“Design is everywhere. From the dress you’re wearing to the smartphone you’re holding, it’s design.”— Samadara Ginige That’s very true! Design is not limited to the digital world, instead, everything we use in our daily lives is designed for human ease. The hairbrush that you use every day is designed in a way that provides …
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“Look at usual things with unusual eyes.”–Vico Magistretti Being a UX designer, you must have an eye to look usual things in an unusual way. Just look at the text editor you are using right now. Can you feel that there are few things that need to improve? Maybe visual artifacts or logical grouping of …
“Do not seek praise, seek criticism.”–Paul Arden Everyone loves to be praised for his or her good work. It feels really good when someone appreciates you, your work, or your actions.
“Whitespace is like air: it is necessary for design to breathe.” –Wojciech Zieliński Whitespace or empty space is an important entity in our life. Just look around you. Your living room is filled with different items. Within four walls, there would be tables, chairs, cabinets, sofas, and other items.
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one was listening, everything must be said again.” — André Gide This quote can be well understood in terms of UX design concepts. Just tell me, how many times you have studied the design principles? Or, how many times you have been asked to …
“Testing with one user early in the project is better than testing with 50 near the end.” — Steve Krug User testing helps immensely to improve your design decisions. Its importance cannot be neglected in the design process. The design process that you follow needs to involve user testing at each stage.
“Usability is not a quality that can be spread out to cover a poor design like a layer of peanut butter.” — Clayton H Lewis What is usability? Usability is the ease of use by which users can work on a product to achieve their goals in an efficient and effective way. It is a measure of …
“There’s a big difference between making a simple product & making a product simple.”— Des Traynor A simple product provides few very common and simple features. A product that is created for a limited scope and provides a set of functionality within that scope can be called a simple product.
“A user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good”. — Martin Leblanc When someone tells you a joke, he is expecting a laugh in response. And it feels odd if you don’t understand the joke and no such response comes from your side.
“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 a design process is to understand requirements and users — to meet users and understand their behavior, …
“Consistency is one of the most powerful usability principles: when things always behave the same, users don’t have to worry about what will happen.”— Jakob Nielsen Consistency is the key principle of UX design. A usable and user-friendly design always provides a consistent experience.
“None of us is as smart as all of us. Keeping your ideas to yourself is detrimental. Diversity of people equals diversity of ideas.” — Denise Jacobs Sometimes people feel reluctant to share their ideas with others as they are afraid of being wrong. They assume that others will make fun of their thinking.
“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 just a single still image. The same is the case with a prototype. A prototype …
“I get very uncomfortable when someone makes a design decision without customer contact.” – Dan Ritzenthaler Make your customer part of your design process. Meet them, get requirements from them, and involve them in your discussions, ideas, and decisions. This helps you to understand their needs, the way they work, and even the way they …
“If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.”–Alan Cooper Make sure to create a design that is respectful, generous and helpful for your user. A design is respectful if it gives respect to its user, and takes care of user’s needs.
