Every designer starting out in their career has his/her own ups and downs in figuring out the terminology and technicalities in the field. Today, there is a high demand for UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience) website designers to make any website look classy and function smoothly as well.
To keep it simple, you must know about the basics of design principles. The foundation of good web design relies on how you understand these principles:
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Colour
There is a larger meaning to the choice and pattern behind the colours that you decide to use. Colour theories, the psychology of colours and its fundamentals play a significant role in how you perceive any particular design. -
Typography
Typography can be defined, in simple terms, as the manner and technique in which type is arranged. A designer’s core skill set and choice of typeface can help one determine the difference between a good design and a bad one. Your UI/UX design skills heavily rely on how you can manage to make your design stand out positively.
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Grids
A grid can be defined as the invisible base or foundation that keeps the design intact. Grid layouts are one of the essential parts of your design.
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Contrast
You can use contrast to build a hierarchy, organise, and help create a focus on different aspects of the design.
- Balance
Your design or composition can be well-balanced with the arrangement and proper usage of space (both positive and negative) in such a manner that the symmetrical components can enhance the entire look.
To understand the design process and philosophy better, you must also understand something called Design Thinking.
Design Thinking
Design Thinking is the process that revolves around the users. Any product that you design has to be understood in terms of how the user will interpret it. Instead of making the user adapt to the usability of the design, your main aim must be in making the user’s experience the best. To get a better understanding of design thinking, you can take a look at various Mo Mantra’s UI/UX design examples.
The process of Design Thinking includes:
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Emphasise
This is the first stage of the process of Design Thinking. In this, you must observe and engage with the people involved to develop a personal understanding of the issues and needs.
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Define
In this stage, you must analyse your observations and construct them to define the key problems and issues.
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Ideate
Once you are past the Define stage, you must start ideating to generate solutions to the problems and issues identified in the previous stage.
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Prototype
A prototype is essentially the first draft of the design that you aspire to create. In this, you must lay the foundation, make use of the principles of design (as mentioned above) and create a basic design of how you want it to look. In this stage, you can tweak and make adjustments according to the needs of the user.
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Test
This is the final stage of Design Thinking. In this stage, you must validate the product and then finally develop it entirely for the world to see. Incorporate all the changes and suggestions that you may have received for all the previous stages, and the product will be ready for use.
When it comes to product design, UX and UI complement each other—and in today’s competitive market, getting both aspects right is an absolute must. If either one of UI/UX is poor, the user senses an inferior product. At Mo Mantra, we ensure that the UI/UX blend together seamlessly and design websites that are just great!!