If there is one thing UX/UI designers need to do more of, it’s this.
Making sure I did this transformed my confidence when designing
Do you know that feeling when you’re going to go into a design review or a meeting to show senior managers your designs.
That feeling of unease that you’re going to be questioned on things you may not know the answers to.
I would get that before every design review! I would dread any sort of question.
Here’s what I changed to completely remove that feeling
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When I’m designing I question the reason for every design decision I make.
These are the types of questions I ask myself…
Why did I add a carousel instead of list item
Why did I use an accordion instead of having all the information visible
Why have I selected this colour for this component
Why have I added this content on this screen
Why are the elements on this screen organised in this way
Etc
Etc
It’s easy to let our subjective opinions feed into our decision making.
Without us realising.
And if we get questioned, we don’t actually know why we did what we did.\
This where you need logic and reasoning for each decision such as:
I added a carousel to take up less space as there is a lot of content for users to look through
The accordion helped users to scan through the content available and also read what they need
This colour isn’t one we use for any other message in our Design System and it felt neutral enough for this component. It also works on a number of coloured backgrounds
I added this content as it’s important regulatory information
The elements are organising this way in order as this is how users evaluate the information before making a decision
This information above is all gathered from the design activities you do throughout your process.
If you don’t have this information and need it to make a decision then you need to do a design activity to learn it.
I want you to take a look at the last design or feature you designed.
Did you think through the logic and reasoning behind every decision you’ve made?
