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What is UX Design?

What is UX Design?

What is User Experience Design, and why does it matter? The goal of this deck is to share an answer to as wide an audience as possible.

Ross Popoff-Walker

June 30, 2013
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  1. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com AS A

    UX DESIGNER, I AM ALWAYS ASKED the  same  question...
  2. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com What  the

    @$%!  does  a UX  Designer  do? “ “
  3. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com A UX

    DESIGNER SOLVES PROBLEMS BY putting  themselves  in the  customer’s  shoes.
  4. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com HERE IS

    AN EXAMPLE... Let’s  design  a  chair  together.
  5. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com If we

    design a chair for ourselves, we’ll decide: • What materials will be best? • The proper size size? • Ergonomics and shape? • Where will the chair go?
  6. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com But if

    we design a chair for a  customer, we’ll need to discover: • Are they working or relaxing? • How long will they use it for? • Where will they use it?
  7. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com UX DESIGN

    E N C O M PA S S E S ALL ELEMENTS OF DESIGNING FOR Other  People
  8. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com Unfortunately,  “design”

     has  become  readily associated  with  visual  aesthetic  and  “style.”
  9. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com SEARCH PINTEREST

    FOR “Design” & YOU’LL FIND BEAUTIFUL THINGS.
  10. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com DESIGN IS

    not JUST WHAT IT Looks  LIKE AND Feels LIKE. D E S I G N I S How  it  Works. -­  STEVE  JOBS “ “
  11. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com DESIGN is

     a PROCESS 1. Gather diverse inputs. 2. Sketch, try things, fail. 3. Narrow in on solutions.
  12. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com Great  products

     are USEFUL USEABLE and   BEAUTIFUL
  13. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com DESIGNERS FIRST

    START WITH Useful, THEN FOCUS ON Usable... Beautiful Usable Useful
  14. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com AND THEN

    FOCUS ON MAKING IT Beautiful. Beautiful Usable Useful
  15. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com FOCUS ON

    Beautiful  FIRST AND YOU END UP WITH SOMETHING Unusable. Beautiful Usable Useful
  16. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com Great  products

     don’t  start  out  beautiful. TWITTER’S FIRST HOMEPAGE GOOGLE’S HOMEPAGE IN 1998
  17. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com OXO GOODGRIPS

    PEELER PROTOTYPES Great  products  don’t  start  out  beautiful.
  18. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com Online  design

     culture  focuses  largely  on  aesthetics.
  19. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com Designers  are

     sharing  gorgeous  looking  pixel-­perfection.
  20. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com NO MATTER

    HOW BEAUTIFUL, THEY OVERLOOK “Useful” AND “Usable.”
  21. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com Our  World

     Needs USEFUL USEABLE and   BEAUTIFUL
  22. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com The  RARELY

    ACKNOWLEDGED Truth ABOUT DESIGNING THINGS Design is not a skill-set. It is a mindset.
  23. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com EVERYONE is

     a UX DESIGNER Shift your mindset to focus on people-centered solutions.
  24. WHAT IS (UX) DESIGN? / @rosspw / RossPW.com 1.  

     Gather  diverse  inputs.   2.    Sketch,  try  things,  fail. 3.    Narrow  in  on  solutions. 4.    Design  for  “useful  &  usable.” 5.    Then  make  it  beautiful.