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Hi, I’m Richard Edwards. I’m a user experience practitioner, writer and filmmaker. I’m proud to work with the tech cooperative Outlandish and am the co-founder of the travel app Window Seater.

This is a space for bringing together my work all in one place. If you’re interested in reaching out, you can do so on Twitter, LinkedIn or via the spaces below.

On The Way of the World

"Travel outgrows its motives... You think you are making a trip, but soon it is making you."

Shazam and the art of speeding value

The simple UX principles employed to create such a satisfying product.

Posted at: Open UX Design

How to upskill social impact organisations on data

Help organisations, NGOs and non-profits to think about data and UX.

Social impact, UX

Posted at: Open UX Design

Managing stake (through the heart) holders

How and when to bring stakeholders into your project.

Innovation, Social impact

20 useful questions on teams & team-building, post Covid-19

Inspiring questions to help product owners, start ups and businesses in light of Covid-19.

Posted at: Open UX Design

15 useful questions for product-based businesses, post Covid-19

Inspiring questions to help product owners, start ups and businesses in light of Covid-19.

30 useful questions for products & users, post Covid-19

Inspiring questions to help product owners, start ups and businesses in light of Covid-19.

Posted at: Open UX Design

How to encourage your team to launch an MVP first

5 big blockers and how to get around them.

Posted at: Outlandish.com

How embracing possibility and enrolment leads to better campaigns

Two concepts to drive deep campaign engagement.

How to run effective Design Sprint workshops

Tips on running design sprint workshops.

Update vs. innovate – knowing when is best for your company

When do you keep developing your product? And when should you stop?

Better user testing with a user testing plan

How a good testing plan can help you watch - and learn from - your users.

Posted at: Open UX Design

Desire and UX

Overlook it at your peril!

A guide to roadmap planning with empathy

Design thinking meets emotional design in a sexy road trip of product adventure!

Building careers in UX

UX interviews, portfolios and be-nice shortcuts.

How to measure social value in Google Analytics

Evidence your impact.

Posted at: Outlandish.com

How AI will change the game for digital campaigners

The robot politicians are here.

‘The Red Tendra of Bologna’ & the art of travel writing

What makes good travel writing?

Posted at: WindowSeater.com

Have online payments got one step closer for Myanmar’s startups?

The Pansodan Gallery, Yangon

A short doco on Yangon's contemporary art scene, as it emerges from military rule.

The Young Generation’s Note

A short, stills-led fundraising film for a community-run refugee organisation.

First Feeling (35mm, 2012)

Well. This is awkward.