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  1. Chicken Accessories For Chickens

    How a weird product ruined my brain for a week.

    Luke Mitchell
    January 17, 2025
    • Design
    • Design Thinking
    • User Experience
    • User Research
  2. We're Building a New Design Sprint Guide

    We’ve been running design sprints for over 10 years, it’s time for us to share everything we know about them in an updated guide.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 17, 2023
    • Design Sprint
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  3. How to quickly change layer opacity in Sketch

    You can use your keyboard to very quickly change the opacity of a layer in Sketch. Here are some handy tricks to make the most of the feature.

    Luke Mitchell
    February 20, 2020
    • Sketch
    • Productivity
    • Design
  4. How to make quick calculations in Sketch

    Surprisingly Sketch hides some powerful calculation features. Here are some real world uses for that handy feature.

    Luke Mitchell
    February 19, 2020
    • Sketch
    • Typography
    • User Interface
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  5. The Stuff Users Can't See Matters Too

    Behind every great digital product is a great internal product, but prioritising dashboards over new features can be a tough decision. Here are some reasons to consider taking the time to think differently about internal products and the people that use them.

    Luke Mitchell
    February 18, 2020
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  6. Design Sprints: Storyboarding Tips

    Storyboarding can be the most daunting part of a design sprint, hopefully these techniques will help.

    Luke Mitchell
    April 15, 2019
    • Design Sprint
    • Product Design
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  7. The Barbican Estate: Walking Through Lessons Learnt

    Reflecting on the design lessons learned from wandering around the Barbican Estate. An honest, beautiful and inspiring example of brutalist architecture in the center of London.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 12, 2018
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  8. Things I wish I knew before my first Design Sprint

    Luke reflects on things he’s learnt by facilitating Design Sprints, and asks the thoughtbot design team some of theirs too.

    Luke Mitchell
    September 6, 2017
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  9. Don't Rush

    The thought of designing a product from nothing can be scary. Here’s how we prefer to start.

    Luke Mitchell
    March 6, 2017
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