There has never been a better time to build a design system. The rise of design systems has created more jobs in the digital product development domain, increasing the need for UX designers, product managers, and software developers. Developers and designers are among the most desired people on the market. Companies worldwide have a never-ending
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Advice to New Design System Managers from 5 Experts
We sat down with five experts to gather insights and advice new Design Systems Managers should consider when taking on a design system position. Introducing our five collaborators for this article: This article was a collaborative effort with the experts and UXPin’s team. UXPin Merge is a code-based design technology bridging the gap between design
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UI Design for Developers – Beginner’s Guide and Tips
Understanding user interface design principles, user experience, and user-friendly design is a strategic advantage for engineers. They can anticipate potential issues and ensure they solve these to avoid debt, redesigns, and friction with design teams. This advantage means product development teams can ship high-quality products faster, with fewer errors, at lower costs. Key takeaways: UXPin
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UX Designer Bio Examples and How to Write One Yourself
UX Design is a competitive world. Standing out from the crowd is essential for success. Crafting a compelling UX designer bio is a powerful way to showcase your unique value proposition, share your design philosophy, and present your skills and work experience. This comprehensive guide explores the best practices for writing an engaging UX designer
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App Design Mockup — How to Create it Fast?
App design mockups play a crucial role in the design process by visualizing a mobile app’s user interface and allowing designers to refine aesthetics and collaborate with stakeholders. By enabling design refinement, facilitating feedback, and enhancing usability evaluation, mockups contribute significantly to the app’s overall success and help create a seamless user experience. This comprehensive
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Symmetry vs. Asymmetry in Design – How to Use Visual Balance
Visual balance plays a pivotal role in shaping user experiences and perceptions. Crafting an engaging digital landscape that effectively communicates the message and keeps users returning for more hinges on a designer’s ability to master the art of balance. From exploring the core concepts of symmetry and asymmetry to learning practical techniques for achieving a
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Top Books About Product Design that Will Push Your Skills Forward
As UX designers, our prime job is to enhance user experience via creative, technologically-sound designs. The market out there is constantly evolving, and as dynamic professionals in the UX design field, it’s essential for us to explore new arenas to boost the quality of our work. UX books are a great way to gain insight
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UX Customer Journey — How to Map Out User Experience
Customer journey maps are effective visualizations that help organizations understand their customers and create better experiences. Product teams use these journey maps during the design process to solve usability issues, streamline user experiences, and identify opportunities that help the organization achieve its business goals. Creating customer journey maps requires research, collaboration, the right tools, and
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Chat User Interface Design – A Quick Introduction to Chat UI
User-friendly and accessible chat UI design is essential for modern applications, as it significantly impacts the user experience and overall satisfaction with the product or a service. With the right approach and tools, you can create a chat user interface that enhances communication and engagement for your application. Design accurate prototypes replicating the final messaging
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5 Key Design System Challenges and Lessons Learned
A report UXPin co-published with Whitespace identified five enterprise design system challenges at some of the world’s leading organizations. Within these five challenges, the common thread is “how do we achieve a single source of truth?” This challenging question pertains to everything from design system documentation and components to tools and governance. Organizations struggle to
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Discoverability in UX and UI Design — 9 Techniques to Try
Discoverability is crucial in effective UX design as it ensures users can effortlessly find and access features and content within an interface. A well-executed discoverability strategy helps users explore and interact with the interface more efficiently while increasing user engagement and retention, contributing to the overall success of a website, application, or product. We explore
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Stakeholder Interview Questions – What to Ask About During Discovery?
Stakeholder interviews can be an anxious and overwhelming experience for first-timers wanting to impress. These interviews are crucial for UX design because they provide valuable details, context, and insights that guide projects–information designers can only get through relevant stakeholders and experts. This article provides a seven-step template for planning and conducting stakeholder interviews, including how
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What is Product Design?
Businesses that prioritize product and good design have a significant advantage. With so many choices for software products on the market, users are looking for apps that cater to their specific needs and use cases. In fact, 32% of customers will abandon a brand or product if they have just one bad user experience. That’s
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Creating Perfect User Flows for Smooth UX
User flows are integral to the UX design process. These valuable UX artifacts help product teams visualize flows and processes from users’ perspectives to reduce errors and enhance the user experience. This article takes a deep dive into user flows, their importance, the principles that guide them, the visual representations, and the various types of
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Fluent UI vs MUI – Designer’s Comparison
Building scalable React applications from scratch is a challenging, resource-hungry endeavor. Fluent UI React, and MUI streamline this process by giving product teams comprehensive UI libraries to design, prototype, test, and develop high-quality, scalable digital products faster. We explore these popular open-source ReactJS UI libraries in 2023 and why you might choose Fluent UI or
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