Popular Lagers and Pale Ales Make Their Return to UK Shelves
Nostalgic beer brands like Carling Black Label and Double Diamond are back in UK supermarkets and pubs. Find out why and what it means for drinkers.
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Two popular beers from the 1970s, Carling Black Label and Double Diamond, are returning to UK shelves. This follows a trend of bringing back old brands, while some new ones like Overtone Brewing Co. have closed.
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Service design and the Mario complex
At Service Design in Government, I discovered that service designers see themselves as Mario. But that is an unrealistic model for what service design should be.https://duncanstephen.net/service-design-and-the-mario-complex/
Our flag in the sand — How to escape the desert of user needs by integrating agile and user experience
I have long been an advocate of agile ways of working. One of the things that originally drew me to user experience was the opportunity to have evidence-based ways of understanding the changes you need to make. So I was surprised whenever I encountered people who believed that user experience methods ran counter to the principles of agile.
Problem Space and Solution Space Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgOGkq0LuGY
"Both problem-space and solution-space research are needed to design products that are useful and usable." -- #MariaRosala
I’m gonna ask it here cause I don’t feel like asking it on LinkedIn but…
What’s the REAL difference between Design Thinking and Double Diamond ? They look exactly the same to me.
“Yeah but one is more of a mindset” blah blah blah cut the crap and give me a straightforward answer please^^
(OK, for real I’m always into philosophical and theoretical chat, so if you feel like (or know that) the answer is nuanced by design I’m all in for that too 👀)
This post https://uxdesign.cc/why-the-double-diamond-isnt-enough-adaa48a8aec1 suggests changing the #doubleDiamond method to #tripleDiamond.
I find interesting that @Adam23Gray doesn't suggest the method should be different. Rather that this clarifies how the method is intended. I might agree. What do you think? 👍 or 👎
This 📄 https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2023/08/improving-double-diamond-design-process for @smashingmag by Andy Budd suggests reversing the #doubleDiamond #model to represent design reality.
This means releasing a product & improving afterwards. While it often happens, I feel the DD model helps work towards a better process of insights first. This is why it should show the goal and not the reality. WDYT?
The so-called “Double Diamond” is a great way of visualizing an ideal design process — but it’s just not the way most companies deliver new projects or services. Andy Budd proposes a new “Double Diamond” idea that better aligns with the way work actually gets done and highlights the place where design has the most leverage.
@ataustin I designed a process for similar questions. We started with a simple feedback matrix from #designthinking & followed the #doublediamond idea. The feedback matrix gave us so much input!
Feedback matrix:
- what worked
- what needs to change (constructive criticism)
- any questions to answer
- new ideas to try out
To prioritize our topics within the matrix we used #dotocracy. Then we worked on each topic separately.
Maybe I should publish the process one day 😅 would you be interested?
Key Differences Between The Double Diamond Approach And Lean UX
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