Research

The best lessons and design tools for professionals.

research Lessons

Joel Califa

Getting started with design research

Joel Califa — Design research is the systemic investigation of users and their needs. It employs various methodologies that will help you make more informed decisions when building your produ...

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Alex Baldwin

User Research with Jobs To Be Done Interviews

Alex Baldwin — Doing a bit of research before starting a project can save you from years of building the wrong product. In product design, typical research efforts center around understanding ...

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Daniel Zarick

Designs that convert

Daniel Zarick — Great designers don’t solely focus on making things pretty. They often also focus on the business goals, like getting more customers and increasing sales, which help you justify...

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Manik Rathee

Win The Internet With A/B Testing

Manik Rathee — Designing websites and building products for people is an exciting job. You get to use creativity and problem solving skills to create, in some cases, world-changing solutions. ...

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Dovetail

Dovetail

Research repository for storing, analyzing, and sharing user research with automated insights and collaborative tagging

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Hotjar

Hotjar

Behavior analytics tool that shows how users interact with your site through heatmaps, session recordings, and feedback surveys

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Lyssna

Lyssna

User research platform for testing designs with five-second tests, preference tests, and prototype testing

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Maze

Maze

Turn Figma prototypes into quantitative user tests with completion rates, heatmaps, and misclick tracking

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Mixpanel

Mixpanel

Event-based product analytics platform for tracking how users interact with features, building funnels, and measuring retention

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PostHog

PostHog

Open-source product analytics platform with session recordings, feature flags, A/B testing, and self-hosting options

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User Interviews

User Interviews

Recruit verified research participants, schedule sessions, and pay incentives—all in one platform built for designers who need real user feedback.

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UserTesting

UserTesting

Remote user research platform that delivers video recordings of real people testing your designs and prototypes

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