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Better Designed Explains: How to do contextual inquiry

Contextual inquiry should not be confused with user interviewing, another very valuable user research method.

Sep 22, 2025 • Patrick Thornton

There are many different specific areas of user experience, but there are five core overarching areas that we talk about and design for

Mar 14, 2025 • Patrick Thornton

Paper prototyping: A primer

Many great designs, products, websites, and projects begin with paper.

Feb 27, 2023 • Patrick Thornton

Better Designed Explains: How to conduct user interviews

User interviews are a core user experience method.

Feb 22, 2023 • Patrick Thornton

Better Designed Explains: What is an affordance

An affordance is not a feature.

Aug 23, 2022 • Patrick Thornton

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