Design Research

Design Research helps us understand user needs, pivot during the design process, and evaluate design quality. Two enormous benefits are that quality can be improved early, when it is cheaper to do so, and risks of rejection and dissatisfaction can be drastically reduced. Done well, design research pays for itself many times over.

  • What should we do next?

    What should we do next?

    Many product development organizations already understand that iterative feedback is helpful for improving product designs before, during and after release.…

  • Cloud-Based Banking Software

    Cloud-Based Banking Software

    ImpairmentStudio™ is a quickly growing product offered by Moody's Analytics to calculate allowance according to CECL and IFRS9 accounting guidelines.…

  • Mobile Web

    Mobile Web

    Blue Shield of California needed a mobile web presence to meet the needs of one of their biggest customers. I…

  • Defining a New Design System

    Defining a New Design System

    From 122 inconsistent page templates to 6 simpler, better ones.

  • Optimizing the Page Everyone Sees

    Optimizing the Page Everyone Sees

    The Home Page needs strategy, not chaos

  • Accessible Product Design

    Accessible Product Design

    Accessibility is good for everyone.

  • Usability Goals Align Teams & Spur Ideation

    Usability Goals Align Teams & Spur

    How can we know where we want to go? By identifying usability goals up front, we can align our efforts…

  • Building Business Partnerships

    Building Business Partnerships

    Before it was integrated into Homestyler, the Autodesk 3D rendering technology used for realistic snapshots was developed as an offering…

  • Updating a Popular SaaS Application

    Updating a Popular SaaS Application

    Autodesk product designers work together on cross-divisional projects to improve their products across the board. One such effort involved switching…