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Blog/UX Notes

Good UX rarely comes from good ideas

Design Thinking

4 min

Not every good idea deserves to be built. Good UX is shaped by constraints, trade-offs, and decisions to say no.

Users don’t read. They scan. Designers forget that.

Content & Behavior

4 min

Users don’t read interfaces line by line. They scan for signals. When designers forget this, even clear content becomes invisible.

Consistency feels boring. That’s why it works.

Design Thinking

5 min

Designers often chase novelty to stay interesting. But users don’t trust what keeps changing, they trust what feels familiar.

Clarity is a design decision, not a visual style.

Design Thinking

6 min

Clear interfaces don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of countless small decisions designers often underestimate.

Good UX Is Often Invisible. That’s Why It’s Hard to Defend

UX Thinking

3 min

Good UX rarely gets noticed and that’s exactly the problem. When things work smoothly, designers struggle to explain their value.

From Graphic Design to Product Design: What I Had to Unlearn

Design Thinking

6 min

Moving from graphic design to product design wasn’t about learning new tools. It was about unlearning habits that once defined my value as a designer.

Blog/UX Notes

Good UX rarely comes from good ideas

Design Thinking

4 min

Not every good idea deserves to be built. Good UX is shaped by constraints, trade-offs, and decisions to say no.

Users don’t read. They scan. Designers forget that.

Content & Behavior

4 min

Users don’t read interfaces line by line. They scan for signals. When designers forget this, even clear content becomes invisible.

Consistency feels boring. That’s why it works.

Design Thinking

5 min

Designers often chase novelty to stay interesting. But users don’t trust what keeps changing, they trust what feels familiar.

Clarity is a design decision, not a visual style.

Design Thinking

6 min

Clear interfaces don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of countless small decisions designers often underestimate.

Good UX Is Often Invisible. That’s Why It’s Hard to Defend

UX Thinking

3 min

Good UX rarely gets noticed and that’s exactly the problem. When things work smoothly, designers struggle to explain their value.

From Graphic Design to Product Design: What I Had to Unlearn

Design Thinking

6 min

Moving from graphic design to product design wasn’t about learning new tools. It was about unlearning habits that once defined my value as a designer.

Blog/UX Notes

Good UX rarely comes from good ideas

Design Thinking

4 min

Not every good idea deserves to be built. Good UX is shaped by constraints, trade-offs, and decisions to say no.

Users don’t read. They scan. Designers forget that.

Content & Behavior

4 min

Users don’t read interfaces line by line. They scan for signals. When designers forget this, even clear content becomes invisible.

Consistency feels boring. That’s why it works.

Design Thinking

5 min

Designers often chase novelty to stay interesting. But users don’t trust what keeps changing, they trust what feels familiar.

Clarity is a design decision, not a visual style.

Design Thinking

6 min

Clear interfaces don’t happen by chance. They’re the result of countless small decisions designers often underestimate.

Good UX Is Often Invisible. That’s Why It’s Hard to Defend

UX Thinking

3 min

Good UX rarely gets noticed and that’s exactly the problem. When things work smoothly, designers struggle to explain their value.

From Graphic Design to Product Design: What I Had to Unlearn

Design Thinking

6 min

Moving from graphic design to product design wasn’t about learning new tools. It was about unlearning habits that once defined my value as a designer.