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UI/UX Design Blog

Read UI/UX design articles from The Skins Factory, covering SaaS UX, fintech, healthcare, cybersecurity, AI, and more.

Enterprise UX Audit: What Most Product Teams Overlook

This checklist covers what a thorough enterprise UX audit should include before a single screen gets touched in a redesign engagement. Built for enterprise products, SaaS platforms, fintech applications, healthcare portals, and cybersecurity dashboards. Complex, high-stakes software where getting it wrong has real consequences.

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Redesigning Legacy Software Without Disrupting What Works

Legacy software redesign is not just a visual refresh. It is a strategic modernization effort that protects mission-critical workflows, reduces user friction, and helps enterprise products feel current without sacrificing the depth and power users rely on.

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When to Hire a Software Design Consultant (And When Not To)

You have already spent three weeks debating whether to hire a senior UX designer or a UI lead or something called a "product designer" - a title that means seventeen different things depending on who's using it. Then someone in the room says: “What if we just brought in a consulting firm?” That question should have been asked first.

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Healthtech UI/UX Design: Bad Design Decisions Have Real Consequences

There is a version of bad design that costs a company a customer. There is another version that can feasibly cost a patient their health. In healthcare, you are always designing for the second scenario.

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Cybersecurity UI/UX Design: Why Cybersecurity UI Design Fails When Users Don't Trust It

There is a category of software where the interface itself is part of the threat model. Where a cluttered dashboard is not just a usability problem, it is a risk. Where a missed alert is not a minor annoyance, it is a breach. That category is cybersecurity.

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Fintech UI/UX Design: Best Practices for Financial Apps in 2026

There is no vertical where design stakes are higher than financial technology. You are asking people to hand over their money, their banking credentials, their investment portfolios, and in some cases their entire financial identity. A poorly designed interface does not just frustrate users. It costs them trust. And in fintech, trust is the product.

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The 5 Most Common UX Mistakes in Enterprise SaaS

After 25 years designing SaaS and enterprise software at The Skins Factory, you'd think certain UX mistakes would have disappeared by now. They haven't. The same core usability problems keep surfacing in modern platforms, just dressed up in newer design trends and shinier components.

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What to Look for When Hiring a UI/UX Design Agency

Finding the right UI/UX design agency is one of the most important decisions a product team can make. The wrong choice costs you time, money, and momentum. The right one transforms how users experience your product and directly impacts retention, activation, and revenue. We show you how to select a proper UX design studio.

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Designing a Mobile App from the Ground Up

A potential client we had spoken to in the past, contacted us again. “I have an idea for an app.” he said. That idea was basically a single sentence. Nothing written down, no low-fidelity wireframes, and zero scope of work. Just a single idea… ”I want people to be able to put a name to a face.”

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UI vs. UX Design: What's the Actual Difference? (And Why It Matters for Your Product)

In our industry of software application design, the terms "UI" and "UX" are often used interchangeably, but they represent distinct facets of the application design process. In this post, we define the differences of each discipline and how they work in tandem to create a unified digital product.

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Apple’s “New” Glassmorphism: A Shiny Retread of Windows Vista’s Legacy?

Apple’s rumored shift toward a glassmorphic design language, expected to debut in its next major OS update, is already generating buzz. With its translucent layers, subtle blurs, and frosted-glass aesthetics, glassmorphism is being heralded by some as a bold, fresh direction. But here’s the twist: we’ve been here before.

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