IxDF - Interaction Design Foundation

🔎 You did the research. You found valuable insights. But the product still moved in a different direction. Why? Because great research doesn't change products. Better decisions do. Join Julian Della Mattia, Senior User Insights Manager, Research Operations specialist, and author of Building the Research Engine, to learn a practical framework that helps user insights shape product decisions. You'll discover how to: ✅ Map how insights move through your organization across culture, infrastructure, and communication. ✅ Turn research presentations into practical insight workshops that help teams act on user evidence. ✅ Connect user evidence to sprint decisions, product priorities, and business goals. 🗓️ Thursday, July 9, 2026 ⏰ 16:00 UTC 📹 Can't attend live? You'll get the recording to watch anytime. 👉 Save your spot now: https://lnkd.in/eNMfJTCB

AI can generate a polished research summary in seconds. But it can’t create the moment where stakeholders feel the weight of a user problem and know what needs to change. In our upcoming IxDF Master Class, Julian Della Mattia, Senior User Insights Manager, Research Operations specialist, and author of Building the Research Engine, will show you how to make your user research an essential part of product decisions. You'll learn how to: ✔️ Map how insights move through your organization across three pillars: culture, infrastructure, and communication. ✔️ Turn research presentations into practical insight workshops that lead to better product decisions. ✔️ Help stakeholders make evidence-based product decisions grounded in user insights. If you've ever watched valuable research get ignored, it probably wasn't because of the research. It was because of the system around it. 🗓️ Thursday, July 9, 2026 ⏰ 16:00 UTC 💻 Online 🎟️ Special price for IxDF members 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eDdQFmeJ

Every design creates an emotional response. 👀 Don Norman explains that every interaction happens across three levels of design: 👀 Visceral: the first impression. 👆 Behavioral: how the experience feels while using it. 🧠 Reflective: how people remember and judge it afterward. Together, these three levels shape how users experience your product and how they remember it. But emotional design goes beyond this model. In our Emotional Design topic, you'll also learn how color, personality, storytelling, microcopy, and other design decisions influence how people experience products and brands. Learn more in our Open Source UX Design Library. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e2uKBQ46

In partnership with Button, we’re excited to share a virtual conference for content design professionals who want practical sessions, thoughtful conversations, and real-world insights to strengthen their work. 📅 September 24-25 📍 Online Button 2026 brings together content designers, UX writers, content strategists, and other professionals shaping digital experiences. This year's program covers a wide range of topics for content design professionals, including accessibility, AI, content design systems, content operations, UX research, UX writing, stakeholder management, leadership, and more. What you can expect: ✅ Learn practical approaches you can apply to your content design work ✅ Explore real-world insights from experienced speakers ✅ Learn about UX writing, content strategy, accessibility, AI, UX research, and more ✅ Connect with a community that understands the work you do ✅ Take part in a welcoming and accessible virtual conference experience 🎟️ Register with code IXDF100 to save $100 on your individual pass. Register here: https://lnkd.in/eFkUnk6X

Behind every scroll, tap, and drop-off is a reason. 👀 If you don't understand your users, your design decisions will be guided by assumptions instead of evidence. Without context, it's easy to solve the wrong problem. You might add features users don't need, overlook what matters most, or create experiences that don't fit into their everyday lives. 👤 Personas bring together user research, behaviors, goals, and context to help you see the bigger picture before making design decisions. When you understand who your users are, what they're trying to achieve, and the situations they face, you can design products and services that solve real problems. Swipe to discover how understanding your users' context helps you make better design decisions. Want to learn how to create effective personas? Explore our Personas and User Research: Design Products and Services People Need and Want course. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/e5M-sWMU

Your slide headings should communicate your message, not just label your slides. 📝 Most people scan a presentation before they read it. That means your headings often make the first impression. 💡 A heading like "Key Findings" tells your audience what the slide is about. A heading like "56% of users are lost in the checkout process" tells them what they need to know right away. Strong slide headings make your presentations easier to scan, easier to understand, and easier to remember. They make it easier for your audience to understand your message. Whether you're presenting live or sharing your deck with stakeholders, meaningful headings make your presentations more effective. Want to create presentations that help you communicate your ideas with confidence? Learn more in our Present Like a Pro: Communication Skills to Fast-Track Your Career course. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eiHpEcaj

A simple formula can help you create intuitive interfaces. 👀 Instead of starting with screens, start by understanding the information users need and the actions they want to take. One simple way to do that is by identifying the objects in your interface, defining their attributes, and mapping the actions users take. This gives you a clear structure that helps you make more informed design decisions throughout your project. Swipe to discover the three-step framework and see how an object-oriented approach can help you make better design decisions from the start. Want to dive deeper? Learn more in the Object-Oriented UI Design: Build Interfaces Users Love course. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXwepJpS

🎮 Have you ever been told that games are "just a hobby"? Or that you should get a "real job"? You're not alone. The truth is, games are much more than a hobby. 🕹️ Behind every great game are designers, researchers, artists, developers, and UX professionals creating experiences that millions of people enjoy every day. If you love games, your passion can become the foundation of a thriving career. Our new Game UX Design: The Ultimate Guide course gives you the chance to learn directly from Celia Hodent, former Fortnite UX Director at Epic Games. Whether you dream of working in games or simply want to become a stronger UX designer, the principles you'll learn will help you design better experiences. Leave a 🎮 in the comments if you've ever heard that games are "just a hobby." #designmemes #UIUX

You spend years learning how to remove friction. Then Game UX asks you to add it 👾 In traditional UX, the goal is to help users complete a task as easily as possible. The less unnecessary friction, the better the experience. Game UX works differently. Players don't want to rush to the end. They want to enjoy the journey! Great games use intentional friction to create engaging, rewarding experiences while removing the friction that gets in the way. That's one of the biggest mindset shifts for UX designers moving into Game UX. Learn from Celia Hodent, former Fortnite UX Director at Epic Games, and discover how the world's most popular games challenge players without frustrating them. 🎁 Enroll now and claim your 3 months free. Start here: ixdf.org/join #UXDesign #GameUX #GameDesign #UserExperience

In partnership with EICS 2026, we're excited to share an event for researchers and professionals interested in the engineering of interactive systems. 📅 June 30 - July 3, 2026 📍 University of Patras, Patras, Greece The 18th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS 2026) brings together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and interactive systems. This year's program explores topics such as models, methods, tools, software quality, usability, user experience, validation, verification, and deployment. What you can expect: ✅ Explore current research on the engineering of interactive systems ✅ Learn about models, methods, and tools for interactive systems development ✅ Discover work related to usability, user experience, software quality, validation, and verification ✅ Attend keynote talks, paper presentations, workshops, tutorials, demos, and posters ✅ Connect with researchers and practitioners from the EICS community Whether you're working in HCI, UX, software engineering, or interactive systems research, EICS 2026 offers an opportunity to learn from ongoing work across the field. 🎟️ IxDF community members can use code EIxDF26 when registering. Register here: https://lnkd.in/dWcYjz3p #EICS2026 #HCI #SIGCHI #InteractiveSystems #SoftwareEngineering #UX #AcademicConference