Hi there! Welcome to the second part of my Stampede apprenticeship experience story. Previously, I talked about how I started my apprenticeship and what it’s like working in a fully remote company. Besides learning practical design skills from Tacticals and UI assignments like the New York Times redesign project, I also learnt a lot about… Keep reading

Before becoming an apprentice at Stampede, I was already a User Interface and User Experience (UI/UX) Designer with 2 years of experience. However, it always felt like something was missing because I was always looking for a company with designers I could learn from and bounce ideas with. UI/UX has always fascinated me because it… Keep reading

A good UX designer ensures that their designs are technically feasible and reasonable to execute in code. In other words, you need to talk to developers and know what kinds of code-related limitations there are in order to prioritise practical solutions and execution. This means that not all designs can or should be made! As… Keep reading

Since 2005, we’ve started each year with a bang by working the Royal Langkawi International Regatta (RLIR), a premier yachting event taking place in Langkawi, Malaysia. Organised and run by the Royal Langkawi Yacht Club (RLYC), the renowned event marks the beginning of the Asian Yachting Grand Prix’s calendar and is one of the biggest… Keep reading

If I were to write about user research 5 years ago, half of this article would focus on convincing people to include research as part of their product development cycle. However, that time is long gone. Now everyone is customer obsessed. Most product teams spend hours talking to customers in an attempt to empathise before… Keep reading

For all the buzz it has generated in 2018, you would need to be a hermit (or at least someone who doesn’t work in web-development) to not have heard of WordPress version 5. I’m of course referring to its game-changing feature — the new block-based editor, Gutenberg. The new editor radically changes the writing experience in… Keep reading

Learn 3 takeaways from 3 designers who got a UX design job without a design degree You’ve probably already heard of the field of UX Design, or User Experience Design. After all, it’s the field responsible for designing the end-to-end experiences of the apps and websites you love. UX Design has become increasingly important for companies,… Keep reading

Me (on the left) with my eventual supervisor, Zo-Ee.   A story on how attending a conference, some serendipity, and writing articles led to me interning remotely for Stampede Hi there, I’m Brian Tan, a 4th year student from Manila here in the Philippines. It’s been 4 days of me working as a UI/UX apprentice… Keep reading

One of the biggest things I learnt when I became a UX designer was the importance of soft skills. A UX practitioner relies heavily on person-to-person know how. Knowing what people need and how to craft a solution that is easy to use, useful, and delightful takes a significant amount of reading between the lines… Keep reading

There's a stigma in asking questions in professional capacity. Many people worry that asking questions will make them look less informed or worse, ignorant. But I think one of the greatest things about being a UX practitioner is this: you now have the license to ask. Keep Reading