Nibras

5-13-2020

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Hi, welcome to a collection of writing exploring emotions, making and the relationship between the two. Ultimately, I want to make without burning-out, feeling overwhelmed, being chained by perfectionism or delayed by fear. The below acts as the writing equivalent of a sketchbook - a place to experiment with lo-fi writing, drafts and other scraps.
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At work, I'm a product designer (UX/UI). I have a questionable love for start-ups and as a result a pretty wide range of experiences and skills.

You can check out my website for more polished writing.
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→ portfolio V1: www.heynibras.com
→ personal site: www.nibrasi.co.uk

Case Study Format V2 - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions Portfolio case study writing templates and questions.
8-9-2021
Ethnography in Design [How Pampers entered the Chinese market] - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Many moons ago, Pampers tried to enter the Chinese market and failed. A mere 9 years later and Pampers were now the Chinese market leaders for disposable diapers, a market they'd essentially built. The difference? Ethnography.
7-5-2020
Learning the Laws of UX... and actually remembering them - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Learn the Laws of UX by applying them to design projects you're working on. A 5 step break down.
6-22-2020
Jobs to be Done 101 - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions The shortest possible guide to get you started using the JTBD framework in your UX process.
6-21-2020
Portfolio Progress + Emotional Progress | Portfolio Series - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Publishing work daily, virtual co-working sessions, saying 'enough' and asking for help. Plus, a brief run down of the changes I've made over the past 3 weeks that have begun to remedy my relationship to making.
6-13-2020
UX as Architecture - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions In architecture, there's a principle for rejuvenating an area: create pleasurable spots for people to linger. A good website should also include pleasurable lingering spots.
6-12-2020
No Design. Much Emotion - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Today was focused on processing emotions. I share thoughts on Neri Oxman, products that grow and design inspired by nature instead of the assembly line. Plus, a short summary of my quarantine-feels so far.
6-9-2020
What's the biggest question you're trying to answer? - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions A tool for beautiful screenshot mockups, the question I'm answering and rest.
6-10-2020
Externalise your Censor - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions 'The Artist‘s Way’ recommends finding a cartoon image to represent your Censor. Maybe it's the shark from Jaws or Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.
6-8-2020
User Journeys vs User Flows: What's the difference? - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions User this, user that: what's the difference and when should you use these UX tools? A short and simple explanation. Taking breaks, going for walks and chilling the hell out helps your design. Who woulda thought? Not me (meme)
6-7-2020
UI Libraries - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Notes from Figma efficiency class, screenshots of how I've been applying them to my SafeShop case study and learning to work on the most interesting next task.
6-6-2020
Figma: Components & Constraints - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Components. Nested Components. Text Components. And Constraints. It's a Figma Party. Also, how to get text components' bounding boxes to behave.
6-5-2020
What's the difference between UX & UI? - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Let's use a classic analogy (forgive me). Picture two paths.
6-4-2020
Wellbeing: Digital & Mental -100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Digital wellbeing design principles. Respecting users' attention. & Captain's log for collecting emotional data.
6-3-2020
Why UX Design? 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Handleness, embodiment and a natural fit. "Now a days, I find myself more interested in being outside of my head and in my body. I want to make with my hands."
6-2-2020
UX/UI is the perfect antidote to perfectionism - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions In product design, “the target is moving all the time. You can't afford to wait for the perfect solution. Perfectionism requires resources that are scarce."
6-1-2020
Making when the world is breaking - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotions Today's design insight is less about design and more about the context in which design happens. Make together. Make in public. And make with friends. Conversations are healing.
5-31-2020
Lower the Standard. Yep. - 100 Days of Design, Writing & Emotion A corrective mantra.
5-20-2020
Case Study Format | Portfolio Series - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions A format for portfolio case studies that solves the problem of documenting projects with different outcomes: apps, websites, ad campaigns or videos. If you're transition into UX design from a role which used similar skills or involved design but didn't ne...
5-20-2020
Tools for Sanity - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions I'm using 5 tools, call them methods, to maintain balance while I work towards my current goal. This post is a reference sheet for myself. I'll be coming back to it regularly.
5-19-2020
To Case Study or not to Case Study - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions The challenge of creating unique, enjoyable case studies while demonstrating your understanding of the checklist of skills recruiters and hiring managers are scanning for... is as hard as that sentence was to read
5-18-2020
UX Research Plans - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions The goal is to break down the fuzzy, large project in my mind into clear, actionable steps. I'm learning that my brain needs to know what's coming next. It needs clarity otherwise I will freeze and feel scattered.
5-16-2020
Could it be easy? - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions From today on wards, when I envision my projects and goals I'll have 3 imaginary toggles in mind: → number of goals → difficulty → time Only two toggles can be high at any one time.
5-15-2020
Learing Design in Public - 100 Days of Writing, Design & Emotions If exploring emotions, their relationship to producing work, creativity and living a calm life is of interest, then you'll likely enjoy this written exploration. "For the next 100 days, I'm going to share a short piece of writing documenting what I learnt...
5-14-2020