Blink articles, videos, podcasts, and events covering the latest in UX research, strategy, and design.
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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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Realizing the potential of AI-powered tools starts with uncovering how you can — and should — use them.
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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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NASA released its updated website last month after two years of rigorous user experience research, strategy, and design in collaboration with Blink UX.
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Your guide to creating a modernized mobile banking or investment app experience — based on our latest banking research.
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Want to design more inclusive products? Learn how, plus, get started with free resources as a guide.
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Definition, benefits, and examples of mixed methods research.
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How to get the most value from your current tech investments, lower costs, and increase customer satisfaction with better UX.
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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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A list of Blink articles filled with tips and resources to help you build more inclusive experiences for your audiences.
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Behind the scenes of our illustrations for nonprofit, Partner to Decide
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NASA honored with 2024 Webby Awards for the reimagined NASA.gov website and the new streaming service, NASA+.
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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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Learn more about Blink’s pro bono client, Partner to Decide, directly from the founder.
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A look at our continued journey toward a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable company.
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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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We sat down with Oracle Cloud’s Vice President of User Experience to learn more about leading in UX.
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Why investing in customer research makes sense for your brand and business.
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Our tips for using automation to create efficient, personalized experiences that meet patient needs.
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Here are five key UX opportunity areas healthcare systems are looking at for improving the patient/provider experience.
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Blink has worked with a variety of healthcare providers over the last several years to understand the users of their websites. The results of this work have been research-based recommendations and design solutions that address many common challenges. Today, we are publishing a whitepaper that summarizes the challenges providers face online, and how a research-based approach to user experience can help meet the needs of their patients and employees.
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Producing HTML, CSS, and Javascript for browser-based experiences such as websites and web applications.
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From chatbots to intelligent assistants, conversation interfaces are changing the way that people interact with their computers, and designers have a unique opportunity to shape this medium at the ground level. Like all emerging tech, best practices are still being developed, but here at Blink we’ve had the opportunity to design a few of our own and learned a lot along the way.
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In this follow-up we’ll be diving deeper into some of the specifics of what makes a great user experience for IoT products, focusing on the critical areas of onboarding, support, and security.
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Smart homes. IoT. Connected devices. VR. What happens when buzzy, emerging technologies begin to infiltrate the everyday? Will consumers face a frustrating gunfight-style showdown with new products, or will they discover a frictionless setup process and experience a product that enhances their life? It all depends on how much effort you put into UX.
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Lessons from industry leaders on what makes a successful UX career.
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Realizing the potential of AI-powered tools starts with uncovering how you can — and should — use them.
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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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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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Data shows that global populations are tipping the demographic scale toward adults over 65. With age-inclusive design, product adoption and reach could spread like wildfire.
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As a UX designer, you most likely have a method for gathering design inspiration. Here's a step-by-step process for conducting a design review that leverages your inspiration-seeking habits and helps you consider strategy early in the design process.
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As part of our employee "Lunch and Learn" series, we spoke with Hocus Pocus production designer Bill Sandell. Here are some highlights from our conversation and a few ideas for how you can find UX design inspiration in the film industry.
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Organizations that embrace evidence-driven design increase profits, retain customers, and align on business goals quicker than their engineering-led counterparts. This article will discuss what it means to be a design-led organization and how you can apply design in any industry.
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Your questions answered.
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With multiple data sets, it can be hard to know where to start. Connect your research findings and define your customer experience KPIs with CSOs.
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Secondary research, like desk research, is a powerful tool for practitioners to add to their research toolkits. Here’s why you should consider adding it to your next project.
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A look at evaluative research and how you can use it to improve your products and services.
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Learn how to select and prioritize UX metrics based on your business goals.
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Learn how rage clicks can help you detect user frustration and make data-driven decisions to improve your site.
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A look at usability testing and how to get started.
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A look at usability benchmarking and how to get started.
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In collaboration with colleagues within and outside of Blink, plus a fair amount of experimenting at home, Chief Innovation Officer Kelly Franznick put together a set of protocols for a safe return to our user research labs.
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Your guide to creating a modernized mobile banking or investment app experience — based on our latest banking research.
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Want to improve your customers’ experience across all channels? Building a UX framework and cross-branch ambassador program can help. Here’s how to get started.
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Understanding your website as a product will set your company apart from competitors.
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There's an easy way to test how users will experience your designs on iPhone and iPad with accessibility features enabled.
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We set design objectives for creating engaging products that will keep a user’s attention, encourage task completion, and be enjoyable to use. However, of those objectives, we find “enjoyable to use” the hardest to design for and measure. This is in large part because humans perceive experiences differently – what one person thinks is clever and clear, someone else may see as complex and opaque.
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In just over two months I’m tying the knot. I’ve always considered myself a perfectionist and highly organized, which is why I opted to do all the planning myself and not hire a coordinator. Food, music, venue, photography, décor, invitations, that’s all me.
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A TX business strategy can help companies increase employee experience and customer experience quickly and efficiently.
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We answer the question, "What is B2E UX?" and discuss three reasons why adopting easy-to-use technology for your employees will enrich your company.
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Learn more about our pro bono program.
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Want to design more inclusive products? Learn how, plus, get started with free resources as a guide.
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A look at how our DEI efforts came to life in the last year.
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Accessible content leads to a more inclusive website, and by following web accessibility best practices, you can also improve search engine optimization (SEO).
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I met with Blake, one of Blink’s assistive device specialists, to discuss the challenges of his mobility impairment and his tips for creating inclusive app and web designs.
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These are our first steps toward cultivating a more equitable workplace for our employees, clients, and community.
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A positive company culture requires the same careful curation, management, and rigor as any other aspect of a business. At Blink, we consciously design our culture to ensure that employees have the structure and guidance they need to fully develop their skills and abilities for a happy and rewarding career.
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Learn how Blink teams prioritize accessibility at each phase of product development and how your teams can do the same.
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Blink is looking forward to integrating version 3 into its existing accessibility practice as soon as it is formalized. All organizations interested in expanding accessibility on the web should welcome this latest addition from the W3C.
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Accessibility in the UX industry and at Blink In October studio manager Lynsey Lacher interviewed Joe Welinske, accessibility director and ConveyUX program manager for National Disability Awareness Month.
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Banks are bottom-line driven, so if you work in the banking or finance industry, you'll want to be aware of what the top digital banking transformation trends are, how to develop a mobile banking app, and what the future of the banking industry looks like.
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Digital debt impacts innovation, drains employee energy, and challenges organizational productivity. Could AI be the solution?
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With the emergence of virtual and augmented reality, we will have many more 3-D digital experiences available to us. Many of these upcoming 3-D experiences will be interactive, requiring the user to navigate a 3-D space. While it may take some time for these experiences to catch on and become pervasive, They will.
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“How can we design systems to use the sophistication of human thinking and decision making, AND the complex computation power of machines to strike a healthy balance of automation?”
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Our process for creating products and experiences people love.
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From automatic power reroutes during outages to personalized banking experiences, and real-time education support, AI is revolutionizing industries. See how AI is making waves in utilities, finance, education and healthcare with Blink's VP of Design, Scott Lambridis.
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Developing a strategy for online grocery shopping.
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Blink researchers and designers share what we do best.
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Creating a new online destination for car shopping.
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Developing a smart baby warmer for the U.S. market.
Sep 25, 2024
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Ben Shown, Head of Design at Blink UX, joins the UX Banter podcast where they dive into his journey, his expertise in human-centered design, and how he approaches creating seamless digital experiences.
Aug 20, 2023
38 Episodes
Conversations with the people who are making digital products and services more accessible.
May 30, 2023
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Blink's Head of Design, Byron Baker, joins "There's A Device For That" to share his experience leading a team of design experts as they create user experiences that truly enhance the value and impact of devices.
Apr 11, 2023
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Blink’s Chief Design Office and Avangrid’s Head of CX and Digital Transformation join The CX Cast to share their experience building a CX function at Avangrid.
Apr 18, 2023
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Blink and Avangrid continue their conversation about the role of design in creating quality experiences at Avangrid.
Upcoming
Feb 25, 2025
14th annual event in Seattle by Blink UX.
Past
Oct 24, 2024
You’re invited to UX Leadership Exchange New York, hosted by Blink UX, an Mphasis company—an interactive panel event for leaders shaping the future of digital experiences.
Jun 27, 2024
Blink hosted the latest in-person UX Leadership Exchange in Seattle.
May 9, 2024
Blink hosted our first in-person New York City UX Leadership Exchange.
Apr 18, 2024
We hosted a virtual UX Leadership Exchange on Thursday, April 18.
Feb 27, 2024
12th annual event in Seattle by Blink UX
Jan 25, 2024
Sep 22, 2022
Blink hosted a DEI in Design Virtual Roundtable on September 22, 2022, as part of San Diego Design Week (SDDW) presented by Mingei International Museum.
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NASA released its updated website last month after two years of rigorous user experience research, strategy, and design in collaboration with Blink UX.
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Blink ranked by Puget Sound Business Journal on its annual list of best midsize workplaces.
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Blink was recognized for its work with Applied Training Solutions and HERO Index.
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Mphasis, (BSE: 526299; NSE: MPHASIS), an Information Technology (IT) solutions provider specializing in cloud and cognitive services, announced today, its acquisition of Blink UX, a User Experience research, strategy, and design firm that works with the world’s leading companies to create transformative digital products, brands, and experiences.
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Blink's title was awarded based on results from the 2021 statewide employee survey conducted by the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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For the fifth time, Blink appears on the Inc. 5000, ranking No. 2283 with three-year revenue growth of 45% percent.
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Blink was recognized for our design work with the Special Olympics.
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The 2020 report cites Blink’s work with NASA.
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SBA Administrator Jovita Carranza has appointed three small-business leaders from Washington state, including Blink’s Karen Clark Cole, to the U.S. Small Business Administration Federal Regulatory Fairness Board, representing Region 10.
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Blink ranks #1 of over 200 companies to win Top-Ranked Overall Culture at annual Tech Culture Awards.
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UX research and design firm Blink UX is pleased to announce that Accessibility Director Joe Welinske has been appointed to King County Metro’s Access Paratransit Advisory Committee (APAC).
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Blink was recognized among the vendors in the 2020 report
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