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In this article, designer Djujan Bijstra shares five advantages of responding to the unconscious in application design, or "Behavioral design" with numerous examples of applications.

On June 21th, our senior visual designer Nico ten Hoor visited the fifth edition of Dutch Digital Day held at Undercurrent, Amsterdam. In this trip report, he provides some highlights, reflections and summaries of the event.

At the end of every year, analysts, thinkers and watchers provide their view on where we stand and what’s ahead of us. All trend watchers agree: Digital disruption of society is getting stronger and stronger. So, what are their predictions for 2019?

During the AI Summit (Amsterdam), a lot of attention went to societal and ethical challenges around AI innovation. This resulted in a unique collection of talks and workshops, stimulating thought about future product development and design. Willem Duijvelshoff reflects on the event.

At the end of every year, analysts, thinkers and watchers provide their view on where we stand and what’s ahead of us. All trend watchers agree: Digital disruption of society is getting stronger and stronger. So, what are their predictions for 2018?

The UX sector has a tradition of critiquing fellow UX designers. Oftentimes these critiques are targeted at the lack of conscious decision making of the designer in charge, but what if a design is consciously misleading? I try to dive into this topic with a focus on so-called Dark Patterns.

We're seeing extensions and developments in the scope and relevance of design systems with tactical principles, approaches and activities to further connect and integrate design, development and operations in the enterprise, hence DesignOps (or DesOps).

At the end of every year, analysts, thinkers and watchers provide their view on where we stand and what’s ahead of us. All trend watchers agree: Digital disruption of society is getting stronger and stronger. So, what are their predictions for 2017?

Founded in 1966, the Design Research Society celebrated this year its 50 anniversary with an international conference themed 'Future-focused thinking' in Brighton (UK) this year. We selected a few useful papers from the proceedings.

Sometimes a trend article emerges on what we have been noticing in our practice: the increasing relevance of design. We welcome reflections, future developments and possible scenarios.

At the end of every year, analysts, thinkers and watchers provide their view on where we stand and what’s ahead of us. All trend watchers agree: Digital disruption of society is getting stronger and stronger. So, what are their predictions for 2016?

Design conquers new territories in society. More and more companies realize design can deliver profitable products, services and environments. Design-led startups, often disrupting the incumbents have attracted the attention of big technology companies and of venture capital firms, the VCs.

The connection between marketing and design is increasingly intensifying in organizations. The forces of digital, the communication power of the customer and the value of experience are driving the two disciplines towards each other.

In June, I attended the annual UXLX conference in Lisbon (Portugal) with almost 400 other UX professionals from 40 countries. The conference provided many workshops and presentations on research, design and strategy. Although all three days were pretty intensive, I got a lot of inspiration and insights and met many interesting people.

Networking, hands-on workshops, inspiring presentations and creative stimulation… Events and conferences offer a wealth of opportunities for professional development. We’ve put together a hand-picked selection from the coming six months which we hope aligns well with the interests of you, our readers.