It makes me sad to see so many designers out there struggling with visual design. 🥲 Yes, the form shouldn't go above function, but how the product looks significantly influences how we perceive the product itself. That's why design-led companies are winning. Just getting the basics right can improve the visuals significantly. Learning the principles of visual hierarchy, typography, and layout will take you a long way. As a hiring manager, even when hiring a UX designer role, a nice-looking portfolio will give you an advantage over the others. Act accordingly.
I would even take it a step further and suggest to my fellow UX researchers or others who may not be as "visually inclined" that this can be achieved with the number of templates that are out there. The bar has lowered in terms of the difficulty of achieving a decently polished portfolio. Good visual design creates better comprehension and communicates your value better, faster, and more easily.
100%. A sloppy, ugly design portfolio is a turnoff.
This. Thank you Filip for continuing to shine a light on craft, style, taste and how visual design is not only good for product design but critical to its success. Our industry has over-indexed on UX, research, data, etc (all very very important) at the expense of poorly executed visuals. The way something looks will ALWAYS be experienced before the way it works.
We often preach visual design lies in the last levels of the ladder, but when it comes to reality, it is what becomes a deal breaker many times. Filip Greš
I was surprised to find that many senior UX designers don't really know the basics of UI design, particularly when it comes to aesthetics. 😅
True, if you can't present well you're not a designer in the first place :D
Looks matter! Good design isn't just about function, it's about making a great impression.
Is it that the visual design is poor or are people just making minor mistakes here or there or somewhere in between?
Enterprise UX | Specialist in Workflow Management & Process Optimization
5moDo you have any suggested courses?