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Adrian Zumbrunnen
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Published in UX Collective

·Dec 5, 2022

Time travel experiment — toy edition

Recreated Doc Brown’s Back to the Future experiment with a toy DeLorean. — Sometimes we have to go beyond mere rectangles, design thinking, and everything in between. If my calculations are correct, you will be reading this precisely after my very first-time travel attempt. Back to the Future has had a big impact on my childhood, and I was always fascinated by Doc…

Creativity

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Time travel experiment — toy edition
Time travel experiment — toy edition
Creativity

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Published in UX Collective

·Updated Dec 17, 2021

Framer is dead

A love letter to my prototyping tool of choice. — Should designers learn how to code? If you feel like you want to stop reading right now, I don’t blame you. We have stumbled upon this question so many times that it has become as obnoxious as listening to a designer rambling about the difference between UX and UI. No…

UX

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Framer is dead
Framer is dead
UX

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Published in UX Collective

·Updated Nov 3, 2020

The Power of Unfinished

How to get more done, uplevel your craft, and create work that gets noticed. — Reaching the last page of a long and difficult book is a blissful moment. It’s when we get a sense of pride and fulfillment. Whether it’s announcing a product, wrapping up the design of a project, or hitting the publish button. …

UX

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The power of unfinished
The power of unfinished
UX

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Published in UX Collective

·Updated Nov 3, 2020

My chatbot is dead

Why yours should probably be too. — Personal websites are usually like old books in a shelf. They languish, accumulate dust, and their wrinkles and cracks become more apparent over time. About 3 years ago I embarked on a simple experiment that would end up prolonging the shelf-life of my website by an unusually large margin. Back…

UX

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My chatbot is dead
My chatbot is dead
UX

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Published in The Startup

·Dec 12, 2019

How Messaging Has Changed Human Interaction

Small losses of privacy have rewritten the rules of messaging and changed how humans feel about each other — Few applications have affected mass consumer psychology as much as messaging apps. While social media helps us build communities, a following, and a digital presence, messaging enables us to stay in touch with people we care about. …

Privacy

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How Messaging Has Changed Human Interaction
How Messaging Has Changed Human Interaction
Privacy

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Sep 20, 2018

From Clockworks to Computers on Our Wrists

How Apple beat Swiss watchmakers at their own game — W e Swiss take great pride in watchmaking. It’s no secret that some of the most recognizable watch brands in the world are made in Switzerland. While the notion of a product being “Swiss-made” may seem like it’s been around forever, it’s actually a relatively recent phenomenon. The first watches…

Marketing

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How Apple Beat Swiss Watchmakers at Their Own Game
How Apple Beat Swiss Watchmakers at Their Own Game
Marketing

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Aug 29, 2018

The Rise of Anti-Notifications

The evolution of a well-intentioned technology — Few inventions affected our relationship with technology as much as push notifications have. Before modern-day notifications, most of us felt in charge of deciding when we want to use and interact with technology, but now, technology is largely making that decision for us. It’s easy to blame technology, but it’s…

Design

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The Rise of Anti-Notifications
The Rise of Anti-Notifications
Design

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Published in UX Collective

·Aug 20, 2018

Via Negativa

Finding the essence of a product through continuous elimination — The sculpture of David, one of the most famous sculptures of all time, surrounds itself by as much myth as its maker himself. When the Pope saw Michelangelo’s work for the first time, he looked at it in awe, and asked the famous artist how he could possibly create a…

Product Management

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Via Negativa
Via Negativa
Product Management

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Published in UX Collective

·Apr 3, 2018

Why Small Teams Win

Scaling meaning before scaling teams — Great products are made by people who care. As teams grow in size, ownership, responsibilities, and individual impact become abstract and blurred. As soon as ownership becomes ambiguous, products lose their opinion and often end up becoming a mediocre mess shaped by countless compromises. This is one of the main…

Startup

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Why small teams win
Why small teams win
Startup

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Published in The Startup

·Dec 12, 2017

The Vicious Circle of Mediocre Work

And how to break out of it — Why do some people, some teams, some companies create outstanding work, while others seem stuck in mediocrity? Why do some of us excel in creativity, have better ideas, and find ways to make ideas happen while others don’t? That question has been on my mind for quite some time now. …

Productivity

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The Vicious Circle of Mediocre Work
The Vicious Circle of Mediocre Work
Productivity

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Adrian Zumbrunnen

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