Built for Mars

A collection of UX case studies

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A collection of UX case studies

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A collection of free UX case studies, packed with actionable insights and occasional memes.

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Built for Mars

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Hey, Peter here 👋 My "day job" is to help companies build better product experiences, and I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best teams in the world (Klarna, Notion, Google, Pitch...). Eventually the penny dropped: I'm pointing out loads of the same mistakes, again and again. So I started just creating and posting free content in my spare time, which highlights some of the 'face-palm' mistakes in products I use. This became Built for Mars, and there are now nearly 90 case studies up there in total. (Aiming to release 2 per month in 2021). And whilst I've done my 10,000 hours finessing over UX, I'm still learning about how to build—and cater to—a community. So I'd love to hear your feedback, and if you like what I do then you can subscribe to the newsletter for a few new case studies each month. Thanks—I'll be hanging around in the comments today so ask anything (UX related, business-related, meme-related etc.) ✌️ --- ☝️ "This is really similar to 'X' and 'Y'!" Yeah, there are some great resources out there which I love and recommend to companies all the time (shoutout to growth.design, mobbin.design and useronboard.com), but nothing really captured the 'common sense' issues that I find myself talking about every day. So I'd say that's my niche: pointing out UX toothaches that once you've seen, you can never unsee—and hopefully explaining the impact of those issues in a broader context. ^ In a recent user survey, someone referred to me as the John Wick of UX mistakes. Which I quite like. ---

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6yr ago

@builtformars huge fan of your case studies. Have been reading for some time and will continue to do so!

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6yr ago

Built for Mars

Maker

@theashphillips Thanks Ask, much appreciated. 🙌

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6yr ago

Llamao

@builtformars Nice one I added it to https://undesign.learn.uno

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5yr ago

JAM SEO tools

@builtformars Amazing work. What would you recommend for someone who have a programming background and want to learn design to enchance UX experience of indie products/startups? I think of the space between elements, layout, getting right fonts, colors, order of what to do first and next and training design sense - if it's possible to be learned at all. I found myself struggling with making any design decisions, and blank canvas just terifies me, rather than sparks creativity.

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6yr ago

Built for Mars

Maker

@builtformars @farynaio Thanks, great to hear from you. So that's a difficult question to answer. I think I have a controversial opinion that UI design and UX design are two very separate skills. As an example, I'm really not very good at UI design, but have done my 10,000 hours crafting 'experiences'. There are a bunch of great resources on the web to help you learn, plenty on this site too, so I'd just try and practice as much as possible, and then read UX resources that are inspiring to you. I know that's not a 'silver bullet' answer, but it's like learning a language—it takes practice and a conscious effort to get better. Good luck!

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6yr ago

JAM SEO tools

@builtformars @farynaio thanks

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6yr ago

Peter has made his "Built for Mars" UI/UX reviews become the de-facto benchmark for the whole sector. The amount of work he puts in shows with both the quality and quantity of his work being outsdanding.

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6yr ago

Built for Mars

Maker

@alban_roger That's too kind Alban, thanks.

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6yr ago

Amazing resource for UX case studies! In particular, the in-depth analysis of the neobanking space is crucial for anybody who is interested in that space. Bookmark the website and subscribe to the newsletter!

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6yr ago

Built for Mars

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@mictuc Thanks Michel, I'm really glad you're enjoying it ✌️

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6yr ago