There’s a big difference between a UI designer and an artist. Graphic design school artists tend to focus on visual effects, while UI designers focus on user effects. So what are some common mistakes UI designers should avoid?
Here are five common pitfalls UI designers need to avoid: 1. Limiting design exploration too much. Due to the time and risk of the project, many UI designers are not able to carry out extensive and creative design exploration before planning the design scheme, thus unable to boldly propose and limit the expression of their works. For the design team, it is necessary to quickly position the product and make positive changes in accordance with the product operation mode within 3-6 months. 2. Not being human. This is one of the most important and often overlooked aspects of design. All design should be people-oriented, not scripted. We need more data analysis and resources to ensure that design ideas are accepted and accepted by users. 3. Not knowing your audience. In short, design according to your target audience, not your own preferences, to break the design pattern and create good design selling points.
4. Polish too early. Especially in the early stages of design, they want to draw the cool concepts that come to mind without thinking, and then start drawing high-fidelity simulations. However, the best way is to think and explore from different aspects and explore more and more potential ideas. 5. Overuse of dynamic effects. Let’s face it, meaningless motion design is almost everywhere, not only hindering users from achieving their goals, but also annoying to watch (see below). Therefore, avoid using decorative animation effects and let animation effects really enhance the user experience of the website and application. Good UI design must be clear in structure, focus on user experience, unique, unified, and simple under the premise of aesthetics. Sounds simple enough, right? It’s not going to be easy. Even if it can absorb and ensure the correct design idea in the early stage, there may be many unexpected things when it is applied in practice. From the idea to the implementation of this process, is the real test of personal ability stage.