Before COVID-19, almost without exception, our client product discovery sessions were held in person. Now, the team have pivoted to running our discovery sessions remotely. In Part 1, we look at top tips for preparing for success.
May 21, 2020It's mental health awareness week 2020. Now is more important than ever to look after your mental health. Here are 5 top mental health apps to help you on your journey.
May 07, 2020At xDesign, we love hearing about our teams side projects, especially when they are using their skills to help the community in challenging times. This is Bee's story of The Local Shopper, and how she helped build an online directory of over 100 local food and drink businesses in Edinburgh.
May 01, 2020With NHS 24 contact centres managing an extraordinary volume of calls from the public since the COVID-19 pandemic began we volunteered our services to create NHS 24’s symptom checker app. This is the story of how we worked with NHS 24 to build an app for them in just five days.
April 21, 2020Collaborative working can be difficult at a distance, even more so with new teams, shipping new products under pressure. At xDesign we’ve been supporting our clients with blended teams, both onsite & remotely, for many years. In this post we tell you about a favourite with our design team: Figma.
April 16, 2020One of xDesigns core values is innovation. Our Product Designer, Blair Fraser, has combined his love of product design and development with filmmaking. Introducing Filmstack, a curated online directory to help people make amazing videos.
April 14, 2020Now that you’ve been working from home (WFH) for a while, you may be looking for ways to undertake your first remote retrospectives. Fear not, we have just the tool for you - read on to find out why the xDesign team recommends Metro Retro and some tips on how to get the most out of it.
April 09, 2020Emma Chee was born to build. A senior front-end developer at xDesign whose creativity often astounds us, she recently constructed her own keyboard from scratch. It’s a thing of wonder and, as Emma explains, her handiwork’s productivity and ergonomic benefits match the magical appearance.
April 07, 2020Here at xDesign we’ve been supporting our clients’ digital product development, both on site & remotely, for over 10 years. In that time we’ve learned a thing or two about what it takes to get the job done. In this weekly series we’ll be reviewing some of the digital tools that we enjoy using to enable collaboration and drive productivity in our product partnerships.
March 19, 2020The xDesign team are now fully remote as we do our part to help combat the spread of COVID19. As we adapt to this new way of working, we'd love to share our tips about how we are keeping our teams safe and motivated and our clients happy during this uncertain time.
March 13, 2020At the most recent Product Tank Edinburgh and UX Edinburgh meetup, our expert panel of speakers came together to answer our members burning questions focused on user research and testing.
March 06, 2020xDesign was proud to sponsor the Edinburgh Product Tank/ UX meetup this week at Lloyds Banking Group, alongside Deliveroo Engineering & Lloyds Banking Group.