The humble design proposal is, perhaps, the most crucial text a UX/UI designer will ever write. This document outlines your specific approach to the client’s design brief — what you plan to do and how you plan to do it. If successful, your proposal will become part of the contract you sign with the client.
The hamburger menu looks as tasty as it sounds. It’s a design-cum-navigation element, now on almost all apps, that comprises three horizontal lines. It looks like a hamburger. Picture something like this: Bun, patty, bun. If you squint, it kind of looks like the Spotify logo: The UX designer’s hamburger menu saves time and space
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When any new leader walks into an enterprise with more than a century of history—as Johnson & Johnson does—they know they must adapt to some of the existing processes. Improvements in technology, however, have made it necessary for all corporate designers to turn processes into even more efficient methods. If you start a new job
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These testimonial page examples will show you how to offer social proof of a product’s benefits. In other words, when you design a page that shows visitors the wonderful ways the product or service helped other customers, they’re more likely to believe that it can help them too. “Above the fold” is the part of
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Static style guides have a role to play in keeping digital products on brand. When it comes to actually designing products, though, interactive design systems make it much easier for professionals to create products that meet project goals. Where style guides can succeed Style guides have been around for much longer than anyone creating new
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Lead designers need to make sure they keep their team members on the right path. Managers have tried several methods to reach this goal, including pattern libraries and style guides. While those options have a place to play within some organizations, they don’t always provide the single source of truth that you need to optimize
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Front-end prototyping is the making of a simulation of the final design. It’s a sample of how the final product will look and feel. This gives the design team something tangible so it can assess its functions, plus it helps uncover flaws. Teams can test the prototype before investing time, money, and labor. Stakeholders can
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“Design is a process. An intimate collaboration between engineers, designers, and clients,” — Henry Dreyfuss, design pioneer. Collaborative design has helped people make some of the greatest products in modern history. Bill Gates and Paul Allen collaborated to build Microsoft, the world’s largest software company and Windows innovator. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak needed each
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You probably think that you participate in design collaboration every day. You complete one stage of a design, then you hand it to someone else who works on the next step. That isn’t true collaboration, though. That’s more like working at an assembly line where everyone has assigned roles. Real collaboration involves getting together with
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In the world of UX (user experience) and UI (user interface), one thing that you should always keep in mind when starting a project is a style guide. It will help you enhance your brand’s user experience and bring it to a whole new level. A style guide will help you craft a consistent design
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Welcome to 2020 Design Trends by UXPin. Today I’m joined by Cheryl Couris. Cheryl, could you please tell us a little bit about yourself? Cheryl: I am currently a UX design manager at Cisco here in Seattle. UXPin: Could you tell me more about your work experience or education, or maybe some other stuff that
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Welcome to 2020 Design Trends by UXPin. Today I’m joined by Joe Cahill. Joe, could you please tell us a little bit about yourself? Joe: I have been doing design and user experience for 20 years. I started out as a print designer. I’ve had the pleasure to work with some great clients over the
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Welcome to another one of our interviews for 2020 Design Trends. Today I’m joined by Chiara Aliotta. Chiara, tell us a bit about yourself. Chiara Aliotta: Hello. Thank you, first of all, for inviting me. I am an Italian designer. I define myself as a brand keeper and I work under the name Until Sunday.
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One of the most important jobs of a designer is to come up with new and innovative solutions to user problems. How can designers keep generating innovative ideas? The answer is in the design thinking ideation process. It allows designers to come up with fresh ideas by thinking outside the box, challenging assumptions, and exploring
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UXPin: Welcome to 2020 Design Trends with UXPIN. Our guest today is Ramsés Cabello. Ramsés, can you tell us a bit about yourself, such as your work experience? What is your field of design? Ramsés: I work at GAN Integrity in Copenhagen. My role in the company is UI engineer, but I mostly work throughout
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