WEEK 1

Foundations of UX Design

• Usable
  • improving usability makes things easier to use
• Equitable
  • users from all different scopes can use it diverse abilities and backgrounds
• Enjoyable
  • users thoughts, emotions and experiences
• Useful
  • helps the User solve their problem

Jobs in UX Design

Interaction Designers - focus on designing the experience of a product and how it functions

Visual Designers - focus on how a product looks logos, illustrations, icons

Motion Designers - think about what it feels like for a User to move through a product

Graphic Designers - create visuals that tell a story

UX Researchers - conduct studies that help us learn how people use a product

UX Writers - think about how to make the language in a product clearer

UX Engineers -translate the design’s intent into a functioning experience

Product Development Life Cycle

Process used to take a product from an idea to a reality

Brainstorm [ provides insights, user research and writers] > Define [ using the insights to narrow and refine the focus ] Design [implement insights to design the product] > Test [ evaluate feedback of design using potential users ] Launch [ share a finished version with the public]