How to Turn Design Constraints into Advantages?
Design is the beauty of turning constraints into advantages.– Aza Raskin. The UX designers often encounter different constraints while working on the design process.
If You Think Good Design is Expensive, You Should Look At The Cost of Bad Design
Great user experience allows users to understand it and interact with it instantly.
Design for Humans and Not for Computers
“When I design, I work very hard to make the interface experience feel like there’s a human on the other end, not a computer. “— Aarron Walter A design should be created to fulfill its users’ needs. The first step of …
Importance of Data in UX Design Process
“Design based on data brings us back to its essence & will leave out all unnecessary decoration.” – Jeanne De Bont Data and Design need to be integrated to enhance the user experience of your products. Data-based design decisions will keep …
A Prototype Is Worth 1000 Meetings
“If a picture is worth 1000 words, a prototype is worth 1000 meetings.” – Tom & David Kelley The idiom “A picture is worth a thousand words” refers to the notion that a complex idea can be conveyed with a …
Design is the Intermediary Between Information and Understanding
Design helps in understanding complex information. The design allows you to present information in a way that is easy to understand for users.
Research is to see things and think differently
“Research is to see what everybody else has seen and to think what nobody else has thought.” — Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Research begins with observing the things that everyone else can also see. However, the true innovation lies in thinking …
Listen to Your Customers, Not Your Competitors
“Listen to your customers, not your competitors.” — Joel Spolsky It is the fundamental requirement of business and design to focus on your customers’ needs rather than trying to copy your competitors. We often compare our progress and achievements with …
Simplicity in UX Design: Eliminate the Unnecessary
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans Hofmann In today’s busy life, it is important to identify the necessary and unnecessary to find time for things that matter. Removing the …
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Trying And Failing in UX Design: It’s a Good Thing
“There’s no learning without trying lots of ideas and failing lots of times.” — Jony Ive This insightful quote reflects a fundamental truth about creativity, innovation, and growth. We often view failure with fear in our daily lives, considering it …
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The Power of White Space in UX Design
“In a world where everybody screams, silence is noticeable. White space provides the silence.” — Massimo Vignelli In our everyday lives, we face a lot of distractions and interruptions. Some of these are real sounds we hear, like traffic or …
Think of a Thousand Ideas to Get the Best One
“If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.” — Alfred Nobel The human brain is always filled with thoughts. According to research, an average person has approximately 60,000 thoughts per day. …
What is the Incremental Design Approach?
“Designers want to solve the whole puzzle and find a system; engineers want to build quickly and incrementally. Incremental improvements to a product are important, but they need to be led by a clear vision. Vision needs to be tied …
Simplicity: Avoid Distractions in Your Design
How to embrace simplicity in design by eliminating distractions? Prioritize simplicity in your designs by focusing on: → Clarity→ Minimalism→ Use-centric Clarity is key: → Start with a clear vision of your product’s purpose→ Prioritize essential elements to convey your …
How AI and UX Design Work Together
“I see AI as a tool. When designers master that tool, they can expand their ability.” — Paola Antonelli UX design is a field that requires continuous learning of the latest tools and technologies. If you are a UX designer …
Prototype as if you are Right, Listen as if you are Wrong
Prototyping is an iterative way of designing the draft version of your product that helps to validate your ideas without writing a single line of code.
Ease of Use May Be Invisible, But Its Absence Sure Isn’t
“Ease of use may be invisible, but its absence sure isn’t.” — IBM
Ease of use describes how easily your users can use your product and perform a desired task.
Content Precedes Design – Importance of Content in UX Design
Content drives the user experience of the product. Content helps to educate the users about the features of the product and guides them to interact with UI.
A Consistent Experience is a Better Experience
Consistency is a key principle of user experience (UX) design. A usable and user-friendly design is based on consistent experience.
Good Design – A Way to Differentiate From Competitors
“Good design is the most important way to differentiate ourselves from our competitors.” — Yun Jong Yong
Why Predictability is Important for UX Design?
Great user experience allows users to understand it and interact with it instantly.
Why Do You Need to Understand Your Users?
“People ignore design that ignores people.” — Frank Chimero
The core principle of user experience is to keep the user first in your design process. A product that satisfies the needs of its users is a successful product and the users love to work on it.
Customer-Centric Approach and Its Benefits
“Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers.” – Seth Godin
Designing Only for Some Users “SUX”
“When UX doesn’t consider ALL users, shouldn’t it be known as “SOME User Experience” or… SUX?” — Billy Gregory A design that considers all users to define its usability measures is referred to as accessible design. By “all users” means, …
Design is Problem Solving
“Design’s fundamental role is problem solver” – Fast Company Let’s understand what Design is. A collection of art, images, and text combined to give a pleasant look, or does design mean something more?
Importance of Context in Design
“Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context—a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.” — Eero Saarinen This quote focuses on a …
Every Click is An Opportunity to Lose Prospects
“Every click is an opportunity to lose prospects.”— Bryan Eisenberg Clicking in a site, app, or product is a way to navigate between multiple views. By clicking on available UI elements, the users interact with your product and move from …
Colors in Design
“There is nothing better than to see amazing colors in the right environment, it can change your whole mood.”— Morag Myerscough
Good Design Vs. Bad Design
“Bad design is smoke, while good design is a mirror.”— Juan Carlos Fernandez Good design vs. bad design… What is bad design? A design that misleads users just like smoke can mislead someone. It obscures the right direction as the …
3-Click Rule and Usability
“Usability does not equate to a specific number of clicks, taps, swipes, pinches, flicks.” – John Morkes The usability of a design is the measure of ease by which a user can work on a product to achieve the desired …