Many times when we want to work on design projects we normally think of following the best practices UX design process. This is a worrying subject for almost every designer especially beginners, we tend to ask ourselves if the flow or pattern we use is the best practice when it comes to UX design.
I have come to understand that there isn't a one-way process when it comes to designing websites, web apps or mobile apps. Your process will highly depend on the type of product you’re designing. Every project requires different approaches; the approach to designing a website for an alumni network of an institution or your alma mater differs from the way we design a cryptocurrency app(it's the new thing being talked about😀), for example.
I think what we should really focus on as designers are to apply the concept of Design Thinking and the principles of principles of design. The design thinking process has five stages in it: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test
This should be great for any kind of project ✌🏽.
My next post will be a brief on the process I used when designing a website for my Alumni network. Stay tuned, mia ga do go🤝 (meaning we will meet again, translated from Ewe- a Ghanaian language)
Top comments (2)
Glad to see this post!
I see that with your alma mater you probably have a lot of implicit knowledge already that you can apply.
Thank you, Lyn. Yes, I do have the knowledge already even though the project is been directed by a team.