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Counterintuitivity: Making Meaningful Innovation

Counterintuitivity: Making Meaningful Innovation

Counterintuitive principles to act as a catalyst for meaningful design action

2019

Mario Van der Meulen

Mario Van der Meulen

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Bootcamp

Box Thinking for better creativity

Companies often begin their search for great ideas by encouraging wild, outside-the-box thinking. Agencies typically focus on similar ideas…

2 min readDec 15, 2022

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Box Thinking for better creativity

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Bootcamp

Everything is aiming — a lesson for designers

We live in a world obsessed with results, demanding solutions. Our tendency is to put all emphasis on whether or not the arrow hits the…

2 min readDec 16, 2022

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Everything is aiming — a lesson for designers

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Bootcamp

UXStrat Asia 2021 — my key takeaways

UXStrat is one of only a few truly global conferences. A unique opportunity where an audience receives a focus on experience design and…

3 min readDec 3, 2021

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UXStrat Asia 2021 — my key takeaways

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Mario Van der Meulen

Complex, or merely complicated?

If you are a UX professional, odds are you probably use the words ‘complex’ and ‘complicated’ interchangeably. I certainly did, thinking of…

3 min readAug 13, 2021

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Complex, or merely complicated?

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Bootcamp

What running teaches me to be a better UX designer

A year ago, and after a half-decade hiatus, I started running again. The lockdown and gym closures had a hand in it, and just being outside…

6 min readApr 29, 2021

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What running teaches me to be a better UX designer

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Mario Van der Meulen

My 3 key mobile app trends for 2021

Bandwagon alert! Here are my three key mobile trends I would advise to keep in mind as we head into 2021. From an accelerated shift to a…

6 min readDec 19, 2020

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My 3 key mobile app trends for 2021

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The Startup

The semiotics of colour

Colours. We all have our favourite one. In orchestrating experiences and communications, colour plays a role in delivering information…

4 min readMay 13, 2019

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The semiotics of colour

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UX Collective

This means this, this means that: Semiotics — the study of meaning

Pause and look around you. The reality you experience now has been made. The creation of things, spaces, services and interactions; these…

7 min readMay 13, 2019

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This means this, this means that: Semiotics — the study of meaning

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Foolproof

Yes, I gave a twit: When the A’s in #AI and #AR trade places

Reflections on my twitter activity

2 min readAug 16, 2018

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Yes, I gave a twit: When the A’s in #AI and #AR trade places

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Foolproof

My 5 Takeaways From UXPA 2018

Speaking and spending time at the UXPA 2018 conference was an inspiring and energetic experience. I wanted to share what I found meaningful…

5 min readAug 2, 2018

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My 5 Takeaways From UXPA 2018

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Mario Van der Meulen

Mario Van der Meulen

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Experience Design and Strategy Specialist. Author. Speaker. Runner. Graphicdesignosaurus. Skilled Daydreamer. Incurable Nightthinker.

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