talking about and know how to respond, but not always. Sometimes they seem to comment on things that aren't...
My new book: Presenting design work is now available! About the book Do you love doing design work, but dread the inevitable design reviews that follow? Dread no more! Here is the blueprint for a winning design presentation—one that conveys confidence, communicates...
Podcast description: I am delighted to welcome Melbournian, Donna Spencer, a name that should be familiar to many Information Architects around the world. Donna has over 20-years experience, and has lived and breathed the full lifecycle and has seen strategic design...
My new book: Presenting design work is now available for pre-order. Anticipated release date 20 October!
Today Steve is joined by Donna Spencer to discuss the two books she is writing in 2020, and her upcoming UX Australia 2020 workshop, Facilitating Design Thinking Workshops.
I'm writing a book called Facilitating design thinking workshops (to be published by Sense and Respond Press) and it's at the point where I'd love to get feedback. It's only little - about 10,000 words, and should only take a few hours to read. I'm looking for people...
This video was taken during World IA Day, where I got up early, video-called to Dallas Texas and chatted with the group - they'd just finished running a card sort and had some great questions.
I'm writing a book called Presenting Design Work (to be published by A Book Apart) and it's at the point where I'd love to get feedback. It's only little - about 10,000 words, and should only take a few hours to read. I'm looking for people to read and give feedback...
I'm not quite sure where the idea for this book started. I have a feeling I was chatting generally about what I might write and said something like "I've done a lot of design thinking workshops this year - I could probably do something on that". The idea took hold. I...
Come join us at the next Business of Design meetup, where we discuss the topic of 'Is the Agency dead?' with 4 panellists from different types of organisation. 25 March, RXP Melbourne. RSVP and more details on The Business of Design meetup.