How is it similar to UX design? Flashcards
Architectures facilitate lives by creating physical spaces. How is it similar to UX design?
UX designers facilitate actions in the virtual sphere that were previously only possible in physical places
You have to do architecture to learn it. What about UX?
You definitely have to do UX design to learn it
The cultural environment plays a big role in architecture design. Families need big spaces, etc. What about UX design?
The same applies to UX design. Certain websites and apps are built around a certain type of cultural activity, and there’s always an attempt to replicate brands into the digital space
Participatory design is recommended in architecture. And what about UX?
Co-design is more than recommended
In architecture, you map activities to physical spaces. In UX?
In UX you map activities to digital spaces
In architecture, you create a space with physical forms. In UX?
In UX, you create a space with digital forms.
In architecture, you gain efficiency with design kits
In UX, you gain efficiencies with design systems
Hierarchy - Find focus first, what needs to be bigger / colorful In UX?
The same thing
Balance - make sure one part doesn’t overpower the other. In UX?
The same thing
Big elements, details later.
Frames, little widgets later
It’s not about designing the physical space - it’s about the activities that happen there
It’s not about designing the digital space - it’s about the activities that happen there
Use storytelling to guide your design and communicate it
Use visual communication and storytelling to communicate ideas around UIs
CRAP - Contrast, Rhythm or repetition, alignment, and proximity
Contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity
Your design is never finished
Your design is never finished, it’s all about iterations
Go divergent?
In both professions
