#20. Using storytelling to clarify your client's brief (Part I)
Being a freelancer has taught me that you need to be very focused and ask the right questions, or you may create something that does not match the expectations of your client, nor those of the potential user.
These first questions are the ABCs of a client interview. They will help you understand how your client envisions their product, while providing conversational structure — so your meeting won’t spiral into a messy wishlist of ideas, assumptions, and personal preferences.
#16. Become a Story Machine! Free Storytelling Courses for Designers (Part II)
In this issue, I’m going to suggest a few more ways to help you become a better UX designer and storyteller. These are free online courses, to follow the resources I shared a few weeks ago.
#15. UX Design through the lens of an iconic movie: Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky
In this issue, we learn that Tarkovsky’s Stalker isn’t just a film, but an experience that powerfully reshapes how we think about time, space, and interpretation. In UX design, we can draw inspiration from this masterpiece to craft interactions that are more deliberate, immersive, and meaningful.
#14. Create your Vision Board using the Power of Storytelling
In this issue, I will explain how you can use Donald Miller’s StoryBrand Framework to create a vision board that aligns with your goals, tackles key areas of your life, and inspires action. I create my vision board using this storytelling technique that I typically use to help my clients visualise their businesses. With creativity and adaptation, we can apply the same structure to envision our lives and the year to come.
#12. Become a Story Machine! Storytelling Books for Designers (Part I)
In this issue, I recommend several essential books for designers, each centered on a different area of design, yet all connected by the theme of storytelling. The goal is that you will soon become a Story Machine yourself!
#11. A survival kit for creative minds: three storytelling tools to inspire you!
While there are tons of informative articles about creativity just waiting to be Googled, I think we each have our own personal ways of staying creative. That said, I do have a ‘Survival Kit for Creativity’, so I will now share three tools that form part of this essential kit!