Articles

Megan Brown

Megan Brown is an Experience Specialist with Nielsen Norman Group, focusing on design. She enjoys designing intuitive experiences that help users navigate complex systems.

Articles and Videos

  • Interactive UX Maps 101

    Interactive UX Maps are high-fidelity maps used as a way to engage stakeholders with real user data in relationship to specific findings.

  • AI UX-Design Tools Are Not Ready for Primetime: Status Update

    Our research and evaluation shows that there are currently few design-specific AI tools that meaningfully enhance UX design workflows.

  • UX Design Critiques: 3 Tips for Effective Feedback

    Giving feedback as young designers can feel overwhelming and may often stem from a lack of confidence. Here are 3 tips to help you build confidence providing feedback in UX design critiques. Remember that your insights are valuable, structure your feedback, and provide balanced feedback.

  • UX Prototyping: 5 Factors for Selecting the Right Tool

    Choosing the right prototyping tool can be difficult among the many options available. There are 5 key factors to consider when selecting the best fit for your project or team: project type and goals, cost, tool capabilities, learnability and ease of use, and stakeholder buy-in.

  • The Goldilocks Principle for Prototyping

    The Goldilocks Principle says to aim for prototypes that are just right for your user research needs and will get an honest reaction from participants.

  • Building Interactive UX Maps

    Interactions can be applied to high-fidelity UX maps to showcase user research and further engage with stakeholders.

  • 5 Tips for New Prototypers

    Are you new to prototyping? We compiled our favorite design and workflow tips to help you create effective prototypes for usability testing.

  • Continuation: Gestalt Principle for User Interface Design

    The eye automatically follows lines and curves, continuing them. Employ continuation to guide users along desired paths in the UI.

  • Design Thinking: Study Guide

    Unsure where to start? Use this collection of links to our articles and videos to learn about design thinking.