5 EFFECTIVE METHODS OF DEVELOPING A PERFECT PROJECT.
By: Roqeebat Babatunde
Tags: UX Research, UI Design, Ui Ux, UI, Ux Writing

It can look like an herculean task when one is about to develop a new project. Going from a blank page to a fully sketched idea is not an easy job. They will tell you, go to design website, YouTube or ask around to get an inspiration. Dear friend, let me tell you this, NO! IT’S NOT EASY. With my experience I have gathered in my UI/UX journey, I have gathered some effective methods you can make use of. Read them and share.

A DESIGN A DAY, A LIFETIME IMPROVEMENT

“An Apple a day keeps a doctor away”, is an adage that always ring in our hear. This means, eat an apple everyday. In UI/UX also, a design a day, a lifetime improvement. As it implied, design everyday. Open your Figma, AdobeXD, play around with it. You can just use your pen and sketch pad to put down your design. There are so many designs out there you can replicate. Put the designs in your head down. Share your ideas.

This will aid you well when you are about to start a new project. You would have been equipped with ideas. Anytime I am feeling useless, I will open my AdobeXD and go about what I have done before. This will give me an inspiration when I am about to do a new projects.

2. MAKE DESIGN SITES YOUR BFFs.

No one is an highland of knowledge, you can not know everything. Just like there is nothing new. What we do is modification and improvement of products to suit the user at the time. A designer needs to be updated every time, that is why you need to know what is going on in the industry. There are many sites like Behance, Pinterest and Dribble. Many top-notch designers upload their projects there. From there, pick what to learn from it. It’s great to seek an inspiration there too. Search for the niche of your project, it will bring a lot of design projects to get inspiration from. With that, you will know what to do, what is latest and who to look up too.

3. NO DESIGN IS THE WORST DESIGN.

Please, know this, especially as a newbie, no design is the worst nor the best design. Learn from it by picking what you think is not best there and improve on it. As I have mentioned earlier, design everyday, this will make you up in the game.

Though UI/UX has its own design principles which has to be followed, you learn and improve everyday. Do not falter when you feel like you have not given your best, remember, Rome was not built in a day.

4. EVERY DESIGN TELLS A STORY

Every design tells two story. The User’s story and the designer’s story.

USER’S STORY.

There has to be a problem before a solution is given. A user story is the problem faced by the user in a particular situation till a solution is gotten.

It can be from the point of logging into a website till an order is placed. This goes a long way in achieving the best out of the design.

DESIGNER’S STORY.

Ever had a sleepless night over a design? From searching for an inspiration to effectively deciphering the User’s story to sketching out the idea to wireframe and prototype. Then doing all these over and over again. The design you later put out there is your story too. Kudos to you.

5. LEARN FROM AN ACTIVE PROJECT.

When creating a new project or improving on an existing project, you can download or go to an existing project to learn from it. There is more to what you see, notice the prototype used in the App. Check the typography and colour scheme too. With that, you have an idea of what to put in place when creating your own design.

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