Hello! I’m Kristy, a User Researcher, User Experience Designer, and Product Enthusiast.
UX Research is a terrific way of getting to know your target users and what they need. It’s the perfect way to create realistic situations and get valuable insights.
Interaction design (IxD) is a design discipline that focuses on creating meaningful interactions between people and products or services. It is important because it helps create an engaging user experience.
User Interface (UI) Design looks at what users might need to do and makes sure that the interface has features that are easy to get to, understand, and use to do those things. It combines concepts from Interaction Design, Visual Design, and Information Architecture.
Visual Design is all about spicing things up with visuals. Color, composition, typography, visual hierarchy, and brand expression can make a product or service look super cool and inviting, showing off its unique style.
Why is leadership so important with product teams and the success of a product?
What is usability and why is it such an important part of user experience?
Why is this so important and what all does it include?
A user experience designer, Jesse James Garrett, introduced five UX design elements in his book The Elements of User Experience. In the book, he explains the steps of user experience projects and what UX designers should consider at each stage.
To prepare for customer interviews, identify the right users and ask good questions. Avoid leading the conversation and summarize what you learn. Understanding your research question and goals is also essential, as is gaining perspective from users while avoiding assumptions.
Product teams can use user research to make product choices, such as if something is valuable, features, how users interact with the product, and how the product looks. User research validates if an idea is correct and finds out what users want that the product team may have missed.