Swedish communication theorist born in Liberia. Working with design, education and writing to support human rights in tech. Decades of digital experience and a deep concern for universal wellbeing.
This is the first newsletter I’ve sent out in almost two years. Bear with me, I think you may find some nuggets in this text. I’ve had this nagging feeling for a while now (to be honest: for years) about how the advice and help I provide my...
Based on my lightning talk at UX Open 2015 [http://2015.uxopen.se/]. Also available in Swedish [http://axbom.se/sagolik-ux]. Update: I was given the opportunity to present this talk in English at UXLx in 2016 [https://axbom.com/fairytale] (video available). Once upon a time, in the land...
In line with my passion for visual explaining, I doodle whilst listening to presentations which really helps me focus and remember core messages. Here are all the sketches I made at UXLx: from the two workshops I attended on Wednesday, with Abby Covert and Nicole Fenton, as well as the...
More and more people are reaching out to me, asking for advice on how to get into working more with UX. This is the post I would like to be able to point everyone towards. But first, let me tell you how I got here. My story I didn’t...
1. UX is about asking users what they want No. Just. No. If users were able to articulate their needs then running a business and being an entrepreneur would be a walk in the park. If there’s anything I’ve learnt in my 18 years of user-centric design work,...
Ever so slowly many workers are returning from summer holidays, ready to start stirring the soup that is our bubbling national economy. And despite this long period of rest and reflection (an insane amount of uninterrupted vacation in Sweden I know) we are again heading into a repetitive chain of...
An e-book based on a series of articles I wrote on my Swedish blog around the experience model AceAwe. I describe a process for managing experience-oriented design in a holistic and structured way. And by truly helping the people you want to reach. This book is also available in Swedish....
Here is a an iPhone-video of the lightning talk I gave at User Experience Lisbon (UXLx) in May 2013. All of the Q and A session didn’t make it, but the full talk is in the clip. Slides Eliminate Design - a rant about the responsibility of UX professionals...
Here are the slides for my Lightning Talk Eliminate Design at the UXLx conference in Lisbon, presented at 14:30 in Auditorium II. You can also watch an iPhone recording of the talk. Eliminate Design - a rant about the responsibility of UX professionals from Per Axbom...