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How Thinking Like a Designer Can Help Solve Complex Business Problems

Unclear expectations, stakeholder disagreements, and conflicting interests can lead to inferior products and unhappy customers. Apply design thinking concepts to your next project to boost alignment and success.

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Fanni Csincsak

Fanni Csincsak

Fanni is a lead product designer who works with finance, e-commerce, and software companies. With a master’s degree in cognitive neuroscience and a PhD in human-computer interaction, Fanni understands how design thinking can help solve problems within a range of industries. She has collaborated with clients such as Canua and AltaML.

Beyond Text: Designing the Future of AI Prompting

Generative AI is a potent tool, but text prompting can make it hard for users to get the results they want. Four design experts share ideas for making AI prompting more intuitive and accessible to a wider range of users.

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah is a digital designer who has worked with clients such as Google, Deloitte, and Autodesk. He is also the Lead Editor of Toptal’s Design Blog. His design expertise has been featured in Fast Company, TNW, and other notable publications.

How to Increase Output and Innovation by Hiring Freelance Designers

Freelance designers bring diverse skills and perspectives to projects that help clients achieve business goals without exceeding their budgets.

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Daniel de Paola

Daniel de Paola

Daniel is a UI/UX designer with more than 15 years of experience specializing in mobile apps for fintech, real estate, and SaaS companies. He has partnered with clients such as Royal Bank of Canada, Xello, and Rocket Homes Real Estate as a lead designer, senior product designer, and UI mentor.

AI in Design: Experts Discuss Practical Applications, Ethics, and What’s Coming Next

In this wide-ranging Q&A, two Toptal designers delve into the influence of generative AI on design and its implications for creative thinking, user research, and entry-level designers.

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Darrell Estabrook

Darrell Estabrook

Darrell is a UX designer with more than 25 years of experience designing highly complex apps for companies such as IBM, CSX, and CarMax. His redesign for the IBM Maximo mobile app won the 2021 Gold Spark Design Award for product design.

Why Design Teams Need Psychological Safety

What is psychological safety, and why do your designers need it? Digital designer Alejandro Velasco explains how to create a workplace environment that increases creativity, productivity, and talent retention.

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Alejandro Velasco

Alejandro Velasco

Alejandro is a digital product designer specializing in user-centered design, UI/UX, and developing visual and interaction languages. He operated as the senior designer on projects with New Relic, Telefónica, and Personio. Alejandro has a master’s degree in industrial and product design from the Scuola Politecnica di Design in Milan.

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Expert Designers Leading Healthcare Product Innovation

Modern medical products unburden healthcare providers, improve the patient experience, and save lives. What can we learn from the designers leading this surge in healthcare product innovation?

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Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers

Micah Bowers is a designer and writer whose work has been featured in Fast Company, TNW, and other notable publications. He is a Lead Editor at Toptal.

UX Design Job Interview Tips for Global Candidates: Landing Your Dream Role in the US

Searching for a design job is never easy—and it’s even more challenging if you’re new to the country and culture you want to work in. Here are steps one designer took to build a successful design career in America.

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Elena Bukhonok

Elena Bukhonok

Elena is a multidisciplinary product designer and educator from Ukraine who now works in New York City. She has worked for numerous companies in the US and Ukraine, including fashion-technology startup CreateMe, healthcare startup Outcomes4Me, and EPAM, an enterprise software company used by Google, Salesforce, and Adobe. She holds a bachelor’s in architecture from Lviv Polytechnic National University in Ukraine and speaks four languages.

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Osandi Sekoú Robinson

Osandi spearheads multifaceted roles encompassing product design, research, content, and operations at Poised Design & Ventures. His central focus revolves around nurturing human potential, serving as a cornerstone in the creation of products and organizational cultures that catalyze individuals to achieve their utmost excellence. Complementing this dedication, Osandi channels his fervor into mentorship and guidance for aspiring designers.
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