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Thinking of trees, not icebergs

A mental model for more effective interventions

Dec 3, 2023
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A photo taken in East Devon by the author. Looking upwards in the woods to see the canopies and branches of trees interweaving.
A photo taken in East Devon by the author. Looking upwards in the woods to see the canopies and branches of trees interweaving.
Dec 3, 2023
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The extended designer, and the design machine

The Extended Designer spends less time making products, and more time making progress.

Nov 9, 2023
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A designer working with a AI to create a new product. Exploring the variety of the problem, and the variety of the solutions.
A designer working with a AI to create a new product. Exploring the variety of the problem, and the variety of the solutions.
Nov 9, 2023
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The need for Comprehensive Design

A manifesto for the Comprehensive Designer

Mar 27, 2023
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An imagined Braun smartphone. What a smartphone would have looked like if it was designed in the 1960s by Dieter Rams.
An imagined Braun smartphone. What a smartphone would have looked like if it was designed in the 1960s by Dieter Rams.
Mar 27, 2023
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The Customer-value Ecosystem 1.0

“The consumer is the most important part of the production line.” - W E Deming, founder of Total Quality Management (TQM).

Feb 9, 2023
A simple diagram, showing a wavy-lined boundary. This shape is labelled as ‘Absolute market’. Within this shape is three circles, forming a triangle. They are set apart, and between them there is 3 sets of feedback loops. The 3 circles are labelled System 1, System 2, System 3. The loops are labelled ‘Investigative loop’, ‘Productive loop’, ‘Interactive loop’.
A simple diagram, showing a wavy-lined boundary. This shape is labelled as ‘Absolute market’. Within this shape is three circles, forming a triangle. They are set apart, and between them there is 3 sets of feedback loops. The 3 circles are labelled System 1, System 2, System 3. The loops are labelled ‘Investigative loop’, ‘Productive loop’, ‘Interactive loop’.
Feb 9, 2023

Jobs-to-be-gone (JTBG)

Great UX eliminates future effort for everyone

Dec 5, 2022
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A photo of a shaggy dog lying on it’s back on a white bed. The dog is wearing a dressing gown, and holding a green bottle of Pellegrino water. Looking chill.
A photo of a shaggy dog lying on it’s back on a white bed. The dog is wearing a dressing gown, and holding a green bottle of Pellegrino water. Looking chill.
Dec 5, 2022
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The general creative state, and the art of experiencing

Lessons from Acting to practice empathy in UX Design

Jan 28, 2023
An image of an actor in the centre of a spotlighted stage. The floor is wooden, and the rest of the scene is very dark apart from a few heads of an audience in the foreground.
An image of an actor in the centre of a spotlighted stage. The floor is wooden, and the rest of the scene is very dark apart from a few heads of an audience in the foreground.
Jan 28, 2023
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Wellbeing-centred design

Baselining the purpose of experience design

Nov 24, 2022
Wellbeing-centred design
Wellbeing-centred design
Nov 24, 2022
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The cybernetics of design

A brief introduction to Applied Cybernetics in UX

Jan 17, 2023
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A macro photo of the human eye, showing the iris and pupil in detail.
A macro photo of the human eye, showing the iris and pupil in detail.
Jan 17, 2023
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Jay Acutt

Jay Acutt

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Product Design Leader, 15+ years. Purveyor of Paradigms. Questioner of convention. https://jamieacutt.com. All views are my own.

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