UI UX Design

Here are several most commonly-seen mistakes in interaction design process: 1. Immediately start to drawing when the product manager put forward a needs. 2. Check competitor products during the design process while there is no specific category. 3. Be obsessed with some design details too much 4. Submit a design scheme without any design process but only results. Mistakes above may lead to consequences below: 1. Getting lost in problem solving or linger on the surface of the problem forever. 2. Relying too much on brainstorming without theory guidance. 3.Often being challenged by others but cannot convince them with objective reasons. 4. Having trouble with assess the value and effect of the design Designers can follow the process below to comb the needs and put forward well-founded and scientific design scheme. Step1: business direction. In business direction, the most important thing is to understanding the needs and specify design standard. Only when w...

As a basic product design process, prototyping design often evokes various disputes. It is widely held that the first thing is to learn Axure while others complain that Axure is just one of the various prototyping tools which do not deserve being flattered. In my perspective, both of them are right. For new product managers, Axure may be the first  prototyping tool  they use in most cases. But whether Axure really suits their needs still remains obscure. The most common mistake is to believe that the skill of using Axure equals to the skill of a professional product manager. As a result, a lot of new product managers squanders too much time on the high-fidelity thing only to find the iteration of their product stranded. I’m not saying that there is no value in high-fidelity. To some extent, high fidelity helps the leader get a clearer logic of the whole iteration scheme. It is both valuable for development and demonstration. However, the tempo of modern design industry is...

Before I introduce the interaction design thinking process, I prefer to point out two common mistakes firstly that may lead your interaction design into a dead-end. 1.Design just by imitating I do not say that referring to good competing products is not right. As a reminder, I mean that if you begin to draw something on a  prototyping tool “just by”imitating existed products rather than something in your mind, you are in fact getting yourself hopelessly trapped in a negative thinking set. Maybe someone you know got successful in this way, but believe me, the possibility that things could go wrong is far more overwhelming than the chance that you are the one. 2. Never look before leap I often recall the time I became an interaction designer. I was young and full of creativity at that time. But as a senior designer, when I look back into the old days, I suddenly realize that something is not right. I had wasted too much time on the flow charts. It’s a natural weakness o...