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Teaching the Next Evolution of UX Design Thinking

by | Sep 27, 2018
Multi-dimensional UX: Preston McCauley has been working to help UX professionals discover new ways to approach the craft.
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Cassini Nazir is the director of design and research for the ArtSciLab at the University of Texas at Dallas. [Photo: UTD]
Societal Urgency: UTD’s Cassini Nazir on the First-Person Experience
by | Sep 27, 2018
It would make sense that the best education in user-experience would involve a first-person experience. It's about finding needs and figuring out how to fill them.
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The University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts, Technology, and Emerging Communication (ATEC) program. [Photo: UTD]
A Look Into the Future: Industry Leaders Say Universities Provide UX Firepower
by | Sep 27, 2018
From developing autonomous trucks to incorporating science and the arts, universities in Dallas-Fort Worth are churning out UX-perts
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Spacee founder Skip Howard wrote the code for the computer vision technology that allows individuals to interact with surfaces, which display information in response. [Photo: Spacee]
XR: 4 North Texas Companies ‘Extend the Experience’
by | Sep 26, 2018
In a service economy, winners will be companies who can best anticipate customer needs and can provide the best customer experience. Enter Extended Reality: Here are some DFW companies making bets on its future.
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Design With a Big ‘D’: Meet 6 UX/UI Experts Delivering Solutions

by | Sep 24, 2018
The Dallas-Fort Worth region has no shortage of thought leaders who are helping create the solutions for some of today’s most popular products. From Ben Judy at 7-Eleven to Ron Dagdag at Thyssenkrupp Elevator, here are a few you need to know.
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A USAA design workshop. [Photo: USAA]
Design With a Big ‘D’: Design Thinkers Leading the Way
by | Sep 24, 2018
Whether it’s slaying piles of paper receipts at tax time or making shopping an adventure, these Dallas area design thinkers are making their marks in their respective industries. The common thread? Dogged persistence. We talk with four who caught the “experiential wave” early.
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James Helm, VP of Design at Intuit [Photo: Intuit]
At the Helm: Intuit VP of Design on Being ‘Design-Led, Through and Through’
by | Sep 24, 2018
Intuit has embraced design thinking, says Intuit VP of Design James Helm. He talks with Dave Moore about the thinking that precedes formal design and how the company retains designers who may get multiple recruiting calls each week.
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Don Relyea, head of design at BBVA  [Photo: BBVA]
Money Talks: Don Relyea Takes User Experience to the Bank
by | Sep 24, 2018
Don Relyea — who Incorporated a 19-person core design team to BBVA Compass within a couple weeks — says that the addition of designers to global banking firm BBVA is introducing constructive problem-solving to operations across 35 countries.
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Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA [Photo, logo: USAA]

Users First: An Interview With USAA’s Tatiana Miller

by | Sep 24, 2018
Q+A | Tatiana Miller, executive director of design at USAA, tells Dave Moore how the company invests in design, what she's most proud of, and how she manages some 60 creative professionals.
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Park(ing) Day
Public Spaces: Scenes from Park(ing) Day Dallas 2018
by | Sep 21, 2018
Tiny temporary parks lined Main Street in downtown Dallas and photographer Michael Samples has the shots.
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Accenture’s design and innovation consultancy – Fjord – acquired Austin-based Chaotic Moon in 2015 to help inject gamification and immersive experiences into client business models. [Photo: Accenture]
Design With a Big ‘D’:
Corporate by Design
by | Sep 21, 2018
Design pros help companies such as Walmart, Accenture, Bottle Rocket, Sabre, and more gain competitive advantage. Here are insights for how it works.
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Big Design
How the Big Design Conference Came to Be
by | Sep 20, 2018
Big Design co-founder Brian Sullivan shares its origin story.
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DFW UX Design

Design With a Big ‘D’: The DFW Experience

by | Sep 20, 2018
Four out of 10 Texas user-experience professionals work in Dallas-Fort Worth. Part 1 of our series explores Dallas-Fort Worth as a UX hotspot.
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AT&T Teams With Airstream to Launch ‘Smart’ RV
by | Sep 19, 2018
Connected camping: The iconic Airstream Silver Bullet gets smart, thanks to a new deal with AT&T.
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ARTSOnePass
ARTSonepass: Getting North Texas Arts and Culture in an App
by | Sep 17, 2018
Launching in North Texas, ARTSonepass is an web app and AI-driven recommendation engine with a calendar of events across a number of categories—performing and visual arts, history, and science and nature.
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Alequresh
Building Tomorrow Together:
‘Since Our Last Meeting’
by | Sep 17, 2018
New information, fresh data, and deal points keep the focus on our region sharp, writes Economic Development SVP Mike Rosa. He shares some favorite "hot-off-the-press" updates on what Dallas-Fort Worth offers as a corporate location.
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