Leveraging a T Shaped skillset in an ever-growing industry

Gianluca CaicoJanuary 29, 2023ai, business, ux, ui, leadership, management, product

How video games use UX Principles & UI Heuristics, to create the ultimate User Experience.

2020Gianluca CaicoJuly 5, 2020ux, ui, design, heuristics, principles, findability, consistency, standards, Credibility, recovery, player control, freedom, accessibility, documentation, video games, games, gaming, marketing, e sports, esports, horizon, zero, dawn, horizon zero dawn, HZD, guerilla, guerilla games, melbourne, designer, gianluca, caico, gianluca caico

A letter to an aspiring UXer.

2020Gianluca CaicoMay 16, 2020ux, ui, blog, philosophy, improvement, lifestyle, tech

Rock & Roll for Designers - Pt. 3

Rock & Roll for Designers - Pt 2

blog, design, opinion, rock & roll for designers, Rock & Roll for Designers, rock and roll, rock n rollGianluca CaicoNovember 3, 2017rnr4d, kadavar, roughtimes, rockandroll, rocknroll, uber, uberheroes, germany, germania, album, live, music, livemusic, coverart, vinyl, illustration, blog, review, colour, branding, typography, lettering, logo, graphicdesign, design, brandid, vintage, raw, retro, wordmark, bold, type

Rock & Roll for Designers - Pt 1

The Cherry Dolls. For those of you living off the grid - and for some reason using internet to read this - The Cherry Dolls are an established, Melbourne based band of whom have just released a super produced (Credit goes to Alex Markwell of The Delta Riggs), roots rock and roll album, Viva Los Dolls. Having played a show with them earlier this year I can confidently say that their album sound effectively captures their electric live energy.

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Comfort Zones

For this brief, fellow classmate Jamie & I, were assigned one another to design and construct each other's life recount in the form of a magazine's "feature" article. This was not going to be easy, considering our styles could not have been further apart in the aesthetic spectrum of design.

blog, design, Gianluca Caico, opinionGianluca CaicoSeptember 6, 2017gianluca, caico, gianluca caico, uni, school tractor, ample, magazine, layout, editorial, desktop publishing, photography, canon, nikon, art direction, marketing, user experience, user, experience, melbourne, victoria, australia, promo, signage, branding, typography, lettering, logo, graphic design, design, modern, logotype, wordmark, bold, illustration, vector, vector art, monogram, print, digital

Saving Design, 1 Christmas Party at a Time.

As I reflect on this project I can see that much of my attitude toward the Christmas Invite comes from my time working at Kwik Kopy, being directed by corporates to design their promotional material. The customer was always right, apparently. DISCLAIMER: I claim no responsibility for the corporate driven, vexatious design put forth into our world. The system must change.