Product Design
User Experience
The Role of User Persona in the Product Design Process
The user persona remains one of the most crucial tools in the product design process and is commonly considered to be among the best ways to understand the target group. And it actually is. At times, it may be difficult...
Kaja Grzybowska
• June 27, 2022
Product Design
User Experience
Improving Product Design Process with UX Research
The value of UX design in developing digital products is no longer disputable, especially when we realize how good UX influences conversion rates and creates exceptional user experiences. Yet, when it comes to UX...
Kaja Grzybowska
• June 13, 2022
Product Design
Business
Culture
User Experience
Product Design Process: Discovery Phase [UPDATED 2022]
Working with an outsourced team can be a challenge. Different locations, time zones, and sometimes even cultures. You're in one location, while your hired team is elsewhere, building what will become your product. How...
Paweł Hawrylak
• December 20, 2021
JavaScript
Product Design
Data Visualization
User Experience
19 Best JavaScript Data Visualization Libraries [UPDATED 2022]
To what extent does your app rely on data? It probably does in some way. Even if the app is not exactly business-oriented, you’d probably need data for the admin panel, the dashboard, performance tracking, and similar...
Jakub Majorek
• September 13, 2021
User Experience
Conference
The Most Interesting UX Design Conferences in Europe [UPDATED 2022]
Every year brings its share of new industry conferences. So, in order to cut down the sheer number of events to something more manageable, we sat down with the whole Monterail design team to identify the ones we think...
Product Design
Business
User Experience
Product Design Process: All You Need to Know About UX Interviews
Have a great idea for an app that will revolutionize the world and make you a successful businessperson?
Aleksandra Klimek
• September 18, 2019
Product Design
User Experience
HR Tech
Designing HR Tech Software– UX &UI Insights and Tips [UPDATED 2022]
It is universally accepted that HR software design must, naturally, obey the general rules of good app design. Whether large or small, rudimentary or feature-rich, they ought to be clear and easy to use in order to...
Product Design
User Experience
HR Tech
How to Ensure Your UX Design Communicates Clearly—HR Tech Examples
We spent the last few months building a bunch of cool HR tech and messaging apps, like Cooleaf or Guild. The process required top-notch software design to make the app attractive and easy to use but the key part was...
Product Design
User Experience
8 Fundamental Chrome Extensions For Designers (With Bonus)
Digital product design isn’t only about creating. The ecosystem surrounding the creation act is quite big and contains, e.g, researching existing websites and applications, as well as quality assurance of your app...
Paweł Hawrylak
• June 13, 2019
Product Design
Business
Development
MVP
User Experience
Software Prototype - Why It Is Essential and How to Do It?
Imagine you are developing your next big project. Let’s say it is a Web app that will be used by thousands of people and will take months to develop. This means a lot of billable hours for your developers, designers,...
Karolina Kurcwald
• April 19, 2019
Product Design
Business
Data Visualization
User Experience
Five Data Visualization Best Practices To Ensure Clarity
Have you ever wondered what makes data useful and meaningful? In the beginning, when the only thing before you is a sprawling set of data, it feels simple and honest, but doesn’t exactly say much. However, the moment...
Product Design
Business
Development
Data Visualization
User Experience
Crafting Stories Using Data Visualization Design
In October 2018 I was invited to give a talk at the fifth Future of Design meetup, called The Beauty of Data. My talk was called “Crafting a story in data visualization”.
Paweł Hawrylak
• January 10, 2019
Business
Culture
User Experience
Mobile Development
Innovating Car Parking Systems Around the World While Solving Real-Life Problems—the Admyt Way
Admyt takes advantage of licence plate recognition systems to finally do away with the idea of coin-fed meters and the frustration that came with keeping track of paper tickets. Their mission is to provide a seamless...
Karolina Gawron
• November 13, 2018
Development
User Experience
PWA
“Should I Consider PWA?” Possibilities of Progressive Web Apps with Examples
Have you heard about progressive Web apps? Of course you have. The whole Internet seems to be discussing them right now. And the subject got even hotter after Google I/O 18’ and a long-awaited confirmation that PWAs are...
Karolina Gawron
• May 10, 2018
Product Design
User Experience
Thunderbird Starts Working on Improving Its Interface—Take Part In the Survey
Our latest post on the Thunderbird redesign drew a lot of buzz from industry press. Some people loved the new, modern look, others preferred Thunderbird’s current default version. As a result, the mockups stirred some...
Krystian Polański
• January 16, 2018
Product Design
Data Visualization
User Experience
Real-Time IoT Data Visualization –Good Design and UX Practices
Here at Monterail, we have done tons of research about the current state of IoT market, platforms, devices and technical details. Also, our talented developers started on their own building quick prototypes and ordering...
Marcin Janas
• February 21, 2017