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Field feedback, methods we've tested and questions we're asking ourselves. UX told by the people who do it.

Sketchnote and photographs of the talks at the UX days 2026
Events

UX Days 2026: what we took away from the talks

The whole Akiani team went to UX days 2026 and split up the talks, starting with Pablo Ruiz-Múzquiz's keynote on open source.

Akiani's session with a counting-technology solutions provider, moderated by Mario Fossati
Events

What a UX perspective changes in event security!

Looking back at the first edition of the ISSUE conference at Palexpo: what breaking down silos between perspectives brings to event security.

Akiani talk at Weezdays Festivals, festival-goer experience
Ethnography

In the festival-goers' footsteps: when the ground contradicts the plan

Eye-tracking at Garorock, 17 days at Paradiski, Paléo's ticketing: on the ground, festival-goers do the opposite of what they say. Weezdays Festivals talk.

Walkway beneath a concrete structure in front of a large reflective globe
Events

UX Days 2025: recap of the workshop day

Twelve UX Days 2025 workshops covered by Akiani: OOUX, design fiction, rebound effects, eco-design. Dense 2-hour sessions, more to try than to master.

The Akiani team during the eco-design training session.
Eco-design

Eco-design: a tool to compare image formats

After an eco-design training session with Temesis, we coded a Python script that compares resolution, compression and image formats. The script is freely ava…

Hand pointing at code displayed across two computer monitors
DesignOps

How does handoff work on Adobe XD?

Adobe XD includes handoff natively, with no developer subscription unlike Zeplin. The shared link gives access to CSS, colours and exportable assets.