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Product Design · 25 Jun 2026

The GUI Was a Patch: Why Natural Language Is the Real Interface

We spent 40 years building buttons and menus. Natural language interfaces are taking us back to the most direct way to talk to computers. Here's why GUIs were always a detour.

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Product Design · 1 Apr 2026

Pragmatic B2B SaaS Design: The Listing Page

A listing page is one of the most common screens in B2B SaaS. Here’s a practical checklist covering every element you need, when to use each pattern, and how the best products implement them.

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Product Design · 27 Mar 2026

What Are Design Tokens? A Practical Guide for SaaS Teams

Design tokens turn scattered color codes and spacing values into a single source of truth. Here's what they are, how they work, and when they're worth the investment.

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Product Design · 24 Mar 2026

What is Product Design? A Practical Guide to Building User-Centric Products

Product design blends user research, prototyping, and business strategy to create digital products people actually want to use. Here's how the process works, and why it matters for SaaS teams.

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Product Analytics · 23 Mar 2026

Getting Started with Product Analytics: How to Get Insights from Your Data

The third step of a successful Product Analytics strategy is to ask good questions

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Product Analytics · 22 Mar 2026

How to Create a Product Analytics Tracking Plan (Step-by-Step Guide)

The second step of a successful Product Analytics strategy is a well-though tracking plan

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Product Analytics · 21 Mar 2026

Getting Started with Product Analytics: How to Define Business Goals That Drive Real Insights

The first step to getting the most out of your Product Analytics strategy is to understand why you want data

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Company Life · 20 Mar 2026

How to Build and Validate an MVP in Two Weeks

How we helped InCalendar validate their product idea, get pre-orders, and prepare for fundraising, all before writing a single line of code

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Product Design · 20 Mar 2026

5 Qualities of Great Product Designers

What separates a great product designer from a good one? It's not about the tools they use or how polished their Dribbble looks. It's about how they think.

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Product Design · 19 Mar 2026

Six Product Principles for Startup Success

Practical product management principles that separate successful SaaS startups from the rest.

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Product Design · 17 Mar 2026

Why you should invest in design

Design isn't decoration. For B2B SaaS founders, the right design investment reduces churn, cuts support costs, and drives revenue. Here's when and how to do it.

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Product Design · 16 Mar 2026

Outcome-Focused Design: Why Results Beat Deliverables in Product Projects

Design is a huge field that touches every aspect of our lives. How can we include design into our projects and enable ourselves to create the right products?

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Product Design · 15 Mar 2026

Design systems for SaaS: how to build one that actually scales

A practical guide to design systems - what they are, when you need one, and how to build a system that speeds up development and keeps your product consistent.

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Product Design · 14 Mar 2026

How to Personalize SaaS Onboarding to Activate Users

Segment users, design role-based flows, and measure personalization impact to drive activation.

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Product Design · 13 Mar 2026

Product-Led Growth: Implementation Checklist

A practical month-by-month checklist for SaaS founders implementing product-led growth

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Product Design · 12 Mar 2026

Why SaaS Growth Strategies Fail (And How Loops Fix Them)

Why rising acquisition costs are breaking traditional SaaS funnels and how product-driven growth loops create compounding distribution instead.

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Product Management · 11 Mar 2026

Is the SaaS model right for your product?

A practical framework for evaluating whether Software as a Service is the right delivery model for your product

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Product Design · 10 Mar 2026

UI/UX Design vs Graphic Design: What's the Difference and Which Do You Need?

The roles overlap more than you think, but the wrong hire can set your product back months

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Product Management · 9 Mar 2026

SaaS Product Management: Definition, Key Phases, and Best Practices

A practical guide to managing SaaS products through every phase, from discovery to growth, with frameworks and metrics that actually matter

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Product Design · 7 Mar 2026

What Is Product-Led Growth? A Practical Guide for SaaS Teams

Learn how product-led growth works, when it’s the right strategy for SaaS, the metrics that matter, and why most companies end up combining PLG with sales

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Product Design · 6 Mar 2026

The Bowling Alley Framework: A Practical Guide to PLG Onboarding

A practical framework for designing SaaS onboarding that guides users straight to value while reducing friction at every step

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Product Design · 5 Mar 2026

5 Steps to Build Onboarding Feedback Loops

Learn to build SaaS onboarding feedback loops in 5 steps: set goals, collect user insights, analyze drop-offs, test fixes, and close the loop to boost activation

Framer free plan limitations: what you can and cannot do

Website Design · 9 Feb 2026

Framer free plan limitations: what you can and cannot do

A clear breakdown of Framer’s free plan limits, features, and when it makes sense to upgrade

Having a clear plan with defined objectives helps focus a UX audit on high impact issues and avoid wasted effort on low value findings

Product Design · 27 Jan 2026

What Is a UX Audit and Why It Matters for SaaS

A strategic, human-led analysis of your product experience that uncovers usability issues, growth blockers, and opportunities to improve retention and conversion.

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Website Design · 23 Jan 2026

Build a Stunning Website with Framer: Beginner's Guide

Learn how to design and launch responsive, user-focused SaaS websites using Framer. This guide covers stacks, components, animations, and best practices for beginners and teams.

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Website Design · 23 Jan 2026

Design-to-Code with Framer: Streamline Handoff to Engineering

A production-ready playbook for moving Framer designs into a reliable codebase

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Website Design · 22 Jan 2026

How to Migrate to Framer: Complete SaaS Playbook

A practical playbook for engineering and product leaders to migrate a B2B SaaS website to Framer.

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Product Design · 15 Jan 2026

How to Run a UX Audit for a SaaS Product Step by Step

A practical, repeatable framework with checklists, tools, and workflows to conduct a UX audit and turn insights into concrete product improvements.

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Product Design · 14 Jan 2026

7 Steps to Master User Interviews for Better Products

A practical 7-step guide to uncover user insights, validate ideas, and build products that truly resonate.

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Product Design · 9 Jan 2026

Your Guide to the Google Design Sprint: The 5-Day Framework Explained

A practical guide to the Google Design Sprint: what it is, how it works, and how B2B SaaS teams use it to reduce risk and validate big ideas in just five days.

Scale comparing Framer and Webflow for B2B SaaS websites

Website Design · 24 Dec 2025

Framer vs Webflow for B2B SaaS Websites: A Practical Comparison

A hands-on comparison of Framer and Webflow for B2B SaaS teams, focusing on launch speed, iteration, collaboration, content management, SEO, and long-term scalability.

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Product Design · 19 Dec 2025

Design Verification vs Validation: What’s the Difference and Why It Actually Matters in B2B SaaS

How verification and validation differ, when to use them, and why both matter in B2B SaaS.

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Product Design · 19 Dec 2025

A Practical Guide to the Double Diamond Design Process for B2B SaaS Teams

A step-by-step explanation of the Double Diamond framework, showing how B2B SaaS teams move from problem discovery to validated solutions.

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Product Design · 15 Dec 2025

Product Design Services for B2B SaaS: What Smart Teams Really Need

See how product design services elevate B2B SaaS products through UX research, scalable systems, and continuous improvements that boost adoption, retention, and growth.

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Product Design · 7 Nov 2025

What is a SaaS Product Design Agency and How to Choose the Right One

Discover what a SaaS product design agency does, why it matters for SaaS companies, and how to choose the right partner for long-term success.

Remote working through holidays

Product Design · 18 Jul 2023

Remote working through holidays

What's it really like taking a holiday in a remote-first company?

Donux goes to: WMF - We Make Future 2023

Company Life · 22 Jun 2023

Donux goes to: WMF - We Make Future 2023

Last week some of the Donux team attended the WMF - We Make Future event. Here's a recap of our takeaways regarding product design and the SaaS world.

Working in an outcome-focused design agency

Product Design · 20 Jun 2023

Working in an outcome-focused design agency

Donux prides itself on being an outcome-focused design agency, but what is it like working within this methodology?

Donux goes to SaaStr Europa 2023

Company Life · 12 Jun 2023

Donux goes to SaaStr Europa 2023

9+1 insights we got from the biggest SaaS conference in Europe

Meet the Team: Yasmine

Product Design · 17 May 2023

Meet the Team: Yasmine

It's time to welcome a new donut to the team!

Donux: A look to 2023

Company Life · 16 Jan 2023

Donux: A look to 2023

In 2023 we are set to start initiatives to spread best practices of product design and management, while continuing to provide excellent services to our clients. Here’s to another year of designing, learning, and growing together.

Donux: 2022 wrapped

Product Design · 31 Dec 2022

Donux: 2022 wrapped

Despite a challenging year, Donux has had the opportunity to grow and expand the team, focusing on building the right products for clients and their customers. We had a range of personal goals for 2022 and we took the time to reflect upon them

Raising salaries for Donux employees: here’s why

Company Life · 16 Dec 2022

Raising salaries for Donux employees: here’s why

With growing inflation causing stress around the world, we took a moment to see what we could do for our team. By increasing their purchasing power, we aim to empower our employees to navigate this difficult time with more tranquility.

Remote Work: dealing with organization

Company Life · 17 Nov 2022

Remote Work: dealing with organization

16% of US companies are now fully remote. How do they deal with organizing themselves and hitting deadlines? We decided to ask both the design and management teams all about how they deal with organization.

Remote Work: what’s it really like?

Company Life · 12 Oct 2022

Remote Work: what’s it really like?

From 2018 to 2021, the number of fully remote workers increased more than four times (from 6% to 26.7%). Remote working is a hot topic for a number of reason, so we decided to ask our very own remote-first Donux team for their thoughts, impressions and experiences on the matter.

Welcome to Donux: Hannah Jones

Company Life · 13 May 2022

Welcome to Donux: Hannah Jones

Donux is growing again: let's welcome Hannah as our new Product Designer

Welcome to Donux: Marco Amato

Company Life · 21 Apr 2022

Welcome to Donux: Marco Amato

Donux is growing again: let's welcome Marco as our new Product Designer

5 Things a founder should know about UX

Product Design · 22 Nov 2021

5 Things a founder should know about UX

If you want your product to be successful, UX must be great. And for a good UX, you need to know your target audience, their needs and how they interact with your product.

Welcome to Donux: Vincenzo Radice

Company Life · 3 May 2021

Welcome to Donux: Vincenzo Radice

Donux is growing: let's welcome Vincenzo as our new Senior Product Designer

Welcome to Donux!

Product Design · 21 Jun 2020

Welcome to Donux!

The first post is an important one, isn't it?