UI/UX Design
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- redant
How do you learn it? Is there a market for it? I'm in Houston. There don't seem to be any schools here.
- jfletcher0
Are you in HS? College?
I went to a design program in College. There are several Collages that have design programs, and several that offer Masters.
- madirish0
- Being at one of the first agencies to practice it.
- YES.
- There are aren't.
- redant0
I think I need more education
- monkeyshine0
go poke around http://www.boxesandarrows.com
- and yes, there is a huge market for it...if you are a designer who can UX it, you are golden.monkeyshine
- cool thanksredant
- ukit0
I don't think you really need to go to school, although I guess this is one area where a degree would provide some prestige. Maybe you'd be better served reading some good books on the subject first. In the end, "UX Design" isn't much different than regular UI design, it's really just a matter of learning the philosophy, some buzzwords and how to create the right deliverables.
- Not to minimize it but...it's not rocket science eitherukit
- d_rek0
I think a large part of UI/UX design comes from first hand experience using UI's and 'experiencing' UX's... Sure, you can be tought basic principles for UI/UX design but it's really about being familiar with the medium.
- ninjasavant0
I learned on the job and am making a lot of it up as I go along. Luckily my degrees are in graphic design and psychology so I have a lot of background in the foundations of UI design so it was a pretty easy thing to pick up. Boxes and arrows and Smashing Magazine are some of my favorite resources.
- monkeyshine0
A good starting point:
Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design (Interactive Technologies)
by Bill Buxton
(great book)Universal Principles of Design
by William Lidwell
- redant0
waht do i neeed to have in my portfolio that proves i can do it?
Thanks for all your help- probably some UI and UX examples you have completed.
:)madirish - duh! MAdredant
- wire frames, persona examples, workflows, use cases, anything that shows the way you think about structure and user experience.monkeyshine
- okredant
- probably some UI and UX examples you have completed.
- jfletcher0
I don't think just *looking at UX is enough. School teaches you theory, history... good schools teach story telling.
Design is making something look cool or flashy, a lot of people conduse that point.- "Design is" or "Design isnt"?????thebottlerocket
- ISNT, holy shit I can't believe I mis typed!jfletcher
- Design Foul! :)redant
- SigDesign0
Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh has an excellent UI program, from what I've heard...
design.cmu.edu
- ninjasavant0
when I interview people for our UX design positions what I look for is:
A demonstrated understanding of user tasks and problems and the ability to apply solutions to those problems
A clean and disciplined approach to designThe first part can be any type of task/solution. A good data grid can show that, or a clever presentation of info on a CD label for example, doesn't necessarily have to be UI design specific.
If the candidate has those things I figure they can learn what they need to to get the job done.
- jfletcher0
Sorry, design ISN'T making something cool and flashy. ugh, mistype.
I went to CMU in their Design school. They do have a pretty good program.
- SigDesign0
jf i was thinking about that program... so, do you do much visual design at all? From what i have seen it's all UI type stuff... but they don't seem to make much of it public... there Masters of Entertainment Tech degree looks pretty neat, too
- JSK0
I think you should be searching for HCI not UX / UI which is a new term for HCI (Human Computer Interaction).
- JSK0
but HCI tends to be more CompSci so certain schools like CMU focuses on design with HCI components.
- JSK0
- JSK0
http://www.humanfactors.com/trai…
some none degree training..
- coolioredant
- http://www.hfes.org/…
join this afterJSK - kredant
- and go work for IDEO afterJSK
- ah great idea!!! Will do.redant
- http://www.humanfact…
Certified Usability Analyst sounds good on your resume
JSK