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Blink’s 2024 DEI Progress Report

Strengthening our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion year over year.

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What the Murphy Bed Has To Do With Apple and NASA

Using metaphors to elevate a design project from good to unforgettable.

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What is Customer Experience?

Customer experience, or CX, encompasses every interaction a person has with your company and everything you do to deliver value to your customers. Here’s everything you need to know about CX.

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Mixed Methods Research 101: The Key to Confident Product Decisions

Definition, benefits, and examples of mixed methods research.

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Getting Started: First Steps to Improving the Utility Customer Experience

How to get the most value from your current tech investments, lower costs, and increase customer satisfaction with better UX.

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Quick Guide: Making Your Research Participants More Comfortable

It can be tricky to make participants feel comfortable in challenging study environments. Use these tips to help them give their best feedback.

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Article Round-Up: Accessible and Inclusive Design

A list of Blink articles filled with tips and resources to help you build more inclusive experiences for your audiences.

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Visual Design for Healthcare: A Person-Centered Approach

Behind the scenes of our illustrations for nonprofit, Partner to Decide

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NASA × Blink UX Work Recognized with Webby Awards

NASA honored with 2024 Webby Awards for the reimagined NASA.gov website and the new streaming service, NASA+.

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Tips for UX Researchers: 10 Habits to Make Your Job Fun and Efficient

I asked our researchers what they’re doing lately to make their jobs easy, fun, and efficient — here’s what I heard.

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Pro Bono Partnership: An interview with Partner to Decide founder, Dr. Ann Peralta

Learn more about Blink’s pro bono client, Partner to Decide, directly from the founder.

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Blink’s 2023 DEI Progress Report

A look at our continued journey toward a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable company.

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Don’t Predict; Create: The Power of Future Envisioning

How to bridge the future with the here and now and generate the product vision necessary for being a leader in your sphere.

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Speaker Series: An Interview with VP of UX Robb Nielsen

We sat down with Oracle Cloud’s Vice President of User Experience to learn more about leading in UX.

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Is User Research Worth the Cost?

Why investing in customer research makes sense for your brand and business.

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Blink Pro Bono Program: Designing For Social Change

Learn more about our pro bono program.

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What I Wish I Knew: Career Advice from 10 Leaders in UX

Lessons from industry leaders on what makes a successful UX career.

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10 Books Every UX Leader Should Add to Their 2024 Reading List

We asked industry leaders what books they recommend to new and experienced UX professionals — here are our top picks for the year!

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10 Days of Gratitude Challenge: How to Encourage Gratitude at Work

10 Days of Gratitude is a Blink annual tradition that allows employees to share with their communities and pay it forward.

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4 Practical Ways To Improve Lives With AI (Beyond the Chatbot)

Realizing the potential of AI-powered tools starts with uncovering how you can — and should — use them.

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How Many Research Participants Do I Need For Sound Study Results?

Hint: It might be fewer than you think. Here’s how to select the right sample size based on your research goals.

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5 Reasons To Build a Design System — and the Benefits For Your Team

Design systems are powerful for teams who want to save time and money in their design process. Here's why we love them, and how NASA used a Blink design system to unify its web experience.

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The Art of Great Design Workshops: 5 Activities We Swear By

Say goodbye to awkward and clunky design workshops. Here are our tips to ensure your team leaves every UX workshop focused, inspired, and aligned.

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Solving Digital Debt: How Blink Enhances EX in an AI-Driven Era

Digital debt impacts innovation, drains employee energy, and challenges organizational productivity. Could AI be the solution?