Most tech startups generally begin with a strong engineering-focus to get off the ground. They decide they want to create an app so they hire developers to start building things and then add an Agile project manager to organize it all.
https://medium.com/@pdxd/why-your-first-hire-should-be-ux-954cd5800c01?ref=webdesignernews.com
UX (User Experience) design is an integral though often overlooked part of the multi-media design process.
https://www.interaction-design.org/ux-daily/199/donald-normans-three-levels-of-design
The folks over at UXMastery explain to you what UX Design is:
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/which-ux-research-methods/
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by Saikiran Yerram
https://medium.com/@agileseeker/google-inbox-needs-ux-tlc-b3c2f9cbe359?ref=webdesignernews.com
This article is published on Medium.com
http://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/wireframes-arent-dead-theyre-just-changing-51514940
by JERRY CAO
http://thenextweb.com/dd/2015/09/03/5-psychology-secrets-for-great-interaction-design/
Sadly, now that Steve Jobs is gone, there is no single, omnipotent critic capable of unilaterally determining how good or bad a design is. Of course, some people (i.e., design faculty, Pritzker Prize winners) are more informed or knowledgeable than others, but design is a complex endeavor, resistant to simple metrics or measures. Therefore, in design education, instructors rely heavily on a subjective form of review known as “critique.” There are many ways to critique and be critiqued, and learning how to give and receive feedback is an essential skill that extends beyond design education. Here, a few thoughts for students and their critics—and critics and the critiqued at large.
This is an article from 2009. While the article itself refers to these as UI (User Interface) design patterns most of them are more related to UX (User Experience) Design.
Design patterns were first described in the 1960s by Christopher Alexander, an architect who noticed that many things in our lives happen according to patterns. He adapted his observations to his work and published many findings on the topic. Since then, design patterns have found their place in many areas of our lives, and can be found in the design and development of user interfaces as well.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/10-ui-design-patterns-you-should-be-paying-attention-to/
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