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Today's livestream series for UX Portfolio by UXGO was incredibly insightful! Here are the top 5 key takeaways: 𝟭. 𝗧𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆: • Customize your portfolio based on your level and seniority in UX, and showcase only your best work. 𝟮. 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲: • Whether you're an intern or a senior designer, a strong landing page is crucial due to high competition in the field. 𝟯. 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗶𝗽𝘀: • Ensure responsiveness, and avoid using templates that may not serve the purpose. 𝟰. 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴: • Highlight the project's uniqueness rather than following a formulaic process. 𝟱. 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆: • Establish a design system for consistency across projects. I look forward to learning more next week!

Thank you Carlos García Maganto & Garaje de ideas | UX and Development boutique studio for Garaje Inspiration Fest Talk 🙏 I enjoyed the talk's focus 'Customer-centric & cross-functional development of digital products'. The guest speaker Eric Le Cunff was insightful and added several insights into the value of user-centric design 💡 Takeaways: 1. The product design process in non-linear, with hybrid models proving to be the most valuable. 2. In every product development step, involving customers is imperative. 3. Achieving effective cross-functional collaboration requires structured integration of project process models, quality control points, and regulatory considerations in the Agile development process. #UserCentricDesign #UX #design

While advances in AI and the availability of robust design tools, like Figma, have made life easier for UX designers, drawing is yet another important tool in our UX storytelling toolkit. According to Sprint Leaders at Google, hand made drawings are created in nearly every design sprint. Drawing is disposable, fast, and is cost effect. More importantly most UX concepts can be communicated through basic shapes like boxes, circles, arrows, lines and nothing more (as suggested in the silent video below). This why it's an essential part of any design workshop. Draw your way to more engaging workshops and XFN collaboration: https://lnkd.in/gM6-WW9B #Drawing #UXDesign #DesignThinking #DesignTools #storytelling

“People ignore #design that ignores people.” As technology evolves, the lines between #industrialdesign and #uxui are becoming blurred. One could argue that this is perhaps the most exciting advancement in design, given that professionals in the field tend to specialize in design portfolios representative of their own interests as a potential user. Looking for a niche in the design market? Becoming well versed in UX/UI can propel your abilities to not only expand your business but to open your mind’s eye to problem solving strategies less common in traditional ID.

Hello everyone, as we progress on the #ProductDesign, I said I would be #buildinginpublic as I go, BIG shoutout to SkillHat Co.Lab 🚀 joincolab.io Atila World Innovation League (WIL) Riipen for supporting us. We were recently asked to start thinking about a product we like and can design or redesign. During our discussions, we came across the UX pyramid, which highlights the basic needs to build and design a successful product for customers. This was one of the many topics we spoke about and shared our thoughts on The user experience is built on five key layers: 🎯 Functional (Useful): This layer serves as the fundamental basis of one's sense of purpose by fulfilling their basic needs. 🎯Reliable: This layer ensures consistency and trust in interactions. 🎯 Usable: The interface of this layer provides easy-to-use navigation and a design that is intuitive for the user. 🎯. Convenient: This system reduces the amount of effort required and maximizes efficiency. 🎯 Pleasurable & Meaningful: This layer creates delightful and emotional connections. Here's a reminder to incorporate these layers for an unbeatable user experience: Design Hierarchy, UX Design, and User Experience. Team 12 is working hard to bring our ideas to life, so stay tuned to check out what we have come up with. - Renata Valz Mohamed Akasha H M. Cynthia Amanyunose @Grace Bello @Karem Kam also, Remember to Like and comment. 🌈✨ #UXDesign #UserExperience #DesignHierarchy #ShortAndSweet #buildinginpublic #growth #blackexcellence #blackintech #csm #productdesign

Just shared that I completed the UX design course a bit late, but better late than never, right? 😁 These months were busy and full of challenges. Big shoutout to my amazing team of students who worked hard with me, especially Iryna Atamanova 😘. We worked with a real client, did interviews, and came up with solutions for a better user experience. Hoping our ideas boost the company's sales. It was a tough month, but we learned a ton. Ready for more challenges ahead! 🚀 #UXDesign #Projector #Webdesigner

🚀 Recap The 2nd Week of the Acceleration Program 📌 Design Thinking with Mr. Hoang Duc Minh During the session, Mr. Hoang Duc Minh guided us through the process of understanding our target audience, identifying their pain points, and finding innovative solutions to address their needs. We learned how to think outside the box and challenge conventional wisdom to create unique value propositions. 📌 Idea Validation with Mr. Long "Leo" Pham Thanks to Mr. Long Leo Pham's guidance, we gained a deeper understanding of our target market and identified areas where we can improve our products and services. His practical insights were invaluable in shaping our ideas and ensuring their viability in the market. 📌 UX/UI with Mr. Anil Narasipuram User experience (UX) and user interface (UI) play a crucial role in the success of any digital product. In the 2nd week of the Acceleration Program, we had the privilege of working with Mr. Anil Narasipuram, an expert in UX/UI design. 🔥 The 2nd week of the Acceleration Program was a remarkable journey filled with valuable insights and practical experiences. We are extremely grateful to Mr. Hoang Duc Minh, Mr. Long Leo Pham, and Mr. Thach Doan for sharing their knowledge and expertise with us. 👉 Design Thinking, Idea Validation, and UX/UI are three critical pillars that contribute to the success of any business. The guidance provided by the three advisors was instrumental in helping us refine our business models, validate our ideas, and create optimal user experiences. #AccelerationProgram #Web3Space #DesignThinking #IdeaValidation #UXUI

🏆 User research is like a superpower for designers! 🏆 It's all about diving deep into the minds of users and understanding their needs and goals. By gaining empathy, designers can create products that truly speak to users and make their experience amazing. It's like a secret ingredient that shapes the magic of user-centered design! I completed the "User Research - Methods and Best Practices" course on Interaction Design Foundation (IxDF), which equipped me with a toolbox of techniques and best practices to create products that are not only usable and intuitive but also bring joy to the users. #research #empathy #userresearch #userexperiencedesign #designer #designers #Design #Thinking #InteractionDesign #Designer #Agile #Manager #DigitalExciting #Growth #Martketing #Digital #Usability #UX #Researcher #Sustaibility

Design for Users or Humans? User centric design is all over the place all the time. When we are taught design, talking about it or having discussions about it in a meeting room, we always address it as something that is user centric, user first, user is the centre of the entire effort. But are we sure we are doing the right thing? I recently heard a very interesting TEDxYoungstown where Johannes Ippen points out the problems in UX. He highlights the difficulties we make our beloved users go through just by taking the wrong approach. He put forth examples which pointed out that most companies want user retention and user engagement more than user satisfaction. That statement hit me like a bullet. It is true instead of fulfilling the expectation we mostly are focused on having the user come to our platform and spend a lot of time over there without thinking what this is doing to the user on their end. It is leading them to addiction of those platforms, things like fear of leaving out, constant peer pressure, and persistent social reminders all because we want them to spend their time on our platform. That was not the aim of design ever, was it? Design was always supposed to solve problems not create new ones while solving a few. I highly recommend watching that video to all my fellow designers. Let's grow in the right direction, because we have the power to guide. #designthinking #Rethinkdesign #designthought #Thinkthrough #designforhuman #Humanapproch #thehumanedesign