Category: Interaction Design
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Empathy Tools: Artifacts in the UX Process
Artifacts are documents that design teams create to gather, organize and present information throughout the UX process. We will look at user personas, scenarios, user stories, and storyboards and their process. User personas A user persona is a model or character that portrays a possible use of your website or app. Personas aid the design…
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Designing Cross-Platform Experiences & the Four Cs
When designing a new product or feature, it’s important to think about the different types of platforms that the design will be experienced on. A platform is the medium that users experience your product on. Some common platforms are: Desktop computers Laptop computers Mobile phones Tablets Wearables, like smart watches TVs Smart displays A product…
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Design Frameworks: Think Like a Designer
Most UX designers follow a specific framework or process from start to finish when approaching their work. A framework creates the basic structure that focuses and supports the problem you’re trying to solve, kind of like an outline for a project. Every designer and every team is different, so it is helpful to have a…
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The Product Development Life Cycle
Every new product, whether it’s an app or a physical object, follows a specific set of steps that take it from the first spark of an idea to the release of the final product. This is called the product develpment life cycle, and it has five stages: brainstorm, define, design, test, and launch. Depending on…
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Portfolio Project For Local Donut Shop
Looking back in April 2021, I decided to join the Google UX Cetificate grogram on Coursea. I have completed a major milestone in having my first UX project for the course to showcase. In this post, I will walk you through the process that I personally experience and share what I would do differently, if…
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Google UX Design Certificate vs CCA BFA, Interaction Design
Right before the year end and the start of the new year 2022, I finished both Google UX Design Certificate and California Institute of the Arts (cal ARTS) UI/UX Design Specialization. Prior to that, I enrolled with California College of the Arts for BFA, Interaction Design in the Fall of 2020 and later dropped out.…
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Career in User Experience Design
UX design is a rapidly changing field with a projected 10-year growth rate of 15% (Burning Glass). When you do the job search, you’ll find tens of thousands of job postings for UX-related roles. Recruiters around the world are struggling to fill open positions for UX designers because the demand for people with these skills…
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Common Layouts for Website Home Pages
When designing websites, it’s key to organize elements in a way that welcomes users and guides them as they navigate each page. This reading will take your knowledge one step further and examine each layout in more detail, including tips for using each one. Single column layout The single column layout features just one column…
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