UX Design vs. Design

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zuOga15

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UX/Design lead at a startup in Boston. 13YOE. Focus on VR/AR/Mobile product design. Experience with both ad agency and product work.
zuOga15
Dec 5, 2019 3 Comments

I’m a designer/Head of UX with 15 YOE. I was doing “UX” before it was called “UX”. I see a ton of people/jobs/companies either selling themselves as designers, looking for designers, or hiring designers, who have no real sense of design and think everything should rely on design patterns with no individual personality. Is this a disturbing trend in the product/design industry or am I crazy?

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  • New / IT
    BigMFg

    New IT

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    BigMFg
    I think businesses are hiring UX pro’s and then not listening to them and just doing what they want. There are a ton of corporate sites that are horrible to look at and even worse, just don’t work.
    If you are a geek you will think to try it in another browser but if your not you just give up mad.
    Dec 5, 2019 0
  • Design and art are different. Some teams want a design system to work across multiple years and designers. That's my guess, I'm a novice at this field .
    Dec 5, 2019 0
  • Depends on the field, e-commerce has less flexibility on this than say, media.
    Dec 6, 2019 0