KUB’s Journey To Self-Sustainability
Knoxville Utilities Board is the municipal utility for the Knoxville area in Tennessee, serving Knox County and the seven surrounding counties.
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Meaningful Savings with Gap’s Stitch Design System
Sparkbox is proud to have had a multi-year project with Gap, Inc., beginning in 2014 and extending until the post-pandemic era.
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Embracing the Power of the MVP
Don’t focus on the word “minimum.” Focus on the word “viable,” or if you really want to be smart about it: “valuable.” Your MVP gives you the power to ensure that you’re defining the correct product, meeting the needs of your key audiences, and creating meaningful change for your organization.
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Accessibility in an MVP Workflow
When building an MVP, how do you balance speed and iteration with making sure that the product meets accessibility guidelines? It’s tempting to save accessibility for later, but it’s much easier to avoid mistakes and costly retrofitting by considering accessibility from the very beginning. Dustin shares some strategies for making sure your MVP is built accessibly without slowing down your project.
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The Uncomfortable Unknowns of Ethical AI Use
It seems as though artificial intelligence (AI) technology has been integrated into every aspect of our lives lately. How can we gain the benefits of this powerful new technology without compromising the integrity of our applications?
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Atlas Design Project: Extensive Data, MVPs, and Team Building
Sorting through large datasets takes patience and empathy. This is one of our favorite types of problems: one where you have to step into someone else’s shoes.
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The Importance of User Input in Establishing an Effective MVP
While utilizing an MVP strategy is an excellent way to approach a product, how you develop that MVP can be just as important. Are you including the most valuable elements to your users? Well, there’s one way to find out…
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Embracing the Power of the MVP
An MVP is sometimes perceived as a shortcut or a constrained version of a great idea. Not so! It’s just the first step on the road to a deeper understanding of the potential of your ideas.
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Testing and Improving a Roku App’s Accessibility
Accessibility efforts apply to all sorts of applications, even those we build for TV. Dustin shares the ways we implemented web accessibility within a client’s Roku app.
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Case Study: Corporate Website Strategy, UX, and Redesign for a Fortune 500 Company
Sometimes the biggest challenge in an engagement is deciding which problems to solve. With a recent client, we were able to pivot to design and tell their story in a whole new way.
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