PHILIP BURGESS

By Philip Burgess | UX Research Leader Designing products that truly meet user needs requires more than assumptions or surface-level feedback. Contextual inquiry offers a powerful way to understand users by observing and engaging with them in their natural environment. This method reveals insights that traditional interviews or surveys often miss, leading to better, more user-centered designs. Contextual inquiry is a research technique where designers or researchers observe u

By Philip Burgess | UX Research Leader User experience research often focuses on digital interactions, but understanding users requires looking beyond the screen. Ethnographic methods offer a way to observe and engage with people in their natural environments. This approach reveals insights that traditional usability tests or surveys might miss. By exploring how users behave, think, and feel in real-life contexts, UX researchers can design products that truly fit users’ needs