Faith by Design
The logo you see above was a design I did for my former family church, Hope Baptist Church, about a decade ago. The visual inspiration…
Darren Yeo
The slap UX: Will Smith, Chris Rock and behavioural design
The drama. The debate. The depravity. These are 2 well acclaimed men, who had every achievement on their belts. One of them happened to…
An overview of Spaceship Earth
When was the last time you felt a sense of awe? Better known as the Overview Effect, astronauts have reportedly experienced a mental…
Start designing user trails instead of user journeys
A user journey map is the bread and butter artefact to any designer, whether they are in UX/UI, service or systems. Packed with…
Writing UX pilish poem on π day
Pi day, which is held on every 14th March (3.14), is a day to let the inner geek out. One particular activity is to write Pilish or Piem…
3 new roles of designers in non-design teams
As a young design student, I was exposed to the world of design where it took a design maverick to come out with wonderful designs from a…
5 other ways a UX team can use their Kanban boards
It was like a Coffee meet Bagel moment when I approached Kanban for the first time. I knew of its existence, but did not take the…
6 learnings as a UX Chapter Lead in a world leading airlines
Someone once said to me that working in the airlines was “magical”. I couldn’t agree more. But what made it stupendous was the opportunity…
9 reasons why designers ought to take up a good dose of design challenges
It was late July 2020 as I looked at the OpenIDEO email, calling for entries to the new design challenge to redesign the single-use…
UX designer, you’re not listening
If what I say sounds unfair, insulting or offensive to you, then perhaps you have misunderstood. This has been a mental note for me not to…
Taking a Pi break
Happy Pi day!
Pain Points: Treat the Source, not the Symptom
Leaping into the day is this short entry that was inspired by my recent army reservist activity. For every in-camp training, a mandatory…