UX Design vs UI Design | What's the Difference? Which one is right for me?

Published: 21 October 2017
on channel: Jesse Showalter
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If you are thinking of pursuing a career as a UI Designer or UX Designer then this video is for you. It can be hard to know where to start and which road is the right one for you to travel down. Although there are some inherent similarities between the two roles they are very different in nature.

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To help clear things up a bit, in this video I'm going to cover the roles, tools, and expectations of day to day life for both jobs. At the end, I share a few opinions on which is right for you to pursue.

In a nutshell, UX design makes websites functional and UI design makes websites beautiful.

UX design, short for user experience design, is a very analytical process that is heavily based on research to find out how to design a a product in a way that it solves the customer's problem(s).

UX Design Learning Links:
https://uxdesign.cc/
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/cate...
https://www.uxpin.com/knowledge.html
http://uxmag.com/
https://www.nngroup.com/
http://www.uxbooth.com/

UI design, short for user interface design, support the UX design visually through colors, fonts, icons and graphics.

UI Design Learning Links:
https://designcode.io/
http://trydesignlab.com/
https://teamtreehouse.com/library/mob...
https://www.udemy.com/ui-web-design-u...
http://learnui.design/


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