20 UX tips you need to know

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Expert UX tips can offer valuable insights for your own user experience practice. Through working on varied projects with different clients, designers often pick up a wealth of knowledge that becomes ingrained. Whether you are new to user experience and UI design or an experienced designer looking for a fresh take, insights from UX experts can always prove valuable.

In this article, Jamie Shanks, UX designer and owner of the design agency Green Tambourine, provides his 20 top UX tips gained through 20 years working with a huge range of brands across multi-discipline experiences. 

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Jamie is the owner of multi-discipline independent design agency Green Tambourine, based in Bournemouth. He’s an on-demand UI/UX and brand designer with a wealth of experience and clients under his belt.

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