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Rising like the phoenix; of app design
As a product designer, we are often challenged to take an existing product and rework it into something that modernises and improves the user experience but […]

The Lightning Decision Jam
Why a lightning decision jam can enhance your product design journey. Here at Dootrix we utilise a range of product design techniques such as the design sprint to rapidly identify […]

Design Sprints: what comes next?
Since the release of Jake Knapp’s Sprint in 2016, designers across the world have been adopting the design sprint process to answer critical business questions through design, rapid […]

This month’s most useful tool for developers < September 2018
Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. The brief […]

This month’s most useful tools for developers < August 2018
Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. The brief […]

This month’s most useful tools for developers – July 2018
Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about old or legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. […]

Integrate awesome animations into your native apps
Have you ever marvelled at an app’s ability to capture your attention through animations ranging from simple micro interactions to complex story telling? Have you wondered how you too […]

Using the power of blockchain when buying a house
Recently I have gone through what can only be described as the laborious still paper-based process of buying a house. So I got to thinking there must be a quicker, […]

The antidote to showrooming?
Bringing the best online shopping experiences into real life stores. We’re fascinated by ideas that use technology to enhance and harmonise with real world experiences, especially if they solve real […]

The Real Value of Design Thinking.
Design sprints with solution-focused Design Thinking are the keys to exceptional ROIs. It’s official: Design Thinking has a huge return on investment for organisations of any size and that means […]

Table of Disruptive Technologies
A dashboard of weird and wonderful (and possibly worrying) ways that the world might change in the foreseeable future by Futurist Richard Watson. By Richard Watson at imperialtechforesight.com

Pulling the web out of the screen – Looking forward to 2018’s tech breakthroughs
Voice Control, Spatial Computing, Machine Teachers, Nano-yolk batteries and of course Blockchain, or something like it. In December 2016 we looked forward to what might change and happen in technology […]

Punching above your weight for positive impact.
How do a small and remote team of surfers humanise technology to make global changes? We asked Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage. “The noise has to connect together to […]

Accepting the state of being stuck.
September’s newsletter is full of brainfood for problem-solvers including FaceID, subsonic whispers, putting jacks in Macs and making booze out of thin air. Also saving the world.

Case Study: Speed & Simplicity – Why Suffolk Libraries chose to build their own self-service app.
To the uninformed, public libraries might seem to be an anachronism from a pre-digital age, but the truth is that they are evolving rapidly and embracing cutting-edge technology to provide […]

“It’s about experience over stuff”
We talk to Tor White, Global Creative Director of STA Travel, about how a culture of experimentation, creativity and being true to your customers are the keys to being a […]

In the U.K 20% of all drinkable water is lost and wasted during distribution.
How can we leverage modern technology and big data to help reduce this unnecessary water loss? Or, how to go to a Hackathon lose team members, as well as your […]

“We can’t take advantage of opportunities if we can’t understand them.”
Dumper trucks, scramjets, rogue AI, colourblindness and our favourite Baroness. The heady cocktail that is our July newsletter.

Clancy Docwra’s CTO Tim Edwards on ‘Intelligent Empathy’ and the difference between performance and result
“This is not about the technology, it is about having the high performing teams who can deliver it.” Clancy Docwra is a national construction company – employing over 2,700 staff […]

Evidence is a liferaft
June’s selection of reading on typography, DIY drones, robot sumo, quantum entanglement, and a British company that’s building a real Metaverse.
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