HOW Magazine, the ‘go-to industry resource for design tips and education, design dialogue, and profiles’ just released their profile report on the 100 Designers Everyone Should Know. We’re elated (albeit, not surprised) to share that Smashing’s Executive Creative Director, Kevin Wick, came in at the 18th spot! As Executive Creative Director, Kevin works with clients
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Ever wonder what makes Smashing Ideas so smashing? Our people! We sat down with Omari Miller, our new Director of Business Development, to talk shop, what the biggest challenges are that enterprise businesses face today, the dangerous impact on product development when organizations do not utilize external expertise, and why Kansas City is home to
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By Brian Burke, CEO Design and Design Thinking have been a very hot topic this decade (though not new to anyone in creative industries), and as many executives have experienced, it is a conversation piece that is appearing in your boardrooms, at management meetings, during sales pitches, and coming from your trusted advisors at leading
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By Matt Murphy, Senior Engagement Manager A few weeks ago, we had the honor of attending and emceeing the Design Thinking 2018 conference in Austin, Texas. From traditional engineering-focused companies looking for culture change, to companies like IBM who have been successfully scaling design thinking as a practice, the companies and stories told in Austin
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Here’s Smashing’s no-excuses, tried-and-true guide to building low-budget observation rooms By Lulu Xiao, Senior Strategist User research is key when designing the user experience (UX) of products and services. In fact, one study examining the top 15 companies in the U.S. who are leaders in UX, found that the companies outperformed the S&P 500 by
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