What is UI user interface design? HD

This video is part of a FREE UX/UI course available for a limited time at https://antony-conboy.teachable.com/p/ux-ui-design-essentials/ Subscribe for more UX/UI Videos. Ok this is the section where things really start to get interesting. Our ideas spring into life before our very eyes, as if by magic transformed from the frog into the prince. Powerful visual design cannot be underestimated. The famous designer Dieter Rams of the Braun company puts it nicely “Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.” User Interface Design (UI for short) in essence is designing visual interfaces for machines and software that like Dieter put so eloquently are memorable and meaningful. Once the wireframes have been handed over the UI designer can start adding in emotion using breathtaking images, vibrant colours and exciting fonts for example. A UI designer will use tools such as Sketch to create rich designs that are as realistic as possible, here is where all conversations about visual identity happen. In the digital industry there are many companies where a designer will perform both roles, but there are also many designers who are a specialist in this area. A UI designer will normally have a background in an art subject like graphic design, some experience in a visual design field and be best placed to make detailed decisions on important visual aspects of the project. A great UI design can make or break a great wireframe. If the imagery is not right or the style does not match the content then the website will not be as effective. UX and UI need to work in sync. A choice of colour on a button can sometimes double click through rate. Imagine being able to double your customers by changing a single colour! A powerful image choice can dramatically increase emotion and create a feeling of connection with your audience. When paired together properly they can supercharge your business or product. Increasingly over the past few years, especially in large companies design languages are becoming more and more popular and consistent UI is being recognised as vital to customers perceptions of the brand. A design language is a universal set of standards, usually stored on an internal website, where visual elements such as typography, icons, colour schemes and many more can be referenced by the different designers throughout the business. Believe it or not many large organisations with several products still have vastly different visual identities spread across them. Even the same website can differ dramatically from section to section. A UI design language is at the heart of bringing consistency to this chaos. This will not only benefit the business, but customers will feel at ease with this visual consistency. With a design language in place for 80% of the design UI designers are now free to focus on every last detail. Time is now spent on things that really matter to customers t