UI vs. UX design
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- chukkaphob1
- i see this a lot where i live.
relocate the tree ffs.imbecile
- i see this a lot where i live.
- sofakingback2
hmmmm... here's where I think there might be some confusion on this topic. There are industry definitions for these professions and there are interpretations in real-world settings. Sometimes the roles are used correctly, other times they're hybrids, other times they're just used incorrectly.
Also, its important to note scale of work. Bigger projects usually require a UX designer, UI Designer and a Designer. (or teams of) While smaller projects can see individuals wearing multiple hats, even including roles of strategy and creative direction (often including copy)
From what I've experienced UX Designers, Strategy and Design-Leads solve the big picture thinking. UI designers focus on the detailed tasks regarding functionality... they can also shoulder the task of designing those detailed functions or elements. (navigations, iconography, etc)
As a Design Director I take ownership of the projects vision and overall goal. I rely heavily on UX and Strategists research and information. I then oversee UI designers focusing on components of the project.
I generally like transparency, everyone involved and no one working in silos or waterfall workflows.
This is the process I'm familiar with and could very well be different depending on the project and the players involved.
my 2 cents.
- chukkaphob0
- what you think you're doing is ux but what you're actually doing is ui chukkaphobhobgoblin
- thanks for schooling me. LOL!chukkaphob
- trooperbill0
UI is a precursor to CRO - its about helping the customer reach the end point quickly i.e. checking out or making an enquiry/registering etc
UX is all of the little feelgood things you can add to your design like making buttons respond to interaction, the messages being displayed and might even mean extending the user journey if it vontributes to the experience of the design.
- Isn't the User Interaction Designer (iXD) responsible for "all of the feel good things you add to your design"?utopian
- X = experiencetrooperbill
- monospaced1
@ESKEMA
I thought the "design" would define how it works. Meaning, if it's an effective design, it's easy to use. This makes having a dedicated UX guy kind of pointless, in my opinion. Likewise, having an interface guy seems redundant as, once again, a successful interface is a result of a good "design." Why a "designer" can't cover these roles is beyond me still.
- Most designers do cover these roles, or considers UX and UI as part of the design process.goldieboy
- But, I have a UX designer who just wireframes for me. They look at the whole journey/process from A-Zgoldieboy
- UI designers are, to me, the guys that do the initial art working based on the creative direction CTAgoldieboy
- ukit20
Better to think of them as descriptive terms rather than mutually exclusive. Just like you can be a painter, conceptual artist, etc at the same time, user experience designer, UI designer, interaction designer are all overlapping terms that mean slightly different things.
User experience is usually meant to suggest knowledge of usability principles and a process based approach that includes wireframing, user flow diagrams etc. I think the term was invented by Jacob Nielsen's company, and then popularized when Jesse James Garett (same guy who came up with the term AJAX) published a book called The Elements of User Experience.
These days if you look at UI/ interactive jobs, most of them will say UX designer because they want someone who has some knowledge of usability and wireframing even if the job also includes visual design.
- sted0
Design giant Ideo cuts a third of staff and closes offices as the era of design thinking ends
The storied design consultancy has been shedding staff throughout 2023 while it navigates a future in which its customary services are less in demand.- It was only a matter of time. Their work lacked substance for the last 10 years.jmckinno
- nb1
- grafician0
- so the water is the user? and the street is the interface?sarahfailin
- mort_0
- people are going to fill that guitar up with peesarahfailin