hany rizk / somuchmore – is ux killing the experience?
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Is UX Killing The Experience? Hany Rizk
@RizkHany
We have figured out the rules of creating
sleek sophistication. We know, more or less, how to get it right.
We now need a pole in the painting.
The Age of Generic Patterns
Nothing Wrong With This!
• All of these designs perform a job they doubtlessly excel at.
• They’ve been user tested to oblivion.
• Their analytics are studied daily for any hiccups that can be altered and improved.
• They’re perfected for their tasks...
• ... and this PISSES ME OFF!
Perfection Is Boring.
Is UX design discovering its Golden Ratio?
Trends vs Solutions
Example: Flat Design
• Reduces page bandwidth
• Creates natural friendliness for mobile
• Provides a cleaner user environment with its minimalism
• Is simpler to code
• Is this really a trend or is it a solution?
If all of these trends are merely solutions to old problems, then what happens when we have discovered all possible solutions?
Where Do We Go From Here?
• How can we innovate if the numbers are telling us there is no need?
• If we find that golden ratio, we can’t improve on perfection.
• Is the internet at risk of becoming a generically formatted hub of design templates - tooled to gain that maximum conversion?
With all this testing
• Do we still need designers, or just people with technical sketching skills?
• How is one a UX designer if he knows no more than anyone else on the team?
Usability testing is undermining UX
• UX designers should have a solid understanding & knowledge of design and people in general
• UX designers should be empathetic
• UX designers should be emotionally intelligent
• UX designers must have common sense
• UX designers should think beyond the screen!
User Experience may, in some respects, be a
victim of its own success.
Where’s your will to be weird?
Hit me up!
@RizkHany
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