Upgrade to Pro
— share decks privately, control downloads, hide ads and more …
Speaker Deck
Features
Speaker Deck
PRO
Sign in
Sign up for free
Search
Search
What I Wish I Knew as a Newbie Designer
Search
Noopur Varma
September 17, 2016
Design
0
120
What I Wish I Knew as a Newbie Designer
Noopur Varma
September 17, 2016
Tweet
Share
More Decks by Noopur Varma
See All by Noopur Varma
Refrigerator usage in typical household
noopur
0
56
Other Decks in Design
See All in Design
文化に寄りそうデザイン
recruitengineers
PRO
4
910
Data+Diversity: Celebrating W.E.B Du Bois through Data Visualization
ajstarks
0
310
素晴らしき余白の世界
kasumidyaya
1
110
Backlogのイロハ・ やさしい使い方(基本編)
wattlaa
0
320
noteのアクセシビリティ これまでのプロダクト・組織へのアプローチとこれからのこと
tatsuyasawanobori
1
1k
Amebaデザインシステム Spindleの開発 / The Development of Spindle
spindle
4
630
ダークテーマとアクセシビリティ の融合したカラートークンの設計
degudegu2510
0
280
TrollsTopia: Funtography- Part 1
kenijam
1
210
事業戦略と組織のビジョンデザイン〜デザイン的アプローチで事業・組織づくりにどう取り組んでいるかのリアル〜
jdesign_tokyo
1
380
デザインに関わる全ての人たちでエベレスト登頂を目指すために取り組んでいること
amishiratori
0
590
231206_Book-launch-event_kato
hjmkth
2
1.2k
ポートフォリオ思考を通じたデザイナーキャリアの形成と未来への展望
recruitengineers
PRO
3
2.3k
Featured
See All Featured
We Have a Design System, Now What?
morganepeng
43
6.7k
Debugging Ruby Performance
tmm1
70
11k
Optimizing for Happiness
mojombo
370
69k
How to Create Impact in a Changing Tech Landscape [PerfNow 2023]
tammyeverts
14
1.6k
Web development in the modern age
philhawksworth
202
10k
Scaling GitHub
holman
457
140k
CoffeeScript is Beautiful & I Never Want to Write Plain JavaScript Again
sstephenson
155
14k
Git: the NoSQL Database
bkeepers
PRO
422
63k
JavaScript: Past, Present, and Future - NDC Porto 2020
reverentgeek
40
4.4k
Typedesign – Prime Four
hannesfritz
36
2.1k
How to Ace a Technical Interview
jacobian
272
22k
Building a Modern Day E-commerce SEO Strategy
aleyda
17
6.4k
Transcript
What I Wish I Knew As A Newbie Designer Noopur
Varma |
None
1. Who is a newbie designer? 2. Mental model of
a newbie 3. Experiences & stories 4. Takeaways outline
Who Is A Newbie?
How does a newbie feel? Source: Calvin and Hobbes
Newbie's mental model - Are passionate - Have their own
process - Care about users - Are thinkers - Want to improve - Are scared & maybe intimidated?
Whom do we work with? - Business owners and stakeholders
- Peers and other team members
“You’re Not Doing Any Work” Story #1
Baffled, taken aback and shocked…
felt accused of not doing my job
maybe I’m being compared to others?
maybe I suck as a designer…
or maybe they just don’t like me
I know I’ve made some mistakes…
but this is the last thing anyone should say. The
work is out there…
Looking from the other side 1. Didn’t share ideas 2.
Looked like a black box 3. Accepted feedback with an OK 4. Didn’t communicate delays 5. Didn’t push to close tasks
Design Collaboration Is Hard
“You Don’t Know How To Take Feedback” Story #2
I want to understand where exactly I went wrong?
I accept that there are places where I need to
improve
How could I be that person?
Why would someone say that I am not taking feedback?
I am listening…
Looking from the other side 1. Was being defensive 2.
Had a superficial understanding of things 3. Reacted emotionally
Discuss Feedback
“Make That Rounded Rectangle Rounder” Story #3
More… “Make the logo bigger” “Wow factor nahi hai yaar,
maza nahi aa raha hai” “Make that text 12pt, Roboto-Regular, #4A4A4A”
What? But why? That does not make any sense
I am not a tool!
What did I do wrong?
Different ways in which I reacted 1. Went my way
anyway 2. Explained & reasoned 3. Was overwhelmed, gave in
Different ways in which I reacted 1. Went my way
anyway 2. Explained & reasoned 3. Was overwhelmed, gave in
Looking from the other side 1. Seemed closed 2. Didn’t
understand business perspectives
Don’t panic! Source: Mike Williams – 'Don't panic, I need
the loo' | The Spectator shop
Change your perspective Source: Jessica Walsh | https://www.instagram.com/p/3_72bIFonM/
Pick your battles! Source: xkcd.com/386
Stakeholder Perspectives Are Important
I Was Not Able To Work Story #4
The designs needed more time and thought than the timelines
allowed for
I didn’t feel very motivated
I was blocked on ideas
There were other things bothering me – learnability, my role
and even personal stuff
Looking from the other side 1. Didn’t work iteratively 2.
Didn't meet deadlines 3. Looked like a black box
Cut Yourself Some Slack
So, was that enough? Source: xkcdsw.com/2988
Processes that helped me 1. Progress tracking tools 2. Design
showcases 3. Structured feedback 4. Estimations 5. Retrospectives
Design Collaboration Is Hard Stakeholder Perspectives Are Important Discuss Feedback
Cut Yourself Some Slack Looking Back…
“ How well we communicate is determined not by how
well we say things, but how well we are understood. - Andrew Grove
Thanks! Questions? Contact :
[email protected]
| @9porcupine